Posted by Christ_empowered on February 25, 2014, at 11:46:40
In reply to Re: What's going on after stop of perphenazine-amit?, posted by Fate_Architect on February 25, 2014, at 9:15:56
I don't know what to tell you...perphenazine is very much an antipsychotic, especially at higher doses.
Here in the US, lower doses were/sometimes are used as an alternative to benzos or barbiturates (or along with them) in cases of tension, anxiety, agitation, etc. Still, the risks are kinda high for long-term use in non-psychotic people.
Back in the day, some docs would rx low doses of typicals--perphenazine included--in mood disorders such as bipolar. Psychiatrists frowned on the practice until, surprise surprise, it turned out that antipsychotics help a lot of bipolar people and perphenazine is about as good as zyprexa.
Anyway, I don't know where you live or what the shrinks there are like, but here in the US, just say you didn't enjoy your perphenazine experience and you'd like to avoid it in the future. As long as you're a voluntary outpatient, that shouldn't be a huge deal.
If you have severe mental illness, then docs might push it on you. Or if docs think its the best thing for you, they might push it on you. Some docs are really power hungry and if you refuse something they get mad :-( Others are more reasonable.
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