Posted by jay2112 on October 27, 2022, at 0:02:41
In reply to Re: Seizures cause intense fear?, posted by undopaminergic on October 24, 2022, at 11:09:09
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> > > Yes, that's EEG. Do you find that anticonvulsants (like carbamazepine) have any effect on these symptoms?
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> > Yes, I respond fairly good to carbamazepine.
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> Yes, but what about the specific symptoms under discussion? The possible seizures that manifest as fear?
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> > I also take clonazepam, which even though a benzo, is considered an anticonvulsant.
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> Yes, benzos and barbiturates are used as anticonvulsants.
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> > The only other things that might lower the seizure threshold that I take are 75mg of Effexor, 15mg of Remeron, 50mg of Nozinan (old antipsychotic that is very good for my nausea and stomach pain.) I also take 1mg of risperidone prn.
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> Anticonvulsants are supposed to *raise* the seizure threshold. I don't know how it is affected by the other drugs you mention.
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> Nozinan sounds more like a nasal decongestant than an antipsychotic ;) It was offered to me in the past as a PRN hypnotic. Now I have Seroquel for the same purpose, but that's really pointless (to add another antihistamine) as I'm given clozapine and trimipramine.
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>You didn't get what I was saying. All of those other meds I mention are pro-convulsant, so I am on many that may CAUSE seizures.
Nozinan, to me, is much better than Seroquel. Seems to have a much better side-effect profile, whereas Seroquel always caused me to have akathisia. They use it in palliative care quite a bit here in Canada. In oncology, it's a good combo with pain meds.
Jay
Humans punish themselves endlessly
for not being what they believe they should be.
-Don Miguel Ruiz-
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