Posted by ed_uk on October 24, 2004, at 6:45:08
In reply to addiction to antipsychotics and anhedonia, posted by lostforwards on October 24, 2004, at 5:36:18
Hello....
It is possible that your anhedonia could be a withdrawal symptom from the risperidone. Withdrawal symptoms due to anti-psychotics can certainly occur but anhedonia does not seem to be a common withdrawal symptom. Common withdrawal symptoms include... anxiety, agitation, nausea, involuntary movements and insomnia. I did find one study which reported that the withdrawal of APs in elderly nursing home patients could cause apathy.
Since you've only been taking risperidone for a few weeks, any withdrawal symptoms that you do experience probably won't last for very long. Try not to get disheartened, you will probably feel much better in a few weeks time. If you ever do need to take an antipsychotic in the future, you should probably choose one which has a lower incidence of extrapyramidal side effects that risperidone eg. Seroquel. You seem to have been very sensitive to these side effects.
Ed
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