Posted by ed_uk on October 30, 2004, at 13:54:07
In reply to Re: AP, permanent changes again ed_uk, anybody.., posted by Sad Panda on October 30, 2004, at 4:20:48
Hello.....
I really don't think that your doctor intended to cause any long term changes to your brain by prescribing the anti-psychotics. I expect that you were prescribed the Risperdal in the morning simply because your doc decided to give you the Nozinan at night (and he wanted to avoid giving you two different APs at the same time of day.) Your pdoc probably decided to prescribe the Nozinan because it is very sedating and so was more likely to be effective for your insomnia than Risperdal. It is extremely unlikely that there was any sinister reason for your doc changing the time of day that you took the Risperdal.
It is highly unlikely that you will suffer any long term damage due to taking the Risperdal. It is an atypical antipsychotic and you only took it for a short period of time. Even the woman in the case report I gave you recovered eventually despite the fact she had been taking absolutely massive doses of an old fashioned AP for a long period of time. I expect that your symptoms will improve substantially over the next few weeks or months. I understand that it is very dificult to be patient in these circumstances.
To be honest, it is impossible to know whether you really had high dopamine levels because there is no way of measuring them. I think you should talk to your pdoc about the possibility that you may be in a depressive phase of bipolar. If you are, a drug like Lamictal could help.
All the best....
Ed
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