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seroquel?

Posted by tessellated on February 25, 2006, at 12:57:03

In reply to Re: Sleeep zzzzzzzz » tessellated, posted by Cairo on February 24, 2006, at 15:23:01

medication use is a cost/benefit decision.

and i can ONLY speak personally.
if it improves ones life-good, just watch for SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS.

pharmacologically, i can understand its benefit in both serious bipolar or schizo arena''s due to the Dopamine antagonism. It may well be one of the best meds for this. And it's not a benzo. Has minimal tolerance/addiction issues.
Mainly, I just don't like its neurological profile/effect. It antagonizes/shuts down many aspects of neural transmission.

Long term dopamine inhibition is scary historically speaking.
I've seen long term state run psychiatric units for mania/psychosis. The patients could communicate, but EVERYONE was continuously shaking from tardive dyskinsia. In exchange for reducing their psychosis they were granted something like parkinsonism. Very sad. A complex issue of cost/benefit.

I say use it briefly at low doses for minimal amounts of time for any purpose aside from psychosis.

best,
tesl8ted


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