A member asked:

Im 20 years male.i took 1 mg of anti psychotic drug for depression 1 month,i stopped .i read an article about brain shrinkage will this affect me,help?

A doctor has provided 1 answer
Dr. Albert Arias answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Probably not: The short answer is no. You will probably not have any brain volume loss from one month of antipsychotic especially if your diagnosis is Major Depression. Antipsychotics probably do cause some volume loss, but this most likely with long term exposure, or at least 1 year I would think. As far as I know, the studies showing this volume loss were all done in Schizophrenic patients. See your doc soon

Answered 4/24/2017

720 views

Thank

Related Questions

Sponsored Content
HealthTap Medical Group does not endorse products or services. Sponsored content revenues support our mission to make health information free and accessible to all.Learn more