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Old Dec 23, 2019, 03:03 PM
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hi. yes, please call psych. TD is not as common with atypicals and is supposedly more likely to go away than with, say, massive injections of Haldol. and yet...

not good, at all. my #1, speaking as a person not an 'expert' piece of advice/suggestion to you would be to at least ask about getting down to just -1- antipsychotic. seroquel is supposed to be less TD-inducing than many other options, because its low potency (kind of like 400mgs/Thorazine would be less likely to cause TD than the equivalent of Haldol or Prolixin), but it still happens. my psych claims that Abilify is lower on the TD making scale, too, because of the D2 partial agonism (both blocks the dopamine receptor and stimulates it, avoiding as much EPS, hopefully TD).

other than that... once this situation is resolved, I'd -personally, as a non-expert- ask that you talk to a psych about just how necessary an antipsychotic is for you, for long term treatment. might be the less horrible option, maybe there's a better way to hand things...I have no idea, I just encourage you to take a good look at options, with a psych.
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