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Why Psychiatric Medication Side Effects Feel Impossible to Tolerate

My antipsychotic medication makes me gain weight and feel tired all the time but without it I lose touch with reality.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You have to choose between feeling awful on your meds or losing touch with reality without them.

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