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Nov 30, 2008 (Started Nov 23, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nausea and vomiting)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 19, 2010 (Started Aug 19, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: This is a very old anti psychotic. I only took it for sleep. It didn't work anyway!! Some of it's side effects are weight gain, photosensitivity, and possible tardive disconisia. Do not take.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 29, 2010 (Started Aug 20, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for hypomania)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (nausea, sedation)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: If suffering a manic episode or heading that way can stop going any further start dose 25 mg,muscle rigidity and slurred speech can happen in doses with some people so kemadrin should be used to combat theese symptons.
Side effects: sedation, nausea
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 28, 2011 (Started May 26, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for panic attacks)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for generalized anxiety disorder)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (weight gain, increased appetite)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: My appetite has increased even more (did not think it possible) and my weight has ballooned so I am now the heaviest I have ever been. I am walking around more now than I have for a long time so short of doing regular exercise (apart from walking the rest fill me with horror and dread) I do not know what to do. I would seriously contemplate liposuction if I could afford it.
Side effects: increased appetite, weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 18, 2015 (Started Jun 30, 1988)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for post-traumatic stress disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (swallowing difficulty (dysphagia))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 18, 2017 (Started Aug 09, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for borderline personality disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for hallucinations)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Aug 27, 2016 (Started Aug 09, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for borderline personality disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for dissociation)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for hallucinations)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for sleep problems)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 125 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 9, 2017 (Started Mar 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for anxious mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Schizo-affective Disorder)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (hallucinations)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Side effects: hallucinations

Dec 4, 2010 (Started Mar 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Schizo-affective Disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    Severe (hallucinations)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Side effects: hallucinations
  • 0 helpful marks

May 9, 2017 (Started Mar 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar manic episodes)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for hallucinations)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily

Dec 4, 2010 (Started Mar 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar manic episodes)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for hallucinations)
  • Side effects
    Moderate
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks
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