Posted by desolationrower on June 11, 2011, at 20:46:35
In reply to RISPERDAL + ADDERALL, posted by GOLFER1983 on June 11, 2011, at 18:44:28
> Hi All -
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> I am a 27 year old male and used to have textbook social phobia and fear of being around a lot of people. The past year, it turned into more OCD and obsessive thoughts (What if I go crazy? What if I harm someone? etc.). We tried all SSRI's which made anxiety worse and the doctor put me on low dose Risperdal (.25mg at night).
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> I am wondering if anyone has had experience with antipsychotics and, if so, can you use stimulants with them? Surprisingly, Adderall upps my confidence in social settings.
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> Due to just starting Risperdal, I developed a tense tongue (EPS symptoms) and am taking .25 Cogentin to help with this for first few weeks as well.
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> Thanks,
> Cameronit is odd there is little overlap in the study of stimulants and atipsychotics. i would guess low dose, espcially at different times of day, use would cause an improvement. i would not use a high dose though.
stimulants usually increase confidence. this may be part of the benefit of MAOIs for anxiety. i don't know if taking a drug that is currently giving you EPS is a good idea, though that is a very low dose of risperdal.
-d/r
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