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Posted by mmerrynick on October 2, 2004, at 21:09:36
Has anyone heard of navane or risperdal making you crave soft drinks. I take both navane and risperdal and all I want to do is eat and drink soft drinks. Please let me know if this has happened to you and what your psychiatrist suggested?
Posted by mattw84 on October 2, 2004, at 23:18:04
In reply to Navane and cola drinks, posted by mmerrynick on October 2, 2004, at 21:09:36
I have never taken any of the atypical antipsychotics, but from others posts here I have gathered that they seem to often cause sugar (& Empty Carb) cravings. Not positive on this one, but I think there is some reference to this side effect at http://www.crazymeds.org -- Hope this helps!
Matt
Posted by elainen on October 3, 2004, at 0:33:42
In reply to Re: Navane and cola drinks, posted by mattw84 on October 2, 2004, at 23:18:04
I had a test run with Risperdone, was on it for about a week or two...I hate coke. Can't stand it.
But, that was all I wanted to drink. I wanted candy, especially those nips...the ones with the chocolate covered carmels. I wanted strawberry fizzy drinks too.
My doc told me take benedryl, I was have some lip smacking and twitching too, that seemed to help, I just made myself drink mineral water and chew gum. Then we tried the Cogentin, but the EPS got too bad and we stopped.
I even tried increasing my vitamins.
I remember taking Navane when I was 16 or so to get my mind cleared up after a trial with Lithium, I don't recall being a coke fiend, but I do remember I could do algebra...go figure.
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