Posted by lostforwards on November 2, 2004, at 14:52:56
I don't know if this is parkinsonian anymore..
I'm going to make a few assumptions, correct me if I'm wrong. First, I think a drop in dopamine levels is a trigger for sleep.
If you take a dose of antipsychotic at night to artificially drop dopamine levels every night while taking another antipsychotic in the morning ( gradually increased ) which is the reason itself that you can't sleep, will you just dig yourself into a pit? Would this have any effect ( changes in receptor densities ) that would lead to the symptoms I'll mention later.
Will you eventually settle your brain into a sleep-wake cycle where dopamine just goes between really low ( sleep ) and low ( awake )? What long term effect would this have after quitting the medication?
Why do I feel so screwed up after this? Typical parkinsonian would include tremor, and rigidity. My arms just don't swing and I've got clouded states of mind, very numbed emotions, even amoral thoughts sometimes. These are not symptoms of my illness and never were.
****AFTER taking a dose of lithium one of my arms sort of swings ( and lithium lowers dopamine ) but my mind goes completely blank***
It's like I've got very low dopamine levels and they just keep moving from place to place.
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