High Roller or Bipolar

High Roller or Bipolar

A Lifetime Prescription: Aripiprazole's Unseen Battles

Confronting the Challenges of Misdiagnosis and Long-term Antipsychotic Use

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Spencer Stern
Jun 16, 2023
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More than fourteen years ago, I started on aripiprazole as the significant switch from olanzapine. Here I am today, the weighing scales hardly waver from the 85kg mark. Countless hours spent in the gym in previous years, strict diets followed, lifestyle modifications attempted - yet, my weight remains the same, as if …

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