Posted by alienatari on May 19, 2005, at 0:51:54
In reply to Re: I think I am bipolar afterall, posted by woolav on May 17, 2005, at 21:26:05
Thanks. So your BPII?
My Psych wants me to be on an antipsychotic but I got Tardive Dyskinesia from Solian and then Zyprexa, its almost gone now but I still have some symptoms.I havent been able to tollerate most of the other atypicals, and the typicals are just awful!!!!! They make me horribly depressed.
Rispradal was ok, it gave me akathisia but I took benztropine to stop that and well it didnt really do anything else for my mood, anxiety or paranoia.
Abilify gave me terrible akathisia, also stopped with benztropine but it didnt do anything for my mood either so it was stopped.
Seroquel was GREAT until it gave me dystonia in my throat muslces (Thanks Ed for the info on that, or I would have never known what exactly was happening to me as the doc never fully explained it) and it made it hard for me to breathe which scared me a LOT so I quit that. I was on 800mg of that at the time.
I have also read, and been told by psychatrists that taking benztropine with antipsychotics increases the chance of Tardive Dyskinesia. So I wont do that again if I have to go on an AP ever again as I dont want my tardive dyskinesia to get worse and I am praying that It will go away soon.
The only Atypical left here in Australia for me to try is Clozaril and there is no way in the world ill ever take that!!!!
I will never take another typical AP again either (I was on Largactil before, Thorazine in America). Also, my aunty who is schizophrenic takes stelazine and she has a pseudo-parkisons disorder from it and a whole range of other problems. She dribbles a lot and has a hunched-over shuffling walk. Dont know why her psychatrist wont put her on an atypical.
But yea. At the moment Im feeling ok I guess :) Mainly concerned about my OCD and Depression and not being able to sleep much. But it will be ok I guess.
Take care :)
> i agree as well. when my pdoc was going over what symptoms i had, (he was trying to determine if i was bp or bp2 i believe) he asked if i ever heard voices or saw things etc. I didnt, but if i would have i am sure he would have dx'd me with bpI. I know you have to be on a mood stablizer for sure. And it seems like an AP drug would help also.
> Good Luck,
> S
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