Posted by Quintal on March 4, 2008, at 13:21:41
In reply to Re: Which is the *Best*? » Quintal, posted by tensor on March 4, 2008, at 12:53:32
The most common side effect of amisulpride is insomnia (my own experience and according to my medical book). Apart from that I haven't had any side effects as such other than feeling 'hyper' and agitated at 200mg, but I put that down to excess dose. Amisulpride is as bad as risperidone elevating prolactin, which is pretty bad. Sulprirde may be diffrent though. I haven't had any problems from excess prolactin levels (if I did have elevated prolactin), but I know one poster had severe sexual dysfunction at 50mg. I was quite surprised by that because I find it to have a pro-sexual effect. I was still very much 'sexually active' even when I was in hospital on 200mg. I'm very sensitive to that side effect, so there's no doubt I would pick up on it if I were experiencing any sexual dysfunction - I couldn't tolerate SSRIs for that reason. It seems to enhance orgasm a great deal, a bit like Mirapex did. I've never noticed any sign of hand tremor.
I also take Agnus Castus, which is a dopamine agonist and lowers prolactin levels. It might be an idea for limiting/treating elevated prolactin if it were to be a problem? I wasn't taking Agnus Castus in hospital, or the first time I took it, and I had no sexual/breast growth/milk problems then.
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