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Posted by lostforwards on October 29, 2004, at 23:45:06
I might as well get all my fears out( It's impossible to get a hold of the doctor anyway and given the circumstances I don't think they'd tell me. ) Have you read my other post about how weirdly I was being treated?
The key is: If I was VERY sensitive to the APs and was running VERY VERY fast. As in, I had extermely high dopamine levels by default for whatever reason I don't know, and the doctors wouldn't tell me.
Strange?
Then could they give me the AP in the night..leave me with normal discontinuation problems like insomnia and termors, regular parkinsonian. They leave me like that for a month then get me into hospital again ( this time for the drug-induced insomnia seriously ) give me the AP in the morning ( up to 3mg Risperdal for just about 2 weeks, lower dosage for the other 2 weeks ) with another medication with anticholinergenic effects ( a low dose Nozinan ) to to sleep at night.
Now I have lack of arm swing and insomnia, but besides the lack of arm swing have no other symptoms of parkinsonian. My mind does go completely blank and I feel very driveless etc. but none of the rigidity signs of parkinsonian.
Is there any way at all they could've permanently changed me by exploiting my sensitivity to the drugs and my naturally high dopamine levels?
( there was something weird going on... I want to know if I'll be in mellow blank minded driveless hell forever or if it'll really subside )
Posted by Sad Panda on October 30, 2004, at 4:20:48
In reply to AP, permanent changes again ed_uk, anybody.., posted by lostforwards on October 29, 2004, at 23:45:06
> I might as well get all my fears out( It's impossible to get a hold of the doctor anyway and given the circumstances I don't think they'd tell me. ) Have you read my other post about how weirdly I was being treated?
>
> The key is: If I was VERY sensitive to the APs and was running VERY VERY fast. As in, I had extermely high dopamine levels by default for whatever reason I don't know, and the doctors wouldn't tell me.
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> Strange?
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> Then could they give me the AP in the night..leave me with normal discontinuation problems like insomnia and termors, regular parkinsonian. They leave me like that for a month then get me into hospital again ( this time for the drug-induced insomnia seriously ) give me the AP in the morning ( up to 3mg Risperdal for just about 2 weeks, lower dosage for the other 2 weeks ) with another medication with anticholinergenic effects ( a low dose Nozinan ) to to sleep at night.
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> Now I have lack of arm swing and insomnia, but besides the lack of arm swing have no other symptoms of parkinsonian. My mind does go completely blank and I feel very driveless etc. but none of the rigidity signs of parkinsonian.
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> Is there any way at all they could've permanently changed me by exploiting my sensitivity to the drugs and my naturally high dopamine levels?
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> ( there was something weird going on... I want to know if I'll be in mellow blank minded driveless hell forever or if it'll really subside )
>
>Hi there,
The modern AP's rarely cause any permanent effects & after discontinuing them, you will return to what ever you where like before. Unfortunately it takes a lot of time & patience to find the right combination that is best suited to you.
Cheers,
Paul.
Posted by ed_uk on October 30, 2004, at 13:54:07
In reply to Re: AP, permanent changes again ed_uk, anybody.., posted by Sad Panda on October 30, 2004, at 4:20:48
Hello.....
I really don't think that your doctor intended to cause any long term changes to your brain by prescribing the anti-psychotics. I expect that you were prescribed the Risperdal in the morning simply because your doc decided to give you the Nozinan at night (and he wanted to avoid giving you two different APs at the same time of day.) Your pdoc probably decided to prescribe the Nozinan because it is very sedating and so was more likely to be effective for your insomnia than Risperdal. It is extremely unlikely that there was any sinister reason for your doc changing the time of day that you took the Risperdal.
It is highly unlikely that you will suffer any long term damage due to taking the Risperdal. It is an atypical antipsychotic and you only took it for a short period of time. Even the woman in the case report I gave you recovered eventually despite the fact she had been taking absolutely massive doses of an old fashioned AP for a long period of time. I expect that your symptoms will improve substantially over the next few weeks or months. I understand that it is very dificult to be patient in these circumstances.
To be honest, it is impossible to know whether you really had high dopamine levels because there is no way of measuring them. I think you should talk to your pdoc about the possibility that you may be in a depressive phase of bipolar. If you are, a drug like Lamictal could help.
All the best....
Ed
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