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Posted by e503 on April 25, 2002, at 21:18:23
Ben was taking 1 mg. risperdol p.m. (along with tegretol and zoloft) and was doing fairly well. He is autistic and the doc says he is also bipolar. He seemed a little agitated to me, so we increased the risperdol to 1.25 mg. He got VERY agitated and obsessive. We cut down and he seemed better. Went to see the pdoc the other day, he says to switch to zyprexa. We add 2.5 mg. zyprexa and Ben gets SOOOOOOO agitated,,,, I have decided to not give it to him anymore. Everyone says it is so rare (almost impossible) that Ben gets agitated from zyprexa/risperdol. Obviously, that is not the case. I am almost thinking about cutting down on the risperdol! Does anyone have any ideas for us? Klonopin made him agitated too. The only thing that ever helped was tegretol, and it seems that when we dosed his zoloft 2 x during the DAY it made a huge difference! (thanks to you guys on this board!). By doing that, it calmed hime down. So I guess I was wondering if anyone can explain to me what these drugs (zyprexa/risperdol) do to cause him more ocd/agitation and if there is something that I can give him to counteract this.
thanks
elise
Posted by katekite on April 26, 2002, at 16:34:57
In reply to zyprexa question, posted by e503 on April 25, 2002, at 21:18:23
Those two meds are newer atypical antipsychotics and cause a decrease in dopamine activity. That will help some people with agitation and anxiety or enhance effects of antidepressants. (as well as the more traditional use of treating psychosis). They are useful to have tried since they seem to help a number of not too related problems.
My personal experience with xyprexa was a worsening of my anxiety because I had too much trouble thinking and ceased to be able to direct my body or mouth to do anything I wanted. I felt like an alien.
Does he worsen on stimulants?
kate
Posted by e503 on April 26, 2002, at 17:16:50
In reply to Re: zyprexa question, posted by katekite on April 26, 2002, at 16:34:57
> Those two meds are newer atypical antipsychotics and cause a decrease in dopamine activity. That will help some people with agitation and anxiety or enhance effects of antidepressants. (as well as the more traditional use of treating psychosis). They are useful to have tried since they seem to help a number of not too related problems.
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> My personal experience with xyprexa was a worsening of my anxiety because I had too much trouble thinking and ceased to be able to direct my body or mouth to do anything I wanted. I felt like an alien.
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> Does he worsen on stimulants?
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> kate kate
ben does worsen on stimulants. Did you? I am going to give neurontin a try again. Has anyone had any luck with it for anxiety?elise
Posted by katekite on April 27, 2002, at 10:16:28
In reply to Re: zyprexa question » katekite, posted by e503 on April 26, 2002, at 17:16:50
I do better on ritalin, worse or no change on dexedrine (so far). I found neurontin great for anxiety and would still be taking it had I not developed side effects. -- kate
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