Posted by alexandra_k on December 3, 2005, at 18:04:53
In reply to Re: Experiences on Risperdal... Im afraid of TD » alexandra_k, posted by ed_uk on December 3, 2005, at 16:53:34
> >But you think that they do allow that some people recover from TD symptoms?
> TD is usually long lasting, but not necessarily permanent.
> To quote the DSM....
> If the individual with TD remains off neuroleptic medication, the dyskinesia remits within 3 months in one-third of the cases and remits by 12-18 months in more than 50% of cases, although these percentages are lower in older persons.hmm.
pg?thats interesting :-)
and the remission rates are pretty good :-)i'm wondering whether they are lumping together what Frith refers to as the 'Parkinsonian type symptoms' and the rest, though. Are they defining TD symptoms as movement disorder symptoms in general? (given their preference for fairly much strictly behavioural symptoms)
still...
i hope not.
hate it when things are chronic *by definition*
:-(
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