Posted by bleauberry on January 10, 2009, at 13:40:38
In reply to Some symptoms (from what, though?) Hlp pls...!, posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on January 9, 2009, at 19:22:50
Risperdal is the likely culprit, but whether this would be happening on its own or in a combination with prozac is not clear. Could be either way.
In my experience with prozac + zyprexa, similar to your cocktail, anytime I changed dose...especially lowering it...I had sore tight muscles, mostly in the calves, that would last from 4 to 6 weeks after the dosage change.
If it wasn't happening before the dose change, but is happening after the dose change, then the dose change is the most likely cause. If so, all you can do is wait it out, probably 4 to 6 weeks. In the meantime, your doc should be told.
It is my opinion that this is a neuromuscular thing somehow tied into dopamine. Both prozac and risperdone are influencing dopamine. Once that steady homeostasis of dopamine is unsettled from a dosage change, the neuromuscular stuff is what shows up during a readjustment phase.
Maybe a faint weak form of neuroleptic malignant syndrome perhaps. In its true form, of course, it comes with fever and pretty serious stuff that lands you in the emergency room. I just think the muscle tightness/soreness is somewhere in that realm, just more benign and weaker. Yet still very worrying and uncomfortable. I know.
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