Posted by jay on January 14, 2002, at 20:55:24
I found some great info on the web about treatment for Myoclonus. I have been having this *fairly* bad for the past few years, and am going to get testing done by my doc. Anyhow, here are treatments from:
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/myoclonu_doc.htm"Is there any treatment?
Treatment for myoclonus consists of medications that may help reduce symptoms. Many of these drugs, which include barbiturates, clonazepam, phenytoin, primidone, and sodium valproate, are also used to treat epilepsy. The complex origins of myoclonus may require the use of multiple drugs for effective treatment."From the defenition, I don't think this is even close to EPS or TD. The part that does scare me a bit is:
"Most often myoclonus is one of several symptoms in a wide variety of nervous system disorders such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease."But, it doesn't seem like this is "absolute". What I HAVE noticed is antidepresants and even atypical antipsychotics seem to make this worse. I recall I did have a major problem with a tic-like disorder in college, which involved clearing my throat every few minutes, in cycles of time.
If this involves my anxiety and nervous disorder problems, I'd like to use it to get on the "proper" treatment, like a good dose of a benzodiazepine. Interestingly, this has been the only thing that has ever helped my symptoms.
Jay
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