Posted by Chairman_MAO on September 22, 2005, at 20:33:07
In reply to Re: Can Risperdal *give* me hallucinations?, posted by Deneb on September 22, 2005, at 10:21:47
Yes it can. 5ht2 antagonists are capable of inducing hallucinations, though primarily visual LSD-like pseudohallicnations. People suffering from HPPD ("flashbacks") usually are profoundly WORSENED by antipsychotics, especially when idiot doctors think that antipsychotics fix all halluncinations. Dumb dumb dumb.
If it gives you hallucinations, switch drugs! IMHO, antipsychotics are sickeningly overprescribed. You should only be on one as a last resort; I am of the school of thought that even barbiturates like nembutal are preferable to antipsychotics. No one should have to those poisons unless they are the only things that work.
Risperidone is especially awful (prolactin elevation, etc). Try quetiapine, aripiprazole, or clozapine, in that order. If seroquel and abilify fail, you might as well bring out the gold standard, ya know?
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