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May 10, 2016, 06:04 PM
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I have a severe tremor from meds, so my pdoc prescribed Cogentin. I've been taking it for a week. It has helped the tremor somewhat, but I also feel extremely sleepy and apathetic. And very spacey. I'm wondering if, instead of taking 1mg. in the morning and 1mg. at bedtime, I should take it all at bedtime. For those who have experience with Cogentin, how did you take it (morning, bedtime?), and how did/do you feel on it?
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May 10, 2016, 06:50 PM
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Hi, LauraBeth, I'm also on Cogentin. It's written as 1 mg twice a day. But lately I've been having RLS at sleep time, so I cut the morning dose in half just so I'll have a little more at night. It helps with the RLS a lot. I only take the remaining half if I have RLS when I try to sleep or get back to sleep.
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May 10, 2016, 09:08 PM
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Thanks, Angelique. I'm thinking that I need to take only 1mg for several days, then raise the dose gradually to 2mgs. I feel pretty awful...very lightheaded and mindless. Plus my heart is pounding uncomfortably. I'm quite sure it's from the Cogentin.
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May 11, 2016, 06:03 AM
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May 11, 2016, 12:46 PM
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Thanks so much, Angelique, for your input. Last night I took only 1/2 a mg. of the Cogentin and I'm MUCH better today. I think starting off at 2mg. was just too much.
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May 11, 2016, 01:23 PM
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May 14, 2016, 06:40 PM
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I think 2 mg is a pretty high dose to start on. The last time I was on it I was started at .5 mg once a day then increased to 1 mg. My pdoc says sh likes to be very slow increasing the dose on it to avoid side effects from too much.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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May 14, 2016, 06:59 PM
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I hate to mention this, given our experiences with Benzo withdrawal, but benztropine is one of those "Z drugs", related to benzos.
It scares me, but with the invega I'm on, I really need the benztropine. I do not want to go through withdrawals again. Not sure what to do. I've been on most of the atypical ap's , and a few of the older ones too. I don't want to start switching meds and having them be less therapeutic. 
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May 14, 2016, 07:10 PM
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According to my research benzotropine is an anti-cholinergic, totally unrelated to benzos or Z drugs. Z drugs are zoplicone, zaleplon, Zolpidem, Ezcopoline. There are other drugs in the "nonbenzodiazine group) which I'm not going to type out all of, but none are benzotropine. It's safe, just kind of annoying.
If you have some article about benzotropine being part of this class please share as I'd like to know as it will play a role in going back on it sometime soon. Thanks Quote:
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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May 14, 2016, 07:16 PM
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Thank you for posting!
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May 14, 2016, 07:18 PM
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Glad that it helped!
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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