Posted by alexandra_k on November 23, 2005, at 15:31:56
In reply to Re: Experiences on Risperdal... Im afraid of TD » alexandra_k, posted by Tepiaca on November 23, 2005, at 13:36:51
> Well they started when I took pherpenazine 3 years ago. I took only an small dose, 2 o 3 mg I dont remember exactly
Okay. That sounds like a really low dose to be triggering TD.
> > That being said... I have known people to get muscle twitches on the newer style AP's and a low dosage of cogentin seems to sort that out for them.
> Alexandre I wonder ifyou know someone that has developed TD with the new Ap?Nope. I don't know a single person. The people I know with TD have been taking heavy dosages of the older style AP's (like chlorpromazine) over... 20 years or something like that.
The people I know who have muscle twitches don't have TD. They take a little bit of cogentin and that stops that for them. They get muscle twitches and jaw clamping. But the cogentin sorts that out for them.
Christopher Frith in "The Cognitive Neuro-Psychology of Schizophrenia" considers that TD symptoms... Might not be caused by AP's. He thinks... That TD symptoms... Might be the result of schizophrenia being a degenerative brain thing, and he considers that it might be the case that without the AP's... People would have the same symptoms anyway. He says that people were recorded as having TD type symptoms... Well before the development of AP's. I don't know whether he is correct or not, but it is something to think about.
I would say... Not that I really know... But I would say that a small dosage of a newer style AP... Would put you at a very low risk of developing TD. So if you find benefit to taking the medication I would stick with it. But that being said, if you don't find a benefit to taking it... Then no risk is better than low risk.
> > Can you talk to your doc about your fear?> I have been telling to my doctor since I was 15 that I am afraid of people.
Okay. Personally... Personally... I think one would be better off taking a low dose of an AP for anxiety than one would be in taking a more typical 'anti-anxiety' medication like a benzodiazapine. Because... Of the very real risk of psychological / physical dependence.
The best treatment for social anxiety (that I am aware of) is therapy. To talk through some of your fears and getting you to work on exposing yourself very gradually in very small steps to situations that you are frightened of. Have you had any therapy for that?
> I exactly dont know what I have. I only know that my brain is not working well.
I don't think it matters what they choose to call it... Point is you have symptoms that make it hard for you to live your life.
I hope you find some relief for those.
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