Posted by blueberry1 on December 13, 2006, at 18:15:32
In reply to Risperdal for GAD?, posted by chess on December 13, 2006, at 10:25:07
I've used low dose zyprexa for a long time (10 years?). I used low dose seroquel a few times. I used low dose amisulpride for a month. I can only speak from my own experience. Antipsychotics can work wonders on GAD and almost immediately. But, the risks are way too high. They've already been mentioned by med_empowered. They are very real and serious. As for risperdal, if you want serious sexual dysfunction, you'll likely get it fairly fast.
If I had ever been told how difficult it is to get off of antipsychotics, I never would have started. If I had ever been told they would screw with my movements (tremors, twitches), screw with my energy (very low), screw with my emotions (dull), and screw with all kinds of bodily mechanisms, well, the benefits were not worth the risks.
Finding a benzo that agrees with you sounds a lot better to me. And if not that, other posters have mentioned other alternatives. There are also natural routes to go...many calming herbs to use in combination with rhodiola rosea or st johns wort. 5hpt. Tyrosine with 5htp. There are so many choices besides the high risk antipsychotics.
The only antipsychotic in the entire world I could safely mention is low dose amisulpride. It blocks only certain dopamine receptors and causes more dopamine to be fired. How that leads to improvement of GAD I have no idea, because it doesn't make sense on paper. But it works wonderfully for that. And because it doesn't screw with other dopamine receptors, serotonin receptors, histimine receptors, and bodily mechanisms, it is much safer. Unfortunately it is not an FDA drug and can only be ordered from overseas.
Risperdal. No. My vote anyway. Maybe look for a new doctor too.
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