Posted by yxibow on June 3, 2006, at 14:03:47
In reply to Re: ok, wrong time to ask but anyone GOOD w/ Geodo, posted by heaven help me on June 3, 2006, at 13:41:45
> Jay,
> You have explained things so clearly to me, that is what I really needed (guess I tend to obsess too!). Thank you for doing it in understandable terms.
> I do have 2 questions for you,
> 1) do you think a lower dose of Geodon would decrease the potential occurrence of TD?
> 2) Do you know the percent of people on neuroleptics that end up with TD?
>
> I'm going to talk to my PA about AIMS testing, and I THANK YOU, again, for your words of encouragement!
> blessings
> mary
1) I'm not a psychic nor a psychiatrist, but I would hesitate a guess, possibly.2) There has been only one study in the BJP that I have quoted, if I recall, that showed the incidence of TD in a wide population of Zyprexa users to be 1/2% per year. But you can only extrapolate so much from that, because everyone's brain is different. Someone could take Haldol for years and not get TD. The only harbinger, and I posted this once and I don't want to scare people, including Jeroen, because its not an exact science and I realized that I may have overstepped, is that there is a possibility of future TD if your EPS (side effects like akathisia) are so severe that it is intolerable to take the medication, or somewhere in that range.
I wish I could offer you more advice than I could offer myself.
- tidings-- Jay
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