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Posted by Golfer1983 on July 8, 2011, at 17:00:48
Hi All -
I was put on Risperdal 3 weeks ago for 1 day. I got an acute dystonia from only 1 day of treatment and my tongue starting darting back and forth. This lasted for 5 days and it returned to normal.
I took an Adderall this week and my tongue felt "tense" and this NEVER EVER happened before the Risperdal.
Is this just a case that my receptors are sensitized and could take 8-12 weeks to return to normal or is there a possibility of permanent dystonia?
Any help would be much apprecaited!
Posted by Jeroen on July 15, 2011, at 3:06:14
In reply to Dystonia from RIsperdal, posted by Golfer1983 on July 8, 2011, at 17:00:48
i'm sorry to hear, i have TD in my eyes from Geodon
Posted by sk85 on July 18, 2011, at 13:41:14
In reply to i'm sorry to hear, posted by Jeroen on July 15, 2011, at 3:06:14
I developed permanent dystonia from using Prozac (which I later found out basically sucks dry your dopamine from the motor areas of your brain). However had I known before what the initial dystonia symptoms were then I could have probably avoided a lot of damage.
Your symptoms certainly sound like dystonia/dyskinesia however the good news is that you took it only for 1 day so this will probably revert with great likelihood. The important things to remeber are: avoid risperidone and all possibly dopamine blocking/reducing meds in the future, also there is some logic that using a dopamine boosting drug after dopamine blocking one will increase the likelihood of developing abnormal motor responses in the brain, so yes Adderal might be a bad idea right after Risperdal (however I don't know how much you need it to function so cold turkey might not be the best idea, consult with your doc to assess the risk/benefit ratio).
I have come to the understanding that one must have some predisposition to get EPS from meds so in the future be extra careful with monitoring anything abnormal that meds cause in the motor department.
Meds that have a very low likelihood of EPS versus the typical antipsychotics and SSRIs: clozapine, quetiapine, trycyclic ADs.
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