Posted by Sad Panda on October 26, 2004, at 10:54:45
In reply to has my brain changed after taking Risperidal?, posted by lostforwards on October 24, 2004, at 20:42:28
> Forgive me if I've posted a lot about the same thing but I'm having some bizzare reactions to a Risperidal and I've also got some bizzare questions. I'll just be blunt about it. Here's my fear:
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> It is possible to strip a person of emotional depth, motivation, in the long term after using a combination of an antipsychotic and phenothiazine.
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> One guy mentioned to me something about downregulation of the other post synaptic dopamine receptors, besides D2, being a possible reason for why I'm amotivated. I'm wondering if things will get back to normal or if I'm stuck this way. How long does it take for receptor changes to take place?
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> I've heard one ancedotal report from someone I met online who's experienced lasting anhedonia ( years ), aphasia, apathy, and a dead sex drive after ( almost a year ) being on Risperidal. They had an underlying condition intially though, Asperger's. He was told by his doctor that the medication doesn't cause those types of withdrawal side-effects but it did for him.
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> I'm not sure if sensitivity to antipsychotics makes me more prone to long lasting changes or not. I've experienced most of the symptoms the other person had. They were only treated 6 months on 3mg. I was treated a month( only a week on 3mg )
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> Additionally, I had some odd behaviour, besides paranoia that would co-occur with my illness, that included not being able to look someone in the face under stress. I really dboubt that was a medication induced. Finally, I'm unsure what my doctor, not my usual doctor, was trying to do. He said it was bipolar but he'd just increased the dose when I did something like that.
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>TD is the main long term problem with antipsychotics, most other problems caused by antipsychotics will go way in the long run.
Cheers,
Paul.
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