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A few months ago now i had to stop taking an old school anti psychotic called stelazine as it gave me hell bad side effects which did not stabilise over the first three months so my doctor took me off it.
it was his opinion at the time that i would not be able to go back onto an antipsychotic because the others that would have similar good effects would also come with the side effects which my body could not handle.
Now a few months down the track i am still really missing whatever it was that the antipsychotic was giving me and i want to ask my doctor if i can go back on an antipsychotic med. i know i cant go back on the same one as the side effects DEFINATLY over ruled the positive effects. ie. car crash caused by drowsiness 3months after intial dose.
What i am hoping u could do is through around a few names of antipsychotics that are good for treating paranoia and delusions. in hope that when i see the p-doc i can drop a few names with the hope that something may click and i can get the meds i need to make me better.
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some names please!
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Posted 13 October 2005 - 03:31 AM
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Meds:Lithium, Wellbutrin, Valium, The occasional sleeping tablet & working my butt off 2 stay off Anti Psychotics
Past meds: Many many AD, Many AP, and Epilim
"Pink ribbon scars
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I’ve tried so hard
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Posted 13 October 2005 - 06:21 AM
Risperdal
Zyprexa
Abilify
Geodon
Seroquel
Solian
Clozaril
Thses are all the new style APs. Everyone responds differently to them but Zyprexa and Risperdal seem to be especially quick and effective in knocking paranoia and hallucinations on the head, they do however cause drowsiness which you mentioned caused you to crash your car. You micht want to try abilify or geodon which cause less drowsiness for some people (not everyone mind you), abilify doeesnt make me sleepy at all. Seroquel is also very sedating as well, solian doesnt make you tired but im not sure if its available in the USA. Clozaril is really last ditch city. Good luck picking your way through this lot!
Zyprexa
Abilify
Geodon
Seroquel
Solian
Clozaril
Thses are all the new style APs. Everyone responds differently to them but Zyprexa and Risperdal seem to be especially quick and effective in knocking paranoia and hallucinations on the head, they do however cause drowsiness which you mentioned caused you to crash your car. You micht want to try abilify or geodon which cause less drowsiness for some people (not everyone mind you), abilify doeesnt make me sleepy at all. Seroquel is also very sedating as well, solian doesnt make you tired but im not sure if its available in the USA. Clozaril is really last ditch city. Good luck picking your way through this lot!
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DX: Schizoaffective (bipolar type - ultra rapid cycling with major paranoid refractory psychosis), Borderline Personality Disorder, OCD, Anorexia Nervosa, Alcohol Dependence (in recovery 26/12/09)
RX: 50mg Risperdal Consta Injection x once per fortnight (equivalent to 6mg a day), 600mg Lithium, 60mgs Prozac, 5mgs Diazepam x 3 a day, 7.5mg Zopiclone
"For years one has to put up with the feeling that people do not care, really care, about one; then one day with growing alarm, one realises that it is God who does not care: and merely that he does not care, he does not care one way or the other"
Lawrence Durrell, "The Alexandria Quartet"
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Posted 14 October 2005 - 12:17 AM
Iona_Viona, on Oct 13 2005, 04:31 AM, said:
A few months ago now i had to stop taking an old school anti psychotic called stelazine as it gave me hell bad side effects which did not stabilise over the first three months so my doctor took me off it.
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A couple of years ago I shifted from Stelazine to Seroquel with very good results. I didn't notice much trouble with any change of positive effects. I haven't had any trouble taking Seroquel, aside from the usual complaints about sedation and such, most of those have worn off over time.
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Posted 14 October 2005 - 12:36 AM
I've had good luck with Seroquel (if you can stand sleeping a lot) and Geodon.
GL finding the right one for you
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rx: 600mg Trileptal BID, 150 Effexor XR, 2mg Clonazepam TID
"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid." - Oscar Wilde
"Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven in its infinite mercy sends them a nice plump missionary." - Oscar Wilde
"I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead." - Oscar Wilde
"I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying" - Oscar Wilde
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Posted 17 October 2005 - 04:55 PM
blackbird, on Oct 13 2005, 05:21 AM, said:
Risperdal
Zyprexa
Abilify
Geodon
Seroquel
Solian
Clozaril
Thses are all the new style APs. Everyone responds differently to them but Zyprexa and Risperdal seem to be especially quick and effective in knocking paranoia and hallucinations on the head, they do however cause drowsiness which you mentioned caused you to crash your car. You micht want to try abilify or geodon which cause less drowsiness for some people (not everyone mind you), abilify doeesnt make me sleepy at all. Seroquel is also very sedating as well, solian doesnt make you tired but im not sure if its available in the USA. Clozaril is really last ditch city. Good luck picking your way through this lot!
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Zyprexa
Abilify
Geodon
Seroquel
Solian
Clozaril
Thses are all the new style APs. Everyone responds differently to them but Zyprexa and Risperdal seem to be especially quick and effective in knocking paranoia and hallucinations on the head, they do however cause drowsiness which you mentioned caused you to crash your car. You micht want to try abilify or geodon which cause less drowsiness for some people (not everyone mind you), abilify doeesnt make me sleepy at all. Seroquel is also very sedating as well, solian doesnt make you tired but im not sure if its available in the USA. Clozaril is really last ditch city. Good luck picking your way through this lot!
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Posted 17 October 2005 - 06:23 PM
Was on Trilifon which is an old AP without many side effects.
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