Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Lacncashire, UK
What Medication At What Dose Do You Take? Posted: 07-16-05 11:07am
I suffered with a psychotic episode a few
years back and since than have been
prescribed the same medication. The
medication I take is called risperidone
3mg or risperdal, it's an anti-psychotic
(major tranquiliser), and procyclidine 5mg
(for the side effects). I understand
risperidone is a second generation
medication under the anti-psychotic
umbrella of medications. Has anyone
heard of third generation anti-psychotics
or indeed are prescribed any? Please
post to let me know, i'm interested.
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MickyS
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 29
Posted: 07-16-05 12:15pm
Well ,i'm on olanzapine zyprexa 10mg but I
stopped takeing them 3 months ago but for
a few days i"m back on them now ,only 5mg
this is a third generation antipsychotic
like clozapine clozaril and quetapine
seroquel .This classification is not
chronological but it is a classification
about the advances made in antipsychotic
technology>my doctor told me about some
new medicine but I don't remember zoleptil
..
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slam
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 100
Medication Posted: 07-25-05 11:38am
I'm taking 40 mg of geodon a night. It is
giving me headaches. I will try 20mg
someday to see whether it will lessen.
I tried seroqual 50mg. It is very
sedating. My whole right brain was numb.
Also I went to e.R. Because my whole body
was shaking. I don't recommend this one.
Very scary feeling.
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JoshGSchizophreniaNIN
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 13 Location: Henderson, NV
Posted: 08-04-05 07:05am
I'm currently taking 100mg of zoloft for
depression/anxiety.
I recently tried abilify, but had a
dystonic reaction to it.
In the past, I took prozac for
depression.
Josh
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OneArmedBandit
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 18 Location: manchester, UK
Posted: 09-08-05 21:34pm
Whatever you do take dont take 72 pro plus
- it is not fun (and I later learned that
64 is the lowest recorded lethal dose)
worst headache of my life an was trippin
pretty bad.
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luvkittykats
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 69 Location: north carolina
Posted: 09-10-05 08:59am
Right now I only take risperdal 2mg. I
used to take symbyax
(olanzapine+fluoxetine). I will be going
on an antidepressant at my next pdoc
appointment.
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firefly09
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 45 Location: UK
Posted: 12-14-05 15:35pm
Hi I also suffered a psychotic episode due
to being in a mixed state a couple of
weeks ago. I have been taking risperidone
and the drug is helping a great deal ...
I also take 2mg like you. If it works,
keep it going, dont worry about how old it
is.
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Thylacine
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Australien
Posted: 12-15-05 05:41am
I take 200mg of seroquel.....U get over
the side effects when you have had heavy
doses of it. I used to be 1000mg of the
caca........Still get a bit tired
though.......
Tried abilify and it was like I was on
speed constantly......
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nyxofthenightxx
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 3 Location: USA
Posted: 12-28-05 19:53pm
I take 2mg (soon to be 1mg) of risperdal
and 180mg of geodon.
Kayla :twisted:
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slam
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 100
Posted: 12-30-05 18:04pm
I was once on antipsychotic drugs until I
knew the truth. The new antipsychotics
are very dangerous like the old ones. My
psychiatrist kept that from me. I learned
that it can cause dopamine
hypersensitivity that induces tardive
dyskinesia. Also antipsychotics changes
the struture of the brain and also
increases psychosis later in life. There
are a lot of successful recoveries from
schizophrenia without using drugs. It is
just to bad is not popular with
psychiatrists.
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jei
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 18
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Posted: 02-21-06 05:37am
I started with risperdal 3 mg, 2 mg at
nite 1 mg by morning. Now is 1 mg by
nite, 0.5 mg in the morning.
It function perfectly seprate the amout
you take at once. If I take 1.5 mg at
nite. I lost little control.
