Posted by cybercafe on May 10, 2003, at 18:22:51
In reply to Re: stimulant psychosis » cybercafe, posted by Ritch on May 9, 2003, at 21:22:51
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> I've been on the stimulant/antipsychotic thing before and it didn't work very well. I was taking Risperdal+Adderall and got EPS from the Risperdal. Then I switched to Seroquel+Adderall, and got dystonia from that (throat muscles tight as banjo strings). I tried Effexor+Adderall and that worked much better than the former two combos. Ritalin-wise that stuff just tended to make me tense and quiet. I didn't like its short-term peakiness at all. It seems your pdoc is set on Zyprexa for some reason and is trying everything to make the Zyprexa work.well my doc let me choose between zyprexa, risperdal and seroquel -- i chose zyprexa ...
he thinks i really need dopamine antagonism, and i think he's right -- i've had much more mood stability on a low dose of an atypical than i ever had on a high dose of anticonvulsant (valporate) - with horrible side effectsnext time i see my doc i'll be asking for a switch of AD (don't like the tremors) and a switch of AP (if my ADD doesn't go away fast)]
btw... outside of the intolerable side effects of AP, were you able to achieve a decent degree of mood stability and concentration???
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