Posted by med_empowered on February 19, 2007, at 3:15:30
In reply to Re: Antipsychotics+motivation » Klavot, posted by Quintal on February 17, 2007, at 17:57:04
I seem to recall reading about mini-doses of Haldol (like, 0.5mgs or something like that) having the effect of speeding up reaction times.
Anyway, in general, antipsychotics are notorious for slowing people down, causing dullness and general drug-induced apathy. The newer ones really aren't that much better--people still complain left and right about apathy and numbness--but sometimes with other meds (like the prozac/zyprexa mix) there are pro-motivational results so..its all kind of complicated. In general, blocking dopamine is going to cause slowness.
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