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Originally Posted by Buddha443556
Interesting, stiffness is usually a sign of NMS. Benadryl can be used for serotonin syndrome. I always figured these two syndromes are related to some extent. I hope you recovered from these nasty effects.
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I would hypothesise that the risperidone worked 'too well' in that it left RunningEagleRuns with too little dopamine (like in Parkinson's) causing stiffness. This is due to low dopamine compared with acetylcholine. Apparently the Benadryl helps by reducing the acetylcholine, bringing the (low) dopamine back into balance with the (low) acetylcholine, which stops the extra-pyramidal side effects.
As for benadryl treating serotonin syndrome, I dunno? I read it was a very weak ssri thereby possibly increasing serotonin if used with antidepressants, so that sounds counter-intuitive to me
*Willow*