Posted by yxibow on December 20, 2005, at 22:29:22
I'm considering returning to Zyprexa in combination with the Seroquel I'm on. I should describe a short reason for the medication and condition.. sometime a bit more than 4 years ago I inexplicably developed a somatiform disorder which basically heightens visual awareness, contrast, brightness, etc. The antipsychotics are used for the D2 dampening.
At any rate, when I first started rounds of antipsychotics years back, Zyprexa was an astounding change to my condition -- unfortunately, it caused pseudoparkinsonism, shakiness of the hands, although on the positive side I slept like a baby.
I withdrew once from it, and it more or less went away. I tried it at a lower dose, it had no effect on my condition but my hands were also shaky. I withdrew, and it didn't exactly go away.
So I ponder trying it a third time, knowing that pseudoparkinsonism sometimes reverses itself during treatment. I don't want to end up permanently with pseudoparkinsonism. I want to be able to hold my fork at dinner without being depressed and do intricate work with hand tools, etc. Yes, there's Akineton (biperiden) and propranolol for tremor although there's only so much you can take before you get side effects from them too.
So... after this long posting... people who have taken Zyprexa, what are their experiences with EPS, permanent, or temporary.
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