Posted by med_empowered on March 28, 2006, at 16:13:12
In reply to risperidone as speed psychosis treatment, posted by dayle on March 28, 2006, at 15:18:33
hey! Amphetamine psychosis treatment can be kind of complicated. Some people only need acute treatment. Some people, for whatever reasons, will have longer episodes and need longer treatment of some sort. And then there are people who have underlying problems (bipolar, depression, schizophrenia) that could necessitate treatment with some sort of psychiatric drug for a while.
BUT..in your daughter's case, this is a little confusing. I think there's some research on using antipsychotics to prevent stimulant use relapse--the idea being that it blocks the euphoria from stimulants. Thing is..it also causes lots of problems, and its easy enough to stop taking an antipsychotic. Her doc may suspect bipolar or something but...even then, the thing to do would be to switch her over to something else, like an antidepressant for depression or a mood stabilizer for bipolar. Unless she's showing ongoing psychotic symptoms, there's really no reason to keep her on an antipyschotic, especially at ever-increasing doses.
My advice would be to get her a new doctor, and get her off the antipsychotic, gradually.
Good luck!
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