Questions about Cogentin

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Hello peeps,

Just got through with a pdoc appointment and long story short, she wants to prescribe me some Cogentin.

I’ve been making fists with my hands randomly for like the past 6 months, so she thinks it might be something to do with the Abilify.

Questions:

  • Is/was anybody on Cogentin?

  • If so, what are/were your side effects?

  • Specifically, any weight-gain?

Thank you :sunny:

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I was on it to counter act the akathesia of prolixin

Forgot to take it once and I got in A car accident

Was very important/necessary/helpful

I can’t remember the side effects if there were any

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Geez, hope you weren’t hurt in that car accident @Jonnybegood.

Thanks for your reply :sunny:

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I’m on it. I take 1 mg in the morning and 2 mg at night. The only side effects I have from Cogentin are dry mouth and a little fatigue. This past year I’ve lost 88 pounds, and that’s while taking Cogentin

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88 lbs is amazing! Congrats @LilyoftheValley!

Good to know that it hasn’t interfered with your weight-loss progress.

Thanks for your reply :sunny:

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Thanks @Schztuna!

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Nope I was fine and it was in 2013. Thanks!

I was backing out my spot and some girl hit me. It was my fault. I was completely incapacitated by the prolixins akathesia. I think they always gave cogentin with prolixin. It’s needed for the shaking. Safe to say prolixin wasn’t the right med for me tho.

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I was prescribed it for pretty much the exact same reason except I couldnt stop stretching and kept cracking the joints in my toes. When I was on it it helped a little bit but not much. I would recommend sticking with it for a bit because I think it helps more over time but at one point I just couldnt bear it and went non compliant on my meds. Did not go well

Everyone is different though, Im hoping your experince is good

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Sorry to hear about the rough time you had going off meds and everything @zwolfgang.

Will try to stick with the Cogentin and see if it helps.

Thanks :sunny:

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I’ve been on cogentin for a long time, no weight gain but at first it gave me a little bit of blurry vision at times. That went away tho

I hope it helps you, good luck with it

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I’m glad the Cogentin seems to be working out for you, and that the blurred vision went away @TheStrange.

Think I’m gonna give it a shot and see how it goes.

Thanks for your reply :sunny:

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I was on it for about almost 35 years. My psychiatrist prescribed it to help with side effects of Prolixen, and then Resperidone.

My current psychiatrist took me off it at my request just last week because it was causing dry mouth. What happened was I didn’t see my dentist for a year and when I finally saw him, he found I needed 5 fillings and gave me two crowns. He said my teeth were great about year ago but he said a dry mouth really hastened decay and that’s why my teeth were in such poor condition… My dentist told me to tell my doctor all this so now I’m off it.

At one point I lost 60 lbs. on Resperidone and Cogentin. After 5 years I gained it back but then lost about 68 lbs.

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Seems like aside from the dry mouth, the Cogentin really worked for you @77nick77, and for a good while too.

That bites about the dental work you had to get done as a result of the dry mouth, though.

And it’s also good to know you were able to lose weight while still on it as well. 68 lbs is good stuff!

Thanks for your reply :sunny:

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It took 20min to work for akathisia caused by Latuda.

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I took Cogentin to treat the side effects of Haldol. I didn’t feel it. It did help with the side effects, but other than that I could discern no effects.

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I am prescribed cogentin but I stopped taking it in august 2020 I read it increases prolactin

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I am prescribed cogentin prn for tremors, I never take it. I don’t notice a difference when I do.

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Hey, Tuna!

I took Cogentin daily, for maybe a year, to help with similar issues plus akathisia. I had no weight gain from it. In fact, I don’t remember any side effects from it. I hope you also don’t have any, or at least very few, side effects!! Good luck to you!!

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I was on cogentin and had some dry mouth, that’s it. No weight gain.

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I’m on Cogentin to counteract the side effects of Invega–hand tremors and mouth quivering. It’s not effective for TD, but it doesn’t cause weight gain.

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