Posted by MoBe on September 20, 2002, at 13:11:10
In reply to Any anytipsychotic history preceding myoclonus?, posted by chad_3 on September 20, 2002, at 10:17:41
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> Just curious - do you have any history of any duration/dose atypical antipsychotic use in history. I never had any drug reaction to anything movement wise like myoclonus until short term low dose a/p use (inappropriate prescribed and without release form in my case which Dr's are supposed to have patients sign and inform of possible movement disorder problems).
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> > It seems if I take my remeron up to an effective dose for depression I get myoclonus. What antidepressent med DOES NOT cause myoclonus?
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> re: Chad's comment on atypical anti-psychotic use.
Hi ChadThanks for your comment. I actually had to look up the antipsychotic meds to see what was included. I've never taken any of the ones that were listed; the ones commonly used for treating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. About 5-6 years ago however, I was prescribed ritilin by an adult attention deficit disorder specialist, and remained on it for about 4 years. I started to develop depressive symptoms (always feeling sad and crying about 1 year ago). Part of it may have been all the tragedy around me, but I also wondered if it may have been too much dopamine, which I understand exists in balance with serotonin. Too much of one means less of the other. My doctor first prescribed celexa, then zoloft, then wellbutrin and finally a wellbutrin-remeron mix. This tends to help me feel "brighter", but also a little agitated. I wanted to increase the remeron for less agitation and less edgyness. On celexa and zoloft, I had extreme myoclonus on very low dose. And on remeron, when I move it up to 30 mg. I also get the myoclonus. I'm getting the impression that anything that increases the serotonin does not do it for me. Yes-it improved my mood, but that myoclonus side effect- yuch!!! The wellbutrin 150 mg and remeron 15mg mix helps somewhat for my depression but not as much as I'd hoped. That's why I'm still searching.
Thanks for any input
MoBe
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