Posted by ed_uk on May 27, 2005, at 16:02:32
In reply to Re: Is anyone scared of their pdoc?, posted by Camille Dumont on May 27, 2005, at 14:49:38
Hi Camille,
Thank you for your interesting and detailed reply :-)
>The thoughts were inside my head by it was as if my brain could not make my body obey. Movement became weird.
Sounds rather like pseudo-parkinsonism eg. inability to initiate movement etc.
>Apparently, its something that happens with SPD ... so little can be done for it. Its just my personality coupled with a very vivid imagination.
You've been diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder?
>But hey, I prefer my wonky brain than a drugged up one.
It sounds like your pseudo-hallucinations aren't really causing you any impairment. I think there's sometimes a tendency for doctors to want to treat symptoms, even if they're not causing any problems.
RE me. I've only ever taken two APs: chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and prochlorperazine (Compazine: which is quite similar to Haldol).
At a low dose, Thorazine caused considerable cognitive slowing, it was not effective for my anxiety in the slightest. At a high dose, it caused severe akathisia (profound restlessness) and landed me in the ER.
I only took a single dose of prochlorperazine. It was a *very* low dose. I didn't have any side effects. I can imagine that a high dose would have been vile! I do not want my dopamine receptors to be blocked, it makes me very ill!
Kind regards,
Ed.
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