Posted by med_empowered on September 19, 2006, at 18:46:39
In reply to antipsychotics, akathasia, anxiety, ocd, posted by xbunny on September 19, 2006, at 11:00:17
sometimes antipsychotics make things worse...a lot worse. If you ramp up the dosage enough, you can end up inducing/worsening OCD and worsening/causing pretty bad social withdrawal...its like that study where they found higher-end Haldol dosages caused a sort of social phobia, and zyprexa can induce OCD.
Step 1 would be to lower the neuroleptic and do something about the akathisia--dipenhydramine, valium, propranolol, whatever.
Step 2 would be re-assesing your overall situation: do you still need an antipsychotic? if so, would a reduced dosage do the trick?
Good luck!
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