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Trembling Lips, Sluggish Walk, Sluttering, Loss Of Spirit After Being On Medication For Behavioural Problems. In Need Of Psychiatrist In New London, Ct Ara. Help

I am looking for a second opinion on my daughter's regime of medications. She is a 51 year old MR individual who started experiencing behaviors and has been placed on medication that leaves her with trembling lips, sluggish walk, stuttering, unable to complete sentences. Her spirit is gone. Another med prescribed to "bring her back" and it has done that somewhat, but not entirely. I feel she is totally scrambled at this time, and I am trying to find a physiatrist that works with the MR population in the New London, CT area to secure the second opinion. Thank you.
Thu, 10 Oct 2013
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Hi,

Although you have not mentioned the names of the medicines, from your description it appears that your daughter is suffering from the extra-pyramidal side effects of certain anti-psychotic medicines and later was prescribed an anticholinergic medicine like trihexyphenidyl or benztropine to reduce these adverse effects. Since this helped her only to some extent, you are worried and looking for another doctor. While you are trying to find a more suitable doctor, you can ask your previous doctor to do one of the following:
1) to consider changing her antipsychotic to one which has lesser risk of extra-pyramidal side effects
2) to lower the dose of the antipsychotic medicine
3) to increase the dose of the anticholinergic medicine prescribed to reduce the side effects
I am sure these steps will benefit her.

Best wishes.
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Trembling Lips, Sluggish Walk, Sluttering, Loss Of Spirit After Being On Medication For Behavioural Problems. In Need Of Psychiatrist In New London, Ct Ara. Help

Hi, Although you have not mentioned the names of the medicines, from your description it appears that your daughter is suffering from the extra-pyramidal side effects of certain anti-psychotic medicines and later was prescribed an anticholinergic medicine like trihexyphenidyl or benztropine to reduce these adverse effects. Since this helped her only to some extent, you are worried and looking for another doctor. While you are trying to find a more suitable doctor, you can ask your previous doctor to do one of the following: 1) to consider changing her antipsychotic to one which has lesser risk of extra-pyramidal side effects 2) to lower the dose of the antipsychotic medicine 3) to increase the dose of the anticholinergic medicine prescribed to reduce the side effects I am sure these steps will benefit her. Best wishes.