clinic Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) So I've read that anticholinergic drugs(artane, cogentin) are known to cause cognitive impairment(poor attention/concentration/memory). Anybody here take their regular antipsychotic with artane or cogentin and don't have cognitive decline ? Can anybody tell me any other drugs which will help with the eps symptoms without causing cognitive decline like how anticholinergic drugs do. Edited July 25, 2015 by clinic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifluous Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 i was diagnosed with adhd as a child and an adult, so i can't say i've ever had the best attention span... however, i think any additional cognitive impairment is, in my case, likely more attributable to psychotic breaks/negative symptoms of schizophrenia than the cogentin/artane i've taken. i've also taken propranolol to deal with akathisia, though it's a different class of medication. anyway, i currently take cogentin and i don't notice additional impairment from it. hope that helps and best wishes to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 The only anticholinergic I have taken is procyclidine. I only realised the extent of my cognitive impairment when I actually stopped taking it. My concentration and memory was very poor and I would get lost for words mid sentence and even forget what I was talking about. This decreased dramatically when I stopped taking it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinic Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 (edited) Is it okay if you take both Artane(trihexyphenidyl) and your regular antipsychotic at the same time at night during bedtime ? Will that prevent cognitive impairment caused by artane ? Maybe the side effects of artane will fade away through the night ? Edited June 8, 2015 by clinic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I took cogentin for a while to combat the akathisia from Abilify. I didn't have any extra brain fog from cogentin, but Abilify was (and continues to be) another matter. I feel really slow and stupid on it. But it's the only side effect from it that I have (save for dry mouth, perhaps). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nystagmus Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I am on 100 mg injected every 4 weeks of HALDOL. I take benztropine to mitigate the side effects. When I first started haldol I could definately notice the cognitive issues and it was a problem both with memory and concentration. Nowadays, several months later, it's not as bad but the dosage was lowered. I still have some trouble reading books, but I can read magazine articles and stuff. I think the main problem was that I was on too much for the first 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinic Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) Can anybody tell me any other drugs which will help with the eps symptoms without causing cognitive decline like how anticholinergic drugs do. Edited July 25, 2015 by clinic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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