Posted by OldSchool on February 7, 2002, at 21:46:02
In reply to Re: OldSchool Another Question for you, posted by johnj on February 7, 2002, at 20:56:29
> Can you tell me what Risperdal is for? I have never heard of it before. I was on my meds before I had the net and now I find myself trying to catch up with all that is going on.
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> I had pnuemonia last summer and ever since then my meds seem to be acting funky on me. I wonder if the anti-biotics hurt me somehow? I am barely functional at work and am nervous about getting worse and losing my job so go to a new doc on Monday. The guy I see for med adjustment is just sitting behind the desk and charging me a bundle for doing nothing. I am just trying to arm myself with as much knowledge to make the visit worthwhile. I am thinking of serzone or remeron as a possible alternative AD. Pamelor's side effects are coming back and they really suck. Thanks for your responses. Take it easy
> JohnRisperdal is an atypical anti-psychotic similar to Seroquel and Zyprexa. I took it in low dose (half a mg) along with Remeron for two months back in early 98, in the beginning stages of my depression. I found the Risperdal to cause bad EPS in me (muscle stiffness and tightness, muscle twitches, tongue numbing, tightness feeling in my head, etc) and really messed up the antidepressant effect I was getting from the Remeron. I should have gone off the Risperdal quicker than I did, but I was stupid and listened to my psychiatrist and stayed on it for about two months. By the end of that two month period, the Remeron no longer would even activate...at all.
I still dont really know what happened to this very day, all I know is that ever since antidepressant response has been mediocre with bigtime "poop out." Before Risperdal, I enjoyed extremely good full activation responses with simple SSRIs like Paxil. So I do know what it feels like to have your meds work fully, cause I experienced it for a while on Paxil prior to the Remeron/Risperdal fiasco.
Whenever I take atypical anti-psychotics basically all that happens is I get stiff and twitch a lot and my tongue gets numb feeling. And my depression worsens, sadness and suicidal thoughts increase on atypical anti-psychotics. However I never told my psychiatrists that cause Im afraid it would freak them out. They help with sleep some, thats about it.
I dont know, this is just a wild card idea but maybe if your meds are not working good since pneumonia, maybe your system needs a jumpstart with ECT? I never had it myself but am considering it heavily. ECT stimulates the brain to release massive amounts of neurotransmitters and that would have to be good for the immune system, making you more robust and stuff. ECT has strong neuroendocrine effects and I would think ECT would make you able to fight off infection and disease better cause youd be healthier overall after it. The main side effect is memory loss.
take care,
Old School
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