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Posted by ace on February 14, 2005, at 22:21:44
GUYS, SEROQUEL HASNT DONE ANY MORE THAN ZYPREXA AND, 4 WEEKS LATER, I WEIGH THE SAME. I HAVE SOMETIMES SPASMS IN MY SLEEP AND REALLY BAD NIGHTMARES. I SLEEP A LOT DURING THE DAY.
I HAVE SEEN GREAT RESPONSES TO RISPERIDIONE...BUT DUE TO EPS, I WILL KEEP MY DOSE TO 1-2MG MAX.
SO, I AM DROPPING LAMICTAL(IT'S CONFUSING BEING ON 4 DRUGS -- WHATS DOING WHAT!?), SEROQUEL AND ADDING RISPERIDONE. PLEASE GIVE THE ACE-MAN AS MUCH INFO ON RISPERIDONE...
ONLY GOOD REPORTS, ESP FOR BEING WHO IT REALLY HELPED WITH OCD!!!!!
MY NEW COCKTAIL WILL BE....
NARDIL 75MG
RISPERIDONE 1-2MG
XANAX-2MGI HAVE READ THAT RISPERIDONE WORKS SO GOOD IN CASES -- IT CAN TAKE A GOOD 12 WEEKS BUT -- PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO STOP EVERY OTHER MEDICATION, AND I READ ONE DUDE EVEN CREDITED IT WITH HIM GETTING OF ALL MEDICATION...AND THIS GUY HAD MAJOR PSYCHOSIS, OCD, DEPRESSION, PANIC ETC
WISH MR. ACE NARDIL GOOD LUCK GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!ACE
Posted by snapper on February 14, 2005, at 23:20:27
In reply to TO RISPERIDONE I GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, posted by ace on February 14, 2005, at 22:21:44
Good Luck dude! May the Psychophamacological gods be with you!
Snapper
Posted by Phillipa on February 14, 2005, at 23:54:57
In reply to Re: TO RISPERIDONE I GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! » ace, posted by snapper on February 14, 2005, at 23:20:27
Good Luck Ace! May resperidone be the drug for you! Peace be with you! Fondly Phillipa
Posted by SLS on February 15, 2005, at 6:50:32
In reply to TO RISPERIDONE I GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, posted by ace on February 14, 2005, at 22:21:44
OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's with all the yelling?
I hope my guess about risperidone was right. I thought that it might be a good drug for you to try based upon what I had encountererd in the medical literature and how well you responded to Zyprexa. Throw a little intuition in there somewhere.
Good luck.
- Scott
Posted by ace on February 15, 2005, at 21:45:20
In reply to TO RISPERIDONE I GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, posted by ace on February 14, 2005, at 22:21:44
Posted by ace on February 15, 2005, at 21:47:45
In reply to Re: TO RISPERIDONE I GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ?ace, posted by SLS on February 15, 2005, at 6:50:32
> OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> What's with all the yelling?
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> I hope my guess about risperidone was right. I thought that it might be a good drug for you to try based upon what I had encountererd in the medical literature and how well you responded to Zyprexa. Throw a little intuition in there somewhere.
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> Good luck.
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> - Scott
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>Thanks Scott- sorry bout the shouting...little old Ace gets excited sometimes!!!!
Dude, do you know what....I think the Seroquel is making the OCD worse....
I have really heard great thinks about risperidone -- it is the strongest of all new antipsychotics....
At 1-2mg, how do you see my risk of TD or other EPS???
Thanks heaps man!
Ace
Posted by MoparFan91 on February 15, 2005, at 23:04:50
In reply to TO RISPERIDONE I GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, posted by ace on February 14, 2005, at 22:21:44
My grandmother takes Risperdal (0.5 mg/day, I think) for Bipolar. She feels GOOD on it. My mother and some other people think that she's a bit harder to get along with when she's on Risperdal. My mother also said that she likes to argue about anything. She said that it makes her a little bit on the high (hypomanic) side all the time. She was easier to get along with when she was on Depakote, though. But on Risperdal, she flips out more easily, but she says she feels great on that drug.
Posted by SLS on February 16, 2005, at 6:05:53
In reply to Re: TO RISPERIDONE I GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! » SLS, posted by ace on February 15, 2005, at 21:47:45
> > OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > What's with all the yelling?
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> > I hope my guess about risperidone was right. I thought that it might be a good drug for you to try based upon what I had encountererd in the medical literature and how well you responded to Zyprexa. Throw a little intuition in there somewhere.
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> > Good luck.
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> >
> > - Scott
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> Thanks Scott- sorry bout the shouting...little old Ace gets excited sometimes!!!!
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> Dude, do you know what....I think the Seroquel is making the OCD worse....
>
> I have really heard great thinks about risperidone -- it is the strongest of all new antipsychotics....
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> At 1-2mg, how do you see my risk of TD or other EPS???
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> Thanks heaps man!
> Ace
Supposedly, the risk of EPS and TD becomes significant with risperidone at dosages of 6.0mg and higher. I think 3.0 mg is safe.When you first start risperidone, you might feel some things that you won't like. For some people, it can produce anxiety, which might make it seem like your OCD is getting worse. You might also feel somewhat depressed, slowed-down, sedated, or somnolent. These startup effects might take 5-10 days to disappear. Try not to react too quickly by discontinuing risperidone should these things emerge. It really can feel like a different drug 2 weeks into treatment.
I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you. You deserve to live without being hampered by OCD.
- Scott
Posted by ace on February 16, 2005, at 23:54:23
In reply to Re: TO RISPERIDONE I GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ?SLS ?ace, posted by SLS on February 16, 2005, at 6:05:53
> > > OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > >
> > > What's with all the yelling?
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> > > I hope my guess about risperidone was right. I thought that it might be a good drug for you to try based upon what I had encountererd in the medical literature and how well you responded to Zyprexa. Throw a little intuition in there somewhere.
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> > > Good luck.
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> > > - Scott
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> > Thanks Scott- sorry bout the shouting...little old Ace gets excited sometimes!!!!
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> > Dude, do you know what....I think the Seroquel is making the OCD worse....
> >
> > I have really heard great thinks about risperidone -- it is the strongest of all new antipsychotics....
> >
> > At 1-2mg, how do you see my risk of TD or other EPS???
> >
> > Thanks heaps man!
> > Ace
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> Supposedly, the risk of EPS and TD becomes significant with risperidone at dosages of 6.0mg and higher. I think 3.0 mg is safe.
>
> When you first start risperidone, you might feel some things that you won't like. For some people, it can produce anxiety, which might make it seem like your OCD is getting worse. You might also feel somewhat depressed, slowed-down, sedated, or somnolent. These startup effects might take 5-10 days to disappear. Try not to react too quickly by discontinuing risperidone should these things emerge. It really can feel like a different drug 2 weeks into treatment.
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> I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you. You deserve to live without being hampered by OCD.
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> - ScottThanks so much Scott - those sentiments mean a lot to me, mate. OCD has been the big bad bugbear....really hard to knock it out....man, withoubt meds the pain it creates just so much makes me want to put a bullet in my head -- but even that thought doesn't relly ease the pain of it.
Enough negativity -- here i go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks bro,
Andrew
PS- Scott, how you doing these days??
PPS- another risperidone qstn below!!
Posted by banga on February 17, 2005, at 0:17:57
In reply to Re: TO RISPERIDONE I GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! » SLS, posted by ace on February 16, 2005, at 23:54:23
I do not have OCD but have generalized anxiety and anxious/depressive obsessional rumination. Risperdal obliterated my anxiety quite well. I did not tolerate it well long-term though. Dizzy and fatigued starting the second week. But hey we are all different and as i said it helped quite impressively.
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