Posted by Chris O on March 28, 2005, at 19:44:57
In reply to Re: I got them on Celexa too, posted by Shy_Girl on March 28, 2005, at 19:36:01
Shy Girl:
Well, all I know is that they were not "normal." In other words, they were a result of taking the drug(s). I don't remember when the twitches started occuring, probably pretty much from the start as I was only on the Celexa/Wellbutrin combo for about a year. I just took Lexapro for 8 months, and the twitches were there too, albeit more mildly than on the combo. You know, some of the anti-psychotics can give people permanent Parkinson's like twitching (I am thinking of the lawsuits against drugs like Seroquel), so I'm thinking that...SSRIs, as they affect similar brain chemicals, could be implicated in doing something to the brain that causes these twitches to occur. I don't know about the twitches staying after long-term use of SSRIs is terminated. However, there is probably someone here with more knowledge than me that could give you feedback in that area.
Good luck,
Chris
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