Posted by SLS on February 21, 2005, at 11:31:40
In reply to Can you get ADDICTED to anti-EPS drugs?, posted by pretty_paints on February 21, 2005, at 10:49:29
Hi.
> Can you get addicted to these anti-EPS drugs, which they give you if you're on an antipsychotic??
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> For example, procyclidine.
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> I feel I could. They make me feel relaxed and blissful. I feel like a surge of warm, soothing-ness flowing through my body.
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> Also, can your body get used to them, so you have to keep taking more and more to get the same effect?
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> Thanks xxI don't know the answers to your questions. I can only guess.
Why do you find yourself in need of an anticholinergic drug?
Although not unheard of, I really doubt that you will become psychologically addicted to an anticholinergic like procyclidine. I don't think you will need to take more and more of the drug to maintain a response. However, there is the potential for a withdrawal syndrome upon abrupt discontinuation. It includes things like anxiety, dizziness, muscle spasms or rigidity, difficulty walking, tremulousness, and restlessness.
Have you noticed any changes in dreaming while asleep?
- Scott
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