Posted by Tomatheus on May 7, 2013, at 11:28:16
In reply to Antipsychotics.. which one??, posted by Lamdage22 on May 7, 2013, at 10:16:51
Lamdage22,
I'm sorry to hear that the akathisia from the Abilify is getting to be really extreme for you.
It might be possible for the tiredness that you experienced on Geodon and Latuda to go away with time. From the anecdotal experiences that I've read regarding antipsychotics, it seems that the fatigue and tiredness that occurs when taking the medications is sometimes reported to go away, but not always. Again, this is just my impression from having read anecdotal reports of how antipsychotics affect people and isn't based on solid scientific evidence by any means.
As far as whether moclobemide could counteract the tiredness from Zyprexa is concerned, I would say it's possible, but I don't know how likely it would be. I know that for me, moclobemide was not helpful against my fatigue and hypersomnia for more than a few days, but there are some who find it to be an effective antidepressant. So, given the fact that moclobemide like any medication can be sort of unpredictable in how it might affect you, it would be, well, hard to predict how well it might counteract the tiredness that you experience from taking Zyprexa.
Well, I'm sorry that my answers to your questions probably didn't turn out to be as concrete as you probably would have liked for them to be, but it can be hard to know in advance how a medication will affect any given person given the individual variations in the ways that people respond to medications. If somebody who's spent a long period of time on Geodon and/or Latuda could chime in and say whether or not they noticed less fatigue and tiredness as they spent more time on the medication, that might help you. Unfortunately, I've never taken Latuda and spent very little time on Geodon because I seemed to become more psychotic on it right away, so I can't speak from experience about the long-term effects of either medication.
T.
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* fatigue, hypersomnia, and related symptoms likely caused by prolonged partial sleep deprivation
* schizoaffective disordertomatheus.blogspot.com
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