Posted by Fate_Architect on February 25, 2014, at 12:15:39
In reply to Re: What's going on after stop of perphenazine-amit?, posted by Christ_empowered on February 25, 2014, at 11:46:40
> I don't know what to tell you...perphenazine is very much an antipsychotic, especially at higher doses.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.Ah, i see. Well, you know what, i dont think i ever had a severe mental illness. I am not saying it cause i dont want to admit it. But it is strange that in all my life i coped with medium doses of just an ssri. My doctor at that time retired and found another one. That one started giving me meds for little things. Then, i freaked out. I was having a semi-normal life, he gave me fluoxetine, i felt kinda good. Told him that i will continue my mba. Told me, no you cant, you dont have concentration. I insisted i had normal concentration. Then came the amitriptyline/perphenazine. Started attending the classes, i told him. He prescribed zyprexa with all these. He thought i was manic cause i wanted to go on with my life? With zyprexa i became zombie. Guess what, he added wellbutrin to the mix :S Then, the period that came is a black hole. Didnt remember anything. quit cold turkey all the meds alone. Slowly i became normal, but a little depressed.
It is weird, i was living my life 4 years with only 5mg of escitalopram, and next 3 years with 75mg of effexor, mainly health ocd issues and some extra rare panic attacks and boom i changed the doc and was on 5 meds? Something is bad here, isnt it?
I just called my current psych, cause in the 3 years of that guy's treatment i started having symptoms for the first time in my life. Weird obsessions, anger, impulsivity, emotionally numb and the list goes on. She now told me that if i can sleep after quitting the perph/amit, i can sleep normally, to stay on only zoloft and see how it goes without the perph. Wish me luck :/
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