Posted by lostforwards on November 2, 2004, at 13:43:00
In reply to Neuroleptics Ahhh!, posted by ed_uk on November 2, 2004, at 8:50:56
Risperdal. 10 years old, and it's still a favourite amongst doctors. I've read a lot of anecdotal reports of tardive dyskinsia on newer medications and I've had my own personal experience. The sterotypies I had on it are starting to re-emerge as I feel better, my eyebrow also twitches slowly - god only knows what other damage was done. I've got a host of psychological problems that might appear to be my illness but I know are caused by the withdrawal of the AP.
Personally, I think the safety of atypicals is exaggerated ( though there was improvement with earlier atypicals over older typical APs ).
I don't think the really new atypicals are much safer, maybe Seroquel aside, than the older atypicals. Are they still even trying to make them safer?It seems ike they're just making combo drugs now ( Geodon, Symbyax ) which might even make the chances of developing TD worse. SSRIs on there own can cause TD ( which has something to do with indirect effects of increasing serotonin on dopamine ) let alone combining them with antipsychotics.
I read one persons post who mentioned on geodon they're eyes started to roll up in their sockets sometimes. They switched to zyprexa, the problem didn't go away.
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