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I am biased. I take the med he refused to take and it changed my life. No, I never had violent thoughts but I did have intrusive thoughts that were negative and forced me into isolation; being around people would bring up too many thoughts then feelings of inferiority. I tried two other meds before Respiridone and respiridone worked. I am now social and no longer have a mind that won't quit.
I was anti-meds my whole life. I'd start a med and stop for fear of having chemicals in my body. Now, I am choosing a sane mind over a chemically free body. I obviously need them. Some people need meds and they can change lives. For ER, who knows. It's too late, now.
I'm really glad it worked out for you, and I'm not by any means an anti-med person or anything like that. I keep hearing a lot about this med lately, and I've always struggled with inferior intrusive thoughts but have never really gotten a diagnosis and no meds have worked - I don't have extreme symptoms though so it hasn't really been much of a focus. Certainly no violent inclinations or delusions - I'm very functional, just have constant boredom, disinterest and insomnia - I have a mind that's always buzzing and looking for something to occupy itself. Difficult to explain.
But I do know that these meds don't work for everyone, and some people have to try many before they find the one that works, so I'm just saying we have no idea if it actually would have made any difference.
I've personally had doctor after doctor tell me this would all be solved by one antidepressant or another. Never have had any results, always baffle them when I try to explain my symptoms because they don't fit any specific criteria. Only meds that have helped are addictive meds they don't like to keep people on. I also react very differently to drugs than most people, and have a really high tolerance from the beginning. For example, alcohol makes me focused and I retain all rationality, and it aggravates my insomnia. Sedatives also make me focused and have energy, and won't put me to sleep for many hours. So I just know it's not easy to find the right med. I'd do anything to feel settled, but I jut haven't found anything that does this. Sometimes meds calm people down but just make them numb. I think most people would do anything to feel normal if they could.