I take haloperidol and have benztropine which i never take. But i’m just wondering since it increases dopamine if it helps with anyones negative symptoms or reverses the side effect of the medication causing lack of motivation. I googled it and i did find a study saying it helps some with negative symptoms but did any of u experience this?
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I have to take benztropine to ease the meds so I can sleep. Why do you not take it?
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I like to take as little meds as possible so i don’t take it. Do u have negative symptoms?
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Some. Not as bad as they used to be.
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I take benztropine for muscle spasms. I think it’s general name is cogentine right? It dries my mouth out and I only take it once a day. It also is helping me lose weight since it kills my appetite.
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Benztropine or Cogentin is used if the patient has certain bad side effects from medications. If you get EPS reaction, for instance, Cogentin is used to treat that. It’s not used as a medication. I still haven’t had to use Cogentin yet.
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It’s prescribed to me for restlessness.