For years I’ve learnt to live with taking antipsychotic / neuroleptic / major tranquiliser medication for a supposed "final" diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder which has ended up with just one main pseudo-positive in my opinion (yes, a somewhat counterintuitive thing I deem as ‘good’) that I can simply put as it will continue to keep me in a state of ‘relapse prevention’ and therefore out of and away from any potential hospitalisation resulting from not taking medication continuously on a once-daily basis.
As for the negatives (a non-exhaustive list)...
It has long since become impossible to lose any substantial weight despite eating well, taking food supplements and previous attempts at serious exercise (i.e. gym based cardio and weight training); By contrast it was super easy to have gained weight which plateaued out years ago with my BMI stuck at officially ‘overweight’. No surprise then that a change of medication at some point from one pill a day Olanzapine (notorious for moderate-high …
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