[perpetuallysad]

So I started taking Navane about 7 weeks ago and found that it causes all sorts of parkinsonian muscle twitching and stiffness. My pdoc gave me benztropine to combat that and it makes me like catatonically tired;falling asleep while talking tired.

Navane is the 5 or 6th antipsychotic I've tried in the last 7 months. I don't want to keep trying these things and never get what I need or else have to deal with horrible side effects.

Has anyone else ever taken Navane or benztropine (cogentin)?

[phoenix47baby]

I had to take Cogentin because of the muscle problems that Abilify created for me.

[perpetuallysad]

Does it make you really sleepy?

It seems like that and the navane are making me really, really sleepy. Yesterday I was almost non-functioning I was so tired all day. I went to bed before 9 oclock which is unheard of for me. Ug. I'd rather be anything than sleepy all day.

I'm so frustrated with this roller coaster of antipsychotics I've been on this past 9 months or so.

1st was Abilify, I cannot remember what side effect I had, but it was enough to make me have to quit taking it. Then I tried that migraine med (cannot think of the name), it actually worked well, but I couldn't afford it, then I took tegretol, it made me a zombie and I lost my ability to speak coherently, tried geodon-that was a nightmare-I literally couldn't wake up for hours on end and when I was awake I was at constant risk of falling back asleep, I couldn't speak because something was wrong with my tongue, oh it was awful, then I took Invega, which seemed to work at 1st but when I got up to a therapeutic dosage, zonked me out again-like couldn't drive tired, now finally to navane, when I first started, before I got to a therapeutic level, it was fine, now that I'm taking it 3 times a day I'm plagued with weird muscle twitches and movements and now terrible sleepiness. I don't know what to do. I feel like I have to stop taking it again because I have to drive to pick my son up from school and its dangerous when I'm so tired like this. But I hate the idea of calling my pdoc and telling him I can't handle this one either. Surely he's going to give up on me sometime soon. I cannot go on like this with my meds all screwy. Wahhhhhhh. I seriously just want to cry and cry. I'm so frustrated right now.

I would be concerned about the muscle twitching. Tartive Dyskenesia is a pretty serious side effect and can become a permanent problem.

[perpetuallysad]

Well, I didn't take them this morning. I feel like I am failing at this because I cannot find an antipsychotic that works for me. Man, I'm going to cry, I'm so tired of this.

[Perna]

Topamax? Did you use all the "free" trial stuff up?

https://etrial.mckesson.com/topamaxc...CouponMain.jsp

[perpetuallysad]

I'm going to ask him to put me back on topomax perna, did you read my mind or something? That's freaky. I just remembered that worked well for me like half an hour ago...(insert twilight zone theme here)

[perpetuallysad]

Dang, I just printed it out and read it, the offer expired on Dec 31st 2009! I'm still going to ask my pdoc for it.