Posted by mojojar on June 6, 2004, at 12:24:16
Hi,
I had taken Risperdal for 3 years but have been off of it for 3 years now. Granted, the reason for taking it was trouble enough, but I recently have been having trouble with even more lack of emotion , motivation and withdrawal than usual. I was wondering if anyone knew if the long use of antipsychotics can permanently 'deaden' the dopamine receptors especially concerning the natural 'reward' systems.
This only started after about 3 months of using a BiPap machine for my apnea. At first, the apnea treatment felt like it was doing great but now I seem more tired and unrested than before I even knew I had apnea; not to mention the cinemascape of dreams during the night and not all lucid. This seems a paradox since I was have 450+ hypoxia events a night and an O2 of about 60%. I have been thinking of asking the dr. about provigil or something of that nature. I also take paxil and wellbutrin but they seem to do nothing for my fatigue and disinterest. They may as well be tic-tacs....
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--Do not sleep like an animal.
--Do the practice which mixes sleep and reality.
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