Sunday morning Bob work up with more shaking,jolting,muscles constricting and this time I saw that his eyes were dialated! He also told me his thoughts felt jumbled. I called our family doctor and he returned the call within minutes. After hearing it all, he said stop the fluoxetine. He then called in a prescription for cyproheptadine, an allergy med that blocks serotonin.
Within an hour we had the drug and Bob's shaking stopped a few minutes later. By the end of Sunday, Bob was back. He looked better and I could tell he was feeling better. He took the cyproheptadine for 4 days, 3 times a day. He has had a couple of mini shaking episodes but they lasted only a few minutes. Today is Saturday the 27th and this morning was a bit rough but nothing like before. He simply took one of the allergy tablets and calmness came. Our doctor said that it might take a few weeks to clear his system.
We had an appointment with the psychiatrist yesterday(Friday) and she apologized for Bob going through all that he did. In her defense, she never saw his shakes,jolts,muscles constricting or any other signs of the syndrome.
She is a good doctor and we plan on working with her during the next stage. Bob is now only taking 5mg of Zyprexa and 2mgs of lorazapam in the morning and 2mgs at night. She also said to take 1mg if needed during the day. Her plan is to add lamictol once the shaking has gone completely - which she too said could take weeks.
I am very thankful and praise God for Dr. Spencer the ER DOC. Also, our family doctor, Ambrose Peterman is in my opinion one of the best doctors available to us. He goes above and beyond and we know we can always count on him.
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