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Welcome to our board.
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Hi mrsd. Thank you!
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After reading your first post, I have some questions.
Did you have that glucose tolerance test at the same time you were on the Risperdal treatment?
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I had the test a month after finishing withdrawing from Risperdal. I went down from 4mg to 1mg of Risperdal the last 1.5 years with no withdrawal. At the end of June I went off the 1mg for 4 days and got a little anxious then read about safety issues with going off without tapering then went back on .5mg and tapered off that the next 6 weeks.
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How long were you on Risperdal? Long term use of Risperdal has been shown to cause pituitary tumors and increases in prolactin which is a hormone.
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12 years. It also factors in diabetes.
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Are you overweight with abdominal fat? Risperdal causes weight gain.
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I am normal weight. 5'11" 175 pounds. In twelve years I got up to 215 pounds a couple times.
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When you had that GTT, you had both insulin and glucose run with eachblood draw?
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Yes to glucose, and insulin just the last three. Here are the results:
At beginning glucose was 90, insulin wasn't shown
First hour glucose was 206, insulin was 108.0
Second hour glucose was 156, insulin was 121.0
Third hour glucose was 82, insulin was 25.2
The test says insulin is normal below 29.2 for each one.
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Do you rest on that elbow alot due to life style habits? Work tasks?
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Prior to the ulnar injury for a few weeks I was wresting on my elbows, which I normally didn't do. I also slept with my elbows bent and was doing maybe improper dumbbell exercises last year. The injury came when I was sleeping with the elbow bent. Now I am not leaning on it and am sleeping with Velcro splints loosely on both arms to remind myself not to bend them.
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Do you eat whole foods, and tend to be careful to keep healthy food habits?
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I am careful about that. I'm eating mostly fish, vegetables, goats milk yogurt, a little amount of fruit, and a lot of water. A couple months ago I was eating/drinking less healthy including a large Pepsi a day and a lot of fruit, bananas, skim milk, whole grain cereal, and salted almonds. Before that I ate processed food and whole food and a couple time periods having sugar drinks. Before that it was mostly processed food.
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What you do, what you eat, and what drugs you take or have recently taken, can impact alot on the nervous system.
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Thanks mrsd, I appreciate the help.