Posted by JohnX2 on January 30, 2002, at 18:28:15
In reply to Re: Zyprexa: anti-manic component and EPS » JohnX2, posted by spike4848 on January 29, 2002, at 22:34:10
It seems to have gotton better as I have
slowed down my klonopin tapering and increased
my Zyprexa dosing (I had to increase it to fight
some pretty bad Mania of late).I think part of it may just be incidental hand cramps as I have been doing
a lot of funny excersizes with a golf club that
require me to improve my hands grip strength.
The cramping and spasms seem to usually occur
after I have been holding the steering wheel of
my car for a while. Caffeine exacerbates things.
I think the mania I have been experiencing and
the klonopin tapering may be related.If it doesn't stop when i get off klonopin, I will
quit zyprexa (it's making fat anyways, and topamax
is duking it out but loosing).My pdoc didn't know the cause, but thought it
was strange given the number of anti-convulsants
I take.Thanks for your feedback.
-Johh
> Hey John,
>
> > I mentioned the fist clenching to my pdoc and he did not think it was zyprexa.
>
> So did he tell you what the cause was if it wasn't zyprexa?
>
> >He did do some arm movement tests which seem to be going after that cogwheeling stuff mentioned.
>
> I guess he was looking for "cogwheel rigidity". You see it in patients with parkinson's (lack of dopamine) and people on neuroleptics like zyprexa (blockade of dopamine).
>
> >so I'm not too concerned, and neither was
> my pdoc.
>
> I am glad you pdoc feels your are well. If this continues though over several weeks, I would not ignore it ....
>
> Spike
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