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Hi everyone,
I'm on 5 mg of risperidone daily and 800 mg of seroquel daily. Lately I've been noticing muscle stiffness, particularly in my hip and groin areas, that makes walking difficult. I first noticed it when I was just on the risperidone, but it seems to be a lot worse now, so I think the seroquel is making it worse. My mood is pretty good right now, so I think it would be safe to drop my dosages of one or both meds. My question is, if I lower the doses, is the muscle stiffness likely to go away or is this something permanent? Thanks. splitimage |
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I think its extremely important to see your doctor right away. The have meds that help with this but sometimes not taking the antipsych is a way of removing those side effects. Some of them are dangerous side effects or could at least endanger the way you live your life. I cant stress enough how important I think it is for you to see your doctor.
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Thank you very much Sarahsweets for all the info. I'll call my pdoc today.
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hi. nothing much to add, except...if possible, maybe see about 1 antipsychotic? nothing against you or your doc or anything, just...in larger studies, my understanding is that when 2+ antipsychotics are combined, one can end up with side effects that might not pop up if, instead, the choice was made to simply go with a higher dose of 1. i could tolerate a bit of risperidone for instance, and a full dose of abilify. when the 2 were combined, i ended up with side effects. just a thought.
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Hi splitiimage!
I want to say that I have been having a lot of trouble with my knees since being on 2mg of Risperdone and 400 mg of Seroquel. Since we are kind of close in the amount of dosage we take, what I did was get a joint pill, (Ostio-Bi Flex) that helped with the pain and stiffness. I still need to tell my pdoc, but getting those supplemental pills might help. __________________ Tales of Love, Motivation, and An Interesting Journey - Please Subscribe to my Website on WordPress: Inspired Odyssey's Path to Wellness and Love |
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I can’t sit still for more then a few minutes at a time. I’m constantly pacing and shifting positions. I hate shows I haven’t recorded because sitting through the commercials is a nightmare for me. I am just in general very restless. My joints do seem to get stiff. Especially my fingers. It actually doesn’t really bother me though. I’ve been like this for years it’s just part of how I am I don’t really think about it. I do wonder though if the cause of it are the meds I’ve been on for 5-12 years. If I told my doctor he’d probably switch me ASAP to another psych med and since I’m on all the ones that don’t cause weight gain his solution would cause me to gain a ton of weight. So since they are not actually annoying me I don’t plan on talking to him about it.
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I don't know if this is relevant in any way, but the second time I was on Seroquel I developed very painful muscle or joint (I didn't know which or both) pain if I was in the same position too long. This happened every night and woke me up at least once. It hurt enough that I would have considered it an emergency, but I could walk it off. It only once happened in the day when we on an hour or two car drive and we had to stop the car and pull over on the side of the highway. My psychiatrist didn't want to prescribe any type of muscle relaxant on top of the drugs I was already taking--and rightly so. We knew it was the Seroquel. I don't know why I put up with it as long as I did; I think because I found the Seroquel to be pretty mellow otherwise. It wasn't dystonia or akathisia and I never ran into a forum post that had the same side effect. When I switched to Latuda it went away but I had akathisia (I had had it before badly on Abilify). I take propranolol (a beta blocker) for that and it works. As I said, this doesn't even sound like what you have. There it is anyway.
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Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm going to try reducing my risperidone dose from 5 to 4 mg/day and see if that helps.
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