He stopped my benztropine abruptly. I have been having nightmares and akathisia. This is the pdoc that yelled at me in the ward years back. I found some leftover benztropine.
you can always get a second opinion if you want to
2nd opinion would be best as described above not only to get a second opinion but to get meds to safely discontinue if that need to be the case.
benztropine/trihexyphenidyl are used to treat EPS side effects of antipsychotics. I would personally wont take them as they worsen your cognition. You can ask for propranolol for akathisia. I take clozapine, and it does not require EPS meds at all.
I called my caseworker and she said he stopped the benztropine because latuda is not high on the akathisia be scale. I guess I’ll learn to live with it.
I take Latuda and i have akathisia. I was taking 140mg and it was worse but my pdoc backed it off to 120mg and prescribed me propanolol. Now it’s not as bad. I take benztropine for hand tremors.
I’ll ask him if propanolol (SP?) Is an option.
I’m on risperidone and I take trihexphenidyl for tremors.
I really hate your doctor. He’s not good for you. How hard would it be to get a different doctor?
Not very difficult.
I think it would be in your best interest to do that then. I really hate to see you struggle and your doctor be so useless.