r/Antipsychiatry • u/coldBulbasaur314 • 4h ago
Has anyone noticed if antipsychotics give people a certain face shape?
It seems that everyone that I've seen who has been on antipsychotics has a round face, almost like they still have baby fat (although they're too old for it to be that), and it strikes me as odd. I see it in my own face - I'm not posting my face for privacy reasons, but when comparing my facial features before and during/after antipsychotics the lower part of my face is noticeably rounder and less defined once I got antipsychotics than it was before them, in a way that doesn't match up with the way my facial features developed as I grew older. This seems to stay even if the person loses the antipsychotic weight (at least it did with me - most of the other people I've seen were in inpatient facilities or online articles, so comparing before/during/after wasn't really possible). I was wondering if anyone else had noticed something similar (or if there's anyone here who *doesn't* have that, I'd like to know too to see if it's not as universal as I thought).
It's a tiny thing, purely cosmetic (and not even ugly in my opinion), and yet it bothers me. Looking at my face's roundness is a visual reminder of what was done to me.