"Adverse effects of Antipsychotic Medications"

They are not good, dangerous really.

This abstract is worth being aware of, especially as more people may be seeking help for odd symptoms post vaks and they may be told it is “mental illness” and psychiatric drugs are needed. Seriously, dangerous and not very helpful, as much of “mental illness” is nutrient deficiency or imbalance.

“The use of antipsychotic medications entails a difficult trade-off between the benefit of alleviating psychotic symptoms and the risk of troubling, sometimes life-shortening adverse effects. There is more variability among specific antipsychotic medications than there is between the first- and second-generation antipsychotic classes.

• The newer second-generation antipsychotics, especially clozapine and olanzapine, generally tend to cause more problems relating to metabolic syndrome, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

• Also, as a class, the older first-generation antipsychotics are more likely to be associated with movement disorders, but this is primarily true of medications that bind tightly to dopaminergic neuroreceptors, such as haloperidol, and less true of medications that bind weakly, such as chlorpromazine.

• Anticholinergic effects are especially prominent with weaker-binding first-generation antipsychotics, as well as with the second-generation antipsychotic clozapine.

• All antipsychotic medications are associated with an increased likelihood of sedation, sexual dysfunction, postural hypotension, cardiac arrhythmia, and sudden cardiac death.

Primary care physicians should understand the individual adverse effect profiles of these medications. They should be vigilant for the occurrence of adverse effects, be willing to adjust or change medications as needed (or work with psychiatric colleagues to do so), and be prepared to treat any resulting medical sequelae.”

John Muench, MD, MPH, and Ann M. Hamer, PharmD, BCPP, Adverse effects of Antipsychotic Medications, Am Fam Physician. 2010;81(5):617-622 https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2010/0301/p617.html

[*Bullet points were added for emphasis.]

I still need to get my Psychiatric meds/ schizophrenia / Alzheimer’s and CoV nutrient risk factors Table out of Word and into a finished format. Here is an earlier version - A Table - Nutrients depleted by psych meds and risk factors for schizophrenia. (substack.com) The psych drugs deplete mitochondrial support nutrients which leads to worse psychiatric and physical illness.

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Lama’s always seem to have something to smile about.

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I had a really rough day yesterday after a stressful weekend and stupid mistake. I will likely write about it but not right this minute.

Peace be with you and remember that smiling can feel good - the muscles seem to be connected to positive emotion links in the brain. When life hurts, smiling is better than frowning.

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