Losing my mind

Hi @Former-Member

I had similar problems while i was on antipsychotics as well. My psychiatrist kind of dismissed it as not a problem but it was really frightening for me. Whem ive been severely depressed my brain turns to mush as well but not with a loss of intelligence/problem solving abilities like i had with anti psychotics. (not to say that they arent useful if they're needed for mi though 😞 ) Sadly, all the meds for mi seem to have side effects/ trade offs for what we have to put up with to try and get better physically.

Hi @Former-Member,

I think we all have minor 'brain malfunctions' from time to time. I'm certainly no expert on medications, but I believe high does of tranquilizers could slow down your thinking a bit. Can you ask your doctor about it? From what I have read, as soon as you stop taking tranquilizers, then your brain does recover.

If you are working and not finding it difficult to cope at work and you are getting everything done, then I think you must be alright?

I remember when I was working in a high-pressure job, I was on very high doses of anti-deps and also taking tranquilizers and a mood stabilizer and I still felt incredibly anxious and edgy, but I could get through the day, amazingly. I thought for sure that someone at work would notice I was drugged to the eye-balls or else a bit nutty, but no-one seemed to notice!!