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Originally Posted by Soupe du jour
It sounds like Geodon worked in a valuable way like a PRN. Do you think?
Have you tried other antipsychotics in the past? Somehow I recall, perhaps incorrectly, you mentioning Risperidone.
I certainly wouldn't want concerning side effects to worsen for you over your vacation. At the same time, I wouldn't want a recurrence of the symptoms that led back to the 20 mg Geodon. The use of a PRN antipsychotic has been useful for me, countless times in the past. In my case, I have low dose regular Seroquel (quetiapine). I take the extended release at a much higher dose as part of my regular cocktail. You'd better believe that I will take a small supply of my PRN regular Seroquel when I go on vacation. Nowadays, low dose Seroquel added on to my extended release doesn't make me that tired at all. If I'm hypomanic and certainly manic, it doesn't make me tired at all. It just curbs the flames.
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Yes, exactly. It worked perfectly. I think we know now that it is a magic bullet for my psychosis.
Yes, I took a low dose of Risperdal the first time I got sick. It screwed with my cycle a lot and it gave me anxiety.
Depakote was a hot mess for me. It gave me tacychardia.
That's all that I have tried. I thought maybe if he wants me to stop the Geodon maybe I could take the Risperdal prn if needed. If I only take it for a few days I shouldn't get the cycle issues or the anxiety as it took a few months for that to set in last time. In theory maybe the same would be true for Geodon if I only used it prn.
I've never tried Seroquel. That might be an option to explore.
Luckily my vacation should be relaxing and I'm not working on any projects at the moment.
