Posted by JohnX2 on August 24, 2002, at 13:23:29
In reply to Does EPS go away? , posted by cybercafe on August 23, 2002, at 12:23:24
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> i am just wondering do people usually get EPS their first few days on an antipsychotic and then it goes away... or does it get worse or remain the same ?I took Zyprexa for about 4 months at a low dose
(5 mg) without EPS symptoms. Then I needed to raise the dose to 20 mg (very high) to combat hypomania and after about a month I started to get a dystonia (involuntary muscle tightness in my hand. I stopped the medicine and the dystonia abated over a 2 month period.I think the risk of TD for new generation APs is much greater when the meds are taken at very strong doses (for anti-manic/anti-psychotic activity). Seems at the lower doses useful for more for anxiety/depression the lack of potent dopaminergic blockade lowers the risk of TD considerably (at least that's my understanding).
J
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