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Re: Antipsychotics » Kari

Posted by Dinah on November 20, 2002, at 18:44:34

In reply to Re: Antipsychotics » Dinah, posted by Kari on November 20, 2002, at 8:55:36

Hi Kari,

On SSRI's I noticed apathy, flatness, memory loss, and a reduction in my sensitivity to sounds, lights, and other stimulation.

On Risperdal I didn't feel flat in the same way at all. I also didn't feel any reduction in sensory overstimulation. What I did notice is hard to describe. It's as if I became very cerebral, and things that I might have an emotional reaction to left me unmoved. I don't know. Maybe it was a placebo reaction. It mainly felt like a more effective tranquilizer than Klonopin, but with more of an effect on mood. Perhaps I wasn't on it long enough or at high enough a dose to feel any effect but a tranquilizing one.

I was on a relatively high dose of Thorazine as a preteen, and again, all I remember was a tranquilizing effect. I took it (according to my doctors hard to read records) for night terrors (which I don't actually remember having).

Ah well, if it is effective as a tranquilizer on an as needed basis, I'll be relatively happy with it.

Thanks,
Dinah

 

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