Posted by fenix on February 13, 2006, at 11:37:17
In reply to Re: ATTN: fenix, posted by fenix on February 13, 2006, at 11:22:40
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> > > Please see some of my other posts for details.
> > > I urgently need a doctor for Tardive Akathisia and you'd mentioned someone at McLean's/Harvard researching /treating.
> > > Any info. would be greatly appreciated.
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> > > You can POst or babblemail me.
> > > DAVE
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> > Harvard? Are you near massachusetts?
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> Hmm... come to think of it, there really is no good point in me telling you the doctor I am thinking of. Mainly because he would treat you no different then another psychiatrist would concerning the medicines to try (which is futile anyway, there isn't much you can do about TA, I'm afraid).
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> Basically the medicines to try are: propranolol, benzodiazepines, opiates, dopamine-depleters.
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> Propranolol will most likely do nothing. Benzos, they may help a little at most... Opiates, well, they would at least make you feel better but they aren't very helpful concerning the 'painful agitation' of the kind that Tardive Akathisia gives. Dopamine depleters... this might be useful, but again, only to an extent.
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> To summarize, at the least you can reduce the pain of TA by a fraction; at the most, you can reduce the pain of TA by a larger fraction. In other words, to be frank, you can't really do sh*t about it.
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> Let's hope there is some more research done on this.
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> Also, you should just search on the internet for TA if you are feeling brave, you can read much about it and what has been tried for it. This is assuming of course, that you can bare the pain of akathisia long enough to do this.
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Confound it, I keep forgetting to add things so I have to keep posting... this should be the last one here.Basically, I hope what I have just told you doesn't make you lose hope. There is a chance that one of the things I mentioned (or maybe something else) will reduce the symptoms enough so that you will feel a lot better.
And... sometimes, going back on a certain AP will reduce the symptoms quite extensively, however, it was advised to me that this is risky, mainly because in the long-term the symptoms will most likely worsen if you continue AP usage, and you could develop other things along side of TA.
Lastly, you could see about a legal angle at the least. People have sued and won concerning Tardive Dyskinesia, however, I am not very encouraged still... Tardive Akathisia is very subjective and with Dyskinesia you can at least see the physical damage done. Ironically, Tardive Akathisia is probably worse than its 'cousin'.
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