Posted by Christ_empowered on November 6, 2017, at 14:06:20
In reply to Re: I have only been psychotic on Nardil. Never withou, posted by Lamdage22 on November 6, 2017, at 11:55:12
hi, lamdage. have you talked the psychiatrist about getting down to a more standard dose of tranquilizer?
from what little I've read about it, other drugs can help ease the tapering/dosage reduction process. gabapentin, lyrica, benzodiazepines...maybe hydroxyzine or other sedating antihistamine drugs, since you're on so much Seroquel.
have you ever tried abilify? I think the dose is usually capped at 30mgs/day, but I read on mad in America that there's some data that indicates that long term treatment w/ abilify doesn't cause as much D2 upregulation as most other tranquilizers. I do not know the long term TD risk. There are case reports of tardive akathisia from abilify, but I'm fairly certain that's true of any tranquilizer.
I also read on mad in America that anticonvulsants can help w/ tardive psychosis, or at least...that's a going theory, anyway. I seem to recall the article I read mentioning lamictal w/ a tranquilizer.
I hope your situation improves.
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