Posted by Quintal on December 29, 2006, at 19:03:17
In reply to Ruminations, furious anger, tantrums – please help, posted by jimmygold70 on December 29, 2006, at 9:45:41
Antipsychotics are probably the best meds for that - used often in nursing homes and psychiatric institutions for this reason. Risperidone is supposedly one of the best APs for rage and hostility and I've seen it work well myself on an patient in the nursing home where I worked who was very abusive and malicious towards the staff. She changed dramatically within days of starting Risperdal and became a sweet, gentle old lady. She developed parkinsonism after a few weeks and had to come off it and the rage and hostility returned.
Benzos may seem to help in the short term but they can bring out an aggressive side of your personality after a while. I found this to be worse with the more disinhibiting benzos such as Klonopin and Ativan. I'm normally a very timid person but I developed an attitude on Klonopin and was violent at times for the first time ever.
Lithium or Depakote may help - have you ever tried them? The Lamictal you're taking could make it worse, that happened to me anyway.
Q
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