Posted by xjs7 on March 17, 2003, at 12:25:52
In reply to Night sweats, posted by Miller on March 16, 2003, at 21:22:37
Hi,
So everyone in this thread is taking Seroquel for "sleep." I sincerely hope you know the serious side effects associated with this class of medications (the antipsychotics). You need to read up on tardive dyskinesia and check yourself for the signs of it. Don't expect your prescribing physician to recognize it--many people have shown signs of it but it wasn't detected, and go on to live the rest of their lives with disfiguring dyskinesias.
People who have schizophrenia have a lower incidence of dyskinesia from these drugs than all other people. But you must realize that people who have schizophrenia have always developed dyskinesias naturally--without the use of these powerful medications. So, some of the tardive dyskinesia found in schizophrenia patients is not actually tardive dyskinesia--it is instead part of the disease process itself. So, in my opinion, the rate of dyskinesias is much higher in people who don't have schizophrenia.
I know all this because I have schizophrenia. I realize that when I'm older I probably will have some dyskinesias. I take antipsychotics at high doses for long periods of time. These are dangerous drugs. I have seen too much of their side effects. Have you ever seen someone who has tardive dyskinesia?
xjs7
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