Psychiatrists like to prescribe hard drugs – sedatives – benzodiazepines – to patients very often. Although they work reliably and perfectly for depression, tolerance to them develops very quickly, the dose has to be constantly increased, and if it is necessary to discontinue the drug, catastrophic withdrawal symptoms occur, which is a difficult suffering for the patient.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine
http://www.wikiskripta.eu/index.php/Benzodiazepiny
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine
Non-addictive drugs are not bad in themselves. The problem lies elsewhere. Unfortunately, and this is very sad, Slovak psychiatrists are extremely stupid and do not know what they are prescribing (literally), they do not understand the principle of drug effects, they are just crammed with information from package inserts and that's all. Very dangerous drug combinations or prescribing very incorrect drugs are an everyday reality.
I wrote the following to a certain psychiatric patient who was taking up to 5 medications, in response to the complete failure of the psychiatrist:
Both antipsychotics compete in their effects on dopamine receptors, which are the most important factor in schizophrenia. Quetiapine reduces their activity, while Abilify increases it. It is counterproductive to take drugs whose effects cancel each other out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetiapine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aripiprazole
Both antipsychotics and Coaxil (antidepressant) increase activity on serotonin receptors. For up to 3 drugs to increase activity on serotonin receptors, it is quite dangerous. This can manifest as loss of appetite, heart fibrillation, and even permanent heart problems. I'm surprised you're still alive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianeptine
I would recommend stopping Coaxil first. However, it must be reduced gradually due to opiate withdrawal symptoms.
(it is an exceptional and the only type of antidepressant that also acts on opioid receptors).
Taking Quetiapine alone is sufficient, although unpleasant side effects such as drowsiness and low blood pressure may occur. However, this can be resolved with a selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. Quetiapine also has antidepressant effects.
Depakine Chrono (valproic acid is a more reasonable and gentler alternative to sedatives, it acts on GABA receptors) is a very good antidepressant, the same as a sedative, but without creating rapid tolerance.
So I would recommend only 3 drugs: Quetiapine, Depakine Chrono, and any drug from the group of selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (it is also a psychiatric drug), it will block the side effects of Quetiapine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valproate
Akineton only worsens the symptoms of schizophrenia, it is completely useless to take it, it causes a dry tongue, painful sensitivity to light, difficult digestion and high body temperature. You can stop taking Akineton today, nothing will happen, no withdrawal symptoms.
(Akineton is a Parkinson's drug; the psychiatrist probably prescribed this drug due to the side effects of both antipsychotics, as dystonia, which has similar symptoms to parkinsonism, can occur. However, precisely with the combination of these two antipsychotics, when they mutually block each other's action on dopamine receptors, prescribing this drug was completely unnecessary!! The psychiatrist in question did not even understand the most basic effects of the drugs, which can be read even in the single and very poor Slovak medical professional journal Solen).
Some psychiatrists may be at least a little more reasonable, but the vast majority of psychiatrists really don't understand the drugs they prescribe.