Antidepressants have a side effect of weight gain, not sure about antipsychotics
Some milder antipsychotics are prescribed sort of off-label as a mood stabilizer, Abilify is an example of this
Harder antipsychotics such as Halodol, Geodon, Risperidone (off the top of my head) you would not want to take without having a diagnosis of schizophrenia or symptoms of psychosis. Nor would I expect a psychiatrist to prescribe these without that
I assessed a guy years ago who had an insecure personality and mentioned that he assumed when hearing others laugh that they were laughing at him (a common thought for any insecure person). A really bad psychiatrist at a psych hospital mistook this as paranoia and auditory hallucinations and prescribed him either Halodol or Geodon, I forget which. It gave him severe suicidal thoughts out of the blue, because it was not the correct medication for him, we had to assist him in getting back to a psych hospital to be re-evaluated. I’m not sure what other possible side effects (other than Tardive dyskinesia - mouth twitching, for Halodol) could occur with some of the stronger antipsychotics if mis-prescribed but they could be significant
Hope this info helps!
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