Posted by Ritch on April 16, 2003, at 23:17:44
In reply to AP's can help, posted by linkadge on April 14, 2003, at 9:07:44
> I entirely disagree with the statement that a lot of people find AP's ineffective for anxiety
> and ocd. Perhaps some find them ineffective but in my experience AP's can help improve anxiety that has not responded to anything else.
>
> My mother, (Bipolar 25 yrs) had only partial sucess with Lithium and depakote. After adding
> AP thioridazine she felt as if a weight that had been on her shoulders for 25 years had finally lifted. AP's can reduce suicidal tendancies, they can relieve anticipatory anxiety, as well as anxiety with the slightest psychotic twinge.
>
>
> Yes they do have their risks, but that does not negate the fact that for many they are effective in reducing anxiety.
>
>
>
> Linkadge
The only AP (including other several conventional and atypical) that I could take without dystonia or akathisia was thioridazine. It did work quite well (at 10-30mg hs) for insomnia and next-day agitation associated with depression. The bad news is that after 2-3 years of chronic dosing of it during the early '80's I developed a cataract and a pigmented retina.
poster:Ritch
thread:218710
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030411/msgs/219936.html