I don't know how common this is among psychiatrists, but I started seeing a psych for major depression, ADHD, and OCD-type symptoms. I was badly depressed, gett

I don't know how common this is among psychiatrists, but I started seeing a psych for major depression, ADHD, and OCD-type symptoms. I was badly depressed, getting no social interaction, or exercise, eating myself crazy, sleeping 12-20 hours at a time, no sunlight or time outside, and doing a lot of drugs (mainly opiates, which was probably the undiagnosed core of a lot of my issues). I was on 15 or so different anti-depressants, anti-psychotics, anti-epileptics from age 18-24. Much of the time I was on 3-5 at once, mostly different antidepressants and an antipsychotic or two, trying to "find a combination that worked." To treat a condition that's not treatable by psychiatric drugs. I was always 100% open and honest about all aspects and answered all questions. I wanted to get better. My psych appointments typically lasted 5-15 minutes and he was always in a rush. As far as I can remember, there was never mention of things I should be doing differently - exercise, sleep hygeine, proper diet, sunlight exposure, socializing. Worse yet, I found out from HN that one of the drugs I was taking permanently disables one of the serotonin pathways (of which there are 7 main types and each has subtypes) in rats, and apparently it's known that at least a couple different types of antipsychotics show reduced brain volume, with "not enough data" (not enough dead brains to study) to see their effects on humans. > Macaque monkeys administered with the antipsychotics haloperidol and olanzapine over a 17–27 month period showed reduced brain volume. These results have not been observed in humans who also take the drug, due to the lack of available data.[24] Anecdotally, I absolutely feel like a different person now. My wit, my creativity, my ability for great joy, my kindness, my problem solving and thinking abilities in general - all seem to be quite muted now, even though I'm now taking care of myself and arguably at a place in life where everything is finally good and stable. One drug had side effects, like being unable to talk without studdering and having any sense of urgency (if I had an important appointment, I couldn't force myself to get ready, so I just watched time go by) were reported to my doctor who said that I just needed to give it time and my body would adjust. That's the drug, called Fanapt, that I feel did the most damage. 24. https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fsj.npp.1300710 https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fsj.npp.1300710