Posted by Shy_Girl on March 28, 2005, at 19:36:01
In reply to I got them on Celexa too » Shy_Girl, posted by Chris O on March 28, 2005, at 18:40:51
> Shy_Girl:
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> ...I am not certain of the exact biochemical reason that the muscle twitches occur, but I know every psychiatrist I have seen has brushed them off as harmless. However, they don't seem "harmless" to me. (But then again, I'm really paranoid about taking them.) Seems like these drugs create a kind of "mini-Parkinson's," perhaps by affecting dopamine? I don't know. It's always bothered me though, one of the many reasons I don't like staying on SSRIs for long.Where your twitches severe? Is that why they bothered you so much? When I mentioned my muscle twitches a while back, my pdoc said they would go away as my body adjusted to the Zoloft, but I didn't find that they went away. Did you only develop the twitches after staying on the SSRI for a while? I wonder if it is causing some damage to my brain.
I don't know why they don't bother me more...I get them many times a day, but I think they are kind of fun. It's wierd, these twitches are like the only side effects I really notice from taking an SSRI and yet it isn't even a main side effect of these drugs.
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