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How To Cure Shizoaffective Discorder + GAD ?
My 32 year-old son has shizoaffective disorder + GAD. He uses a low dose of a benzo (Clonopin) to deal with anxiety, but has stopped all anti-sych meds. They cause dystonia-like symptoms, with protruding tongue, facial spasms, fear of choking, etc. We have used Benadryl to stop those symptoms which is effective, but he doesn't want to continue that. I'm trying to see if there are other options to the Risperdal, Geodon, Abilify, and others he has tried he has tried. His hallucinations, paranoia, delusional thinking have gotten much worse....tks
Tue, 1 Apr 2014
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I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
I understand that you have tried three different antipsychotics and all have led to extra pyramidal side-effects. However you may try olanzapine or quetiapine. Both these drugs have a low propensity to cause EPS side-effects.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
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Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
I understand that you have tried three different antipsychotics and all have led to extra pyramidal side-effects. However you may try olanzapine or quetiapine. Both these drugs have a low propensity to cause EPS side-effects.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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