Posted by yxibow on February 9, 2007, at 18:59:08
In reply to Re: JUST START WELLB AND FEEL GREAT BUT TREMORS HANDS, posted by blueberry1 on February 9, 2007, at 16:18:20
> Don't mess around with depression. If you are feeling better, cherish it and do nothing to disturb it. Do not stop doses, do not change doses, nothing. The hand tremors might subside with time, they might not subside with time, or they may even get worse with time. Doesn't matter. Depression is a lot worse. Too many people find that when they stop a drug that was working or mess with it in some way, it never works the same again. Not always, but often.
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> Keep the tremors. Say bye bye to depression and be very very happy about that. Shaking fingers is not a bad price to pay. If it interferes with your job, you may find or work on skills to compensate for that.
I would have to concur, its a hard choice to make -- I in the end chose Seroquel over Zyprexa because of pseudoparkisonism. But depression is often something that you don't realize has been treated until you remove the medication and I don't think you want to do that. Its a personal choice though, so its something you will have to ponder and discuss perhaps some mitigation with your doctor.
The shaky hands can be mitigated to an extent by propranolol (sometimes causes depression in people though, there is also pindolol and nadolol), as well as possibly Artane or procyclidine, possibly Cogentin. A smidge of a benzodiazepine that doesn't give you depression and still allows you to operate machinery may also help such as .25 mg of of Xanax or 10-20mg of Valium.-- to wellness
Jay
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