Posted by Ritch on March 15, 2002, at 20:58:28
In reply to Re: serzone and lithium - old school , john x2, posted by borderliner21 on March 15, 2002, at 12:20:55
> I told my psychiatrist about ssri's messing up my posture and he said there is no possible way that could happen. Well it happened to me. I saw my regular doctor about this and he just looked at me like I was retarted.
bd21,
I read John's post above about the definition of dystonia and it fits my symptoms and they are also aggravated by SSRI use. I notice when I am driving my lower back/hip twists to one side or the other for several seconds and the muscles remain contracted for several seconds, until I notice it then I try to straighten up my posture. Then a little bit later it may twist the other way and "freeze" there until I notice it again. Interestingly, when I was trying out some dexedrine last week that.. stopped. All of my back and leg muscles seemed all floppy and "dishrag" like and I had noticeably improved posture when I was walking. I wouldn't of course-advocate any amphetamine use for folks with any symptoms of psychosis-but there is definitely *something* going on that isn't right. It is mainly an annoyance, but sometimes I get some bad backaches from it (from the muscle tension). I did notice that when I was trying Serzone out that my restlessness was reduced tremendously. Also desipramine helped with that, too. I am going to try out some SAM-e (when I get a chance to buy it the next day or two) and see if it helps with that. I told Ron Hill I would post about it. Hopefully, it will help.
Mitch
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