Hi. Anybody taking perphenazine here?

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Hi. Anyone can share your experiences while taking perphenanzine. My doctor suggest to change from olanzapine to perphezine to avoid the weight gain and also EPS while on olanzapine.

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You may want to ask @Jayster

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One of my Chinese friend has been taken Perphenazine for 9 years. She had EPS and gained some weight during the first 5 years. Then she started to exercise. Now The EPS is gone and she is slim again with only 50 kg.

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I take perphenazine and it works very very well for me…the only thing maybe I don’t like about it is that it wears off a little quickly, but you take it three times a day.

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How long u have been taking it? And how much is the dose? Do have any EPS symptoms and weight gain?

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And how old are u?

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I was on perphenazine during 8 years. It’s a good medication but I was very sedated with it.

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If I remember correctly perphenasine is an old typical ap and it was too strong and made me suicidal. I’m currently taking olanzapine and I’m very pleased.

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What med are u taking currently?

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How did u manage ur weight gain? Do have excessive appetite?

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Now I’m taking Abilify.

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I didn’t gain weight when I was taking Perphenazine.

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I’ve been taking it since last year in July. I take 10 mgs 3 times a day so in total it’s 30mg. I don’t have any EPS symptoms and I take cogentin with it for EPS side effects. I’ve lost weight on this medicine, and I’m in my 20s.

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Perphenazine has been a good medication for me . . .

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I used to have exessive appetite and I weighed 190 lb but I started going to the gym…at first I ran for 30 minutes nonstop twice a week and lost 25 lb in one winter. It was very nice to loose weight. I managed to loose weight cause I lowered my olanzapine from 10 to 7.5 mg. Now I’m taking 10 my a day again but I have no big appetite anymore. So I go to gym once a week and cycle for 15 minutes just to rise my puls… I thought it’s good for metabolism.

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my ex wife is on perphenazine and does very well on the med…

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perphenazine lowered my appetite (which was bad for me since i already have appetite issues) and made me feel very slow. but it was at least better than what i was on before that (risperidone) - however i had very bad anxiety when i was on it and decided to stop taking it