I Have To Know Whether High Prolactin Levels Contribute To Ptsd.

[Kashi]

My psychiatrist says it's due to me taking Risperdal, and that the side-effects are related to swelling of the breasts.

I just checked my results, and it turns out I have three times the normal amount of prolactin. So is it related to problems of the chest, problems with the disorder, both, or neither---is what I'm asking.

 

[anthony]

Medication and other illnesses have no relation to PTSD directly. Whilst medication and other illnesses can affect symptoms uniquely to you, they have nothing to do with specific affect or diagnosis of PTSD itself.

Stress from such things can affect PTSD symptoms... but there is a difference between symptoms and PTSD. PTSD is PTSD... symptoms are what derives PTSD uniquely for each person. An illness can make you more anxious than PTSD alone does, though the illness would likely make you anxious regardless of having PTSD. Having PTSD plus additional anxiety from a third party matter, just makes things worse, is all.

 

[Kashi]

Thank you.

 

[Ed Norton]

Maybe you can switch to abilify which has a much lower incindence of hyperprolactinemia. If your insurance will cover it. I hated Risperdal a lot but then again I also strongly dislike abilify.