Posted by SLS on August 7, 2005, at 8:51:17
In reply to Fluphenazine (Prolixin) - to SLS (Scott), posted by ed_uk on August 6, 2005, at 14:19:54
> Hi Scott,
>
> You mentioned in a previous post that you'd been on chlorpromazine (Thorazine), perphenazine (Trilafon) and fluphenazine (Prolixin).
>
> Were you prescribed these drugs to treat acute mania?The Prolixin and the Thorazine, yes. The perphenazine was given to me much earlier in my "career" to help deal with anxiety and derealization.
> What doses did you take?
I haven't a clue.
> Were they effective?
Generally speaking, they helped with the acute mania, but not as much as Depakote or Zyprexa.
> Side effects?
Thorazine produced some EPS. I was sticking my tongue out at everybody involuntarily in the hospital. How embarrasing. It really was an assault on my dignity.
- Scott
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