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Old Jul 27, 2017, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by still_crazy View Post
hi. my big problem with this sort of thing is that tranquilizers=long term treatment (usually...), so there's the potential for tardive syndromes, including the hellish (but rarely mentioned...) tardive akathisia.

personally, id try the vraylar (I probably spelled that wrong) and see if that could help. is that the cleaned up, new and improved Abilify? D2 partial agonists have their own set of problems--akathisia being a big one, it seems--but if it was me, I'd personally want to switch to a tranquilizer that didn't cause these sorts of problems, just because of the potential for long term, sometimes irreversible, problems.
I agree with you about akathisia rarely being mentioned by pdocs. It's my concern there's not enough "informed consent" for the clients when tranquilizers are prescribed. I am also concerned about the overuse of tranquilizers, putting more people at risk.

Which type of tranquilizers do not have the potential for causing tardive syndromes?

Thank you!

WC