Posted by the kindling effect on February 13, 2006, at 15:17:24
In reply to Re: ATTN: fenix, posted by fenix on February 13, 2006, at 11:22:40
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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).--Even ECT has been shown to have a possible 50% success rate. You haven't mentioned clozapine. Propranolol was discovered through trial and error for psych uses(as many meds are) and TA. Lots of new meds out there. Personally I'd rather take the chance at making it worse and having the possiblity of a life again before I take my swan dive off this mortal coil.
I see we share the same sort of attitude. Are you saying it's psychitrist treating TA? I've never heard of that although that could also be a good thing. You obviously haven't met a psychiatrist in Canada. Right now I would be totally thankful just to have a p-doc or neurologist on an on-going basis.
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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.Well aware brother. I've often tried to visualize 5 people with TA in a room together. Pretty bizarre.
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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.Been there done that. That what pisses me off about Canadian neuros and their hopeless attitude; they don't keep up to date.
This is assuming of course, that you can bare the pain of akathisia long enough to do this.
Depends on the time of day. I don't need to be told what it's like. What I am curious aboutis if you have some of the same .....tweaks as me. As in what makes it worse etc. A lot of TA people are geriatrics or in the schizophrenia population so it can be difficult to... compare notes sorta say.THat's cool with me if you're content to give up on it. All I'm asking for is a lead if you know someone who at least has an understanding of what TA is. Is spooky how many docs don't even know what the hell it is.
Hey, I liked your Herr Bob comment by the way. A cherry smile on another of my endless restless days. Although i do thank the guy for this board and think he's actually pretty lenient.
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