Has anyone ever been on medication called Anti-psychotics?

Has anyone ever been on medication called Anti-psychotics?
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You may want to consider weening off the drugs altogether. It doesn’t sound like legal or illegal is helping at all. There’s a huge community that’s willing to help addicts. Might want to look into something like that. Psychiatrists will just throw more and more meds your way. That’s all they know. Then again, I’m no doctor. What do I know?
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