Posted by Christ_empowered on February 13, 2022, at 8:17:23
In reply to Re: Can Antipsych's cause huge panic attacks?, posted by Lamdage22 on February 13, 2022, at 4:33:13
I think individual response is part of the issue, too. some people do well with older tranquilizers at reasonable doses. I read a person's account of being hospitalized in the 60s...because of intense stress and traumatic life experiences, low dose Thorazine here and there was something of a relief. I imagine the rather bleak setting contributed to that, too...sort of a cycle, it seems.at the biological level, it seems that drugs that carry a lower akathisia and EPS liability early on would probably (?) be less of a problem with anxiety, panic, neuroleptic induced deficits and neuroleptic induced dysphoria...
but again: each individual is unique, not only at the biological level, but also in terms of psychosocial factors that drive overall response to any psych drug (and...life itself, lol).
I vaguely recall skimming over some of the 50s material on Tofranil. Rather noxious drug, Tofranil, but...
I seem to recall the authors going into factors -- age, gender, social class, education, length of hospitalization, etc. -- that seemed to either contribute to "successful treatment" or...made other treatments more appropriate.
even now, I think -some- clinicians have gathered their own body of "clinical wisdom" for different drugs. a former prescriber told me about the patients she tries on amoxapine -- mostly middle aged or older, severe mood and anxiety problems, light on the psychosis -- and that may or may not be supported by the official data, but...
yeah. yeah. a lot goes into all of this, lol.
maybe rexulti? it seems to have the lower overall EPS rates one finds in studies of aripriprazole, plus it seems to cause less akathisia. I think its also far less likely to elevate prolactin, but I could be mistaken.
just...random question...do you find any supplements helpful? I do a DIY Orthomolecular protocol (my anxiety and general levels of unease and distress are vastly improved, btw), but I was skimming over some "alternative" medicine material and...
it really does seem that most available antioxidants -- even vitamin C, at sufficient doses -- can mitigate a lot of adverse effects from neuroleptics. Oddly enough, I did skim over an animal study that found that coenzyme Q10 did very, very little to prevent TD in animals or reduce the movements once they had developed. strange...
hope this helps. :-)
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