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Fucking hell, not even sure what to do

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wombatsandaplant · 15/12/2020 16:59

Had an appointment with my psychiatrist today. The med (haloperidol) I’m on isn’t really working and hasn’t for the past couple months, it’s just gradually getting worse and worse. Can’t go on clozapine as I’m too overweight (i am very overweight we’re talking 170kg , not like a couple stone overweight). He doesn’t see the point in trying another anti psychotic as he thinks that if three haven’t worked then the others won’t either. So yeah.

He has however referred me to occupational therapy and a cpn. So hopefully that should help.

I’m just so fucking frustrated. If he hadn’t put me on quetiapine beginning of last year I wouldn’t have gained 50kg. And I’d be in a better place to try meds.

I need to start going to the gym again and control my diet (at the moment it’s okay as I’m staying at my dads but when I go back home i feel like I’ll go back to eating 12 packs of crisps a day). I need to listen to my psychologist too, I try but I’m not very good at that sort of thing. Hopefully the cpn will help a bit.

I’m just so frustrated. The psychosis is really bad at the moment.

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wombatsandaplant · 15/12/2020 21:48

I just feel so disheartened, I was hoping we could try another antipsychotic, (not clozapine) but like risperidone or similar, but the psychiatrist said no. I just feel like I’m going to keep getting worse and no one cares enough to help me. I just want to stop taking the haloperidol as i feel like it’s not doing anything.

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User9574 · 16/12/2020 10:03

That is understandable to feel disheartened. Once you get the right meds and support it will get better. Don't stop meds without advice. Try not to beat yourself up. Its a learning process. To an extent you have to be your own advocate. If something is not working or the side effects are intolerable, speak up. Remember you won't always know if side effects are intolerable for a while. It is a process. Things can work then stop working. The core thing is to have in place multiple supports e.g. exercise, diet, social etc.Rather than the gym if that feels too much how about a daily brisk walk?

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