Patient is on the highest dose of paroxetine and also takes bupropion xl 300, in connection with anxiety and dysphoria. He has mild ocd which has subsided by medication upto 80 percent. Now to treat these mild symptoms doctor put me on antipsychotic (for chain of thoughts. Only small dosage was told to be enough to me. But, whenever I try any antipsychotic, it makes me devoid of emotions and anxious. We tried olanzapine 2.5, arpizol 2-5 mg and lately risperidone 1 mg. But I started feeling again emotionless. So is it possible for an antipsychotic to have such an impact. If yes, which medication to be taken for remaining 20% of thoughts (ocd). (tried clonil too). Thanks a lot.
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Please openly talk with your doctor about your issues. Apart from that you need therapy.
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Hello Ankur, my suggestion would be to start Psychotherapy side by side to manage your intrusive thoughts. Cognitive behaviour therapy will help you to challenge and control your intrusive thoughts and you may feel under control.
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Hello Lybrate User, Only medicines will not help, you need counseling to control your 20 percent of thoughts.
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Different psychotropic medications have different effects and it seems like the addition of antipsychotics for your "chain of thoughts" has resulted in what we call as emotional numbing. This is not unusual. However since you are uncomfortable with this feeling, it is strongly advised that you go off of these medications. There are many other medications for the treatment of anxiety related to either ocd and / or dysphoria and we would be happy to help you in this regard. Look forward to hearing from you. If you need help with booking an appointment online with me on this website either text, audio, or video appointment for a confidential and private consultation you may do so by contacting the help desk of Lybrate.
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