Posted by judy1 on June 25, 2002, at 13:18:07
In reply to risperdal AND zyprexa?, posted by AllieD on June 25, 2002, at 13:03:43
Well they are both atypical AP's but work on different receptors. Your doc is correct- risperdal is very energizing (I got akathesia from it). May I ask if you are having any psychotic symptoms? If it's just anxiety (and sorry I'm not minimizing anxiety) using APs is as someone already mentioned on this site, a sledgehammer approach. If that is your main problem, then benzos work very well with little side-effects (compared to TD and EPS- which supposedly is rare in atypicals, but I sure suffered from it). Please let me know what your diagnosis is. Take care, judy
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