People take antipsychotics to treat schizophrenia and other mental health conditions. Your doctor will work with you to monitor your side effects and dosing schedule. Over the past few decades, access ...

It’s not withdrawal, it’s a relapse of your illness. This is what many people trying to stop their antipsychotic drugs are told when seeking support to get off the medication. Antipsychotics are a ...

Atypical antipsychotics usually have fewer and less severe side effects than typical antipsychotics. One example of a typical antipsychotic drug is prochlorperazine (Procomp). An example of an ...

Taking an antipsychotic can be difficult due to the cultural stigma about serious mental illness, psychosis, and the actual drugs themselves. It was so complicated for me to accept using an ...

The discovery and characterization of the antipsychotic actions of chlorpromazine and reserpine in the 1940s and 1950s revolutionized psychiatry, and allowed the discharge of vast numbers of patients ...

While antipsychotic medications are known to cause weight gain, the benefits to your mental health far exceed the risks. Weight gain is common for people who use antipsychotic medications. In fact, ...

Antipsychotics, as their name implies, are an important part of treating psychosis, a mental state often associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, though they can also be prescribed for ...

An increasing number of young people in the UK are being referred to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). Alongside this is the rising number of children prescribed medicines that ...

I know first-hand why people go off antipsychotics, and why it is hard to stay on them. I went off of them twice on my own and paid dearly for it. I know many others who go through similar issues, ...