Posted by med_empowered on April 7, 2006, at 16:35:12
In reply to Re: Strong antihistamines can cause Psychosis, posted by linkadge on April 7, 2006, at 14:10:55
yup...a lot of the older antihistamines have really strong anti-cholinergic action, so when you take massive amounts of them you can get drug reactions and i think sometimes psychotic reactions (toxic psychosis, I think its called).
Benzos like ativan sometimes induce rage reactions (in this respect, they're kind of like the barbiturates or alcohol) and sometimes, in extremely high doses, you can get bizarre behavior...usually its not a big problem, though (you can even use Ativan and Klonopin to help w/ psychosis and mania). Withdrawal sometimes causes psychotic rections, too (in addition to the occasional seizures).
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