Antipsychotic Drugs are typically recommended to treat schizophrenia, mania (a bipolar illness characteristic), severe depression, and/or severe anxiety. Typically, a psychiatrist will initiate them, or your general practitioner will consult a psychiatrist for guidance on when to initiate them. Additionally, antipsychotics have been used for a long time to calm senior dementia patients. However, it is no longer advised to utilise this method. This is due to the fact that these medications are thought to slightly raise the risk of stroke and early death. The only antipsychotic that is suggested for therapy in these patients is risperidone. Even then, it should only be taken for severe symptoms and for a brief length of time (less than six weeks).
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