Health Q&A
Do antipsychotics work region specific?

31. Male. 5'5".77 kg. Taking invega sustenna 150 mg monthly depot since June 2024 and taloprex since last week. My doctor says invega works region specific and won't affect dopamine activity in regions like prefrontal cortex. But AI says it blocks dopamine throughout the brain. Who is correct?

Clarification

Doctor, can reducing the physical symptoms of anxiety also help reduce psychological anxiety or fear?

Anxiety problem

Iam suffering from this anxiety since last 5 years first racing heart beat it started then one year full ah nothing happened then again racing heart beat with chest pain and left arm pain it went and throughout day on and off it came my hand pain last two days like this I think foe the past five years so many times it came I thought my heart is damaged so two days back I took blood test sugar bp hol3strol is normal and also I took ecg one month ago which is also normal and also I tooklipoprotein test whi h is less than 30 which is also normal but last two daysah I was getting panicked for small reasons like my mother called out door opening sound ets iam not able to sleep and also iam suffering from ulcer I took tablets for that and also doc gave capinol 20 la for anxiety I took foe two days and then I saw the side effects and I got scared and I couldn't sleep I stopped eating I took two days and stopped side effect it will trigger heart attack like that I saw in website I scared

Resperidone slurred speech

The doctor added Risperidone 0.5 with nexito 30 mg. After taking it, my speech became slurred. When I spoke to the doctor, he said it was a side effect and stopped the medication. How long will it take for my speech to return to normal? It's been 8 days since I stopped taking it. Sometimes it gets better and sometimes it becomes slurred. Please reply

Feeling off balance unsteady

Sir from last 6 months I feel health anxiety in January 2026 my heart health anxiety ruled out by cardiologist and told that there is no heart issue..I joined my work but I feel continuously off balance and unsteadyness and due to this I feel anxiety. Sir/ma'am this continuous off balance issue and unsteadyness feeling forcing me not to go out..I feel chest pain and off balance with head at back side pain I feel anxious. Sir is due to anxiety and stress this unsteadyness and disbalance happening or any other cause.. is there any solution without medicine..

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