MEDICATION NAME
This is the medication used to treat mental/mood disorders and starts with an "R".
What is Risperidone? (or Risperdal)
This side effect is the urge to move/ restlessness
What is akathisia?
These medicines are primarily used to manage psychosis
what are antipsychotics?
This is the most common type of schizophrenia. It may develop later in life than other forms. Symptoms include hallucinations and/or delusions, but your speech and emotions may not be affected.
What is paranoid schizophrenia?
what are periods of unusually intense emotion, changes in sleep patterns and activity levels, and uncharacteristic behaviors—often without recognizing their likely harmful or undesirable effects?
What are symptoms of Bipolar Disorder?
This medication is used to treat anxiety. It belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines which act on the brain and nerves (central nervous system) to produce a calming effect. This drug works by enhancing the effects of a certain natural chemical in the body (GABA).
What is Lorazepam?
This side effect makes you want to sleep
What is drowsiness?
These medications produce a calming effect.
What are anti-anxiety/ Benzodiazepines?
This disorder causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, concentration, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. There are 3 types of this disorder.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
What are symptoms of panic attack?
This prescription medicine is used to treat the symptoms of anxiety disorders. It belongs to a class of drugs called Antianxiety Agents, Anxiolytics, Nonbenzodiazepines.
What is Buspar? (Buspirone)
Another name for shakey hands.
What is Tremors?
This type of medication is used for Depression.
What are antidepressants?
A mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
This is the lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
What is Apathy?
This is a prescription medicine used to treat the symptoms of major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Starts with an "L".
What is lexapro (Escitalopram)?
This side effect is an extreme increase in activity and talking.
What is mania?
These are used primarily to treat bipolar disorder, mood swings associated with other mental disorders.
What is Mood Stabilizers?
This is a disease that affects a person's brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or medication.
What is Substance Use Disorder?
This is the sensory perceptions of hearing noises without an external stimulus.
What are Auditory Hallucinations?
This medication reduces aggression and the desire to hurt others. It can decrease negative thoughts and hallucinations. It can also be used to treat uncontrolled movements and outbursts of words/sounds. Used to treat schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders.
What is Haloperidol?
This is what could happen when you suddenly stop taking medications such as benzodiazepines.
What is a seizure?
This type of med increase alertness, attention, and energy, as well as elevate blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration.
What is a Stimulant?
This is another name for recurrent unexpected panic attacks. Panic attacks are sudden periods of intense fear that come on quickly and reach their peak within minutes.
What is Panic Disorder?
This is involuntary and abnormal movements of the jaw, lips and tongue. Typical symptoms include facial grimacing, sticking out the tongue, sucking or fish-like movements of the mouth.
tardive dyskinesia