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Posted by TF on October 29, 2003, at 13:16:15
Hiyas,
I just recently started respirdal about three days ago (starting at 1 mg and going up to 2 mg next week) and am experiencing some pretty minor, but annoying side effects. I've been having concentration problems for many months now, but after taking respirdal, they just seemed to get worse. It now feels like I have an attention span of about 2 words when I read (maybe less, not an exagerration), and feel like my creativity (the lack of which has been plagueing me since before I started the medication) is completely blown. I'm 22 and I think my doctor has diagonosed me as bi-polar and/or schizo-affective (He didn't actually say that, but some drugs he mentioned as a possible treatment if suicidal or manic behavior emerges, lithium and depakote, made me suspicious.)
My question is this, could these side effects lessen as I continue to take the drug? Is it possible that they could be permanent, or will they fade if I slowly wean myself off of respirdal?
Thanks in advance.
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