Posted by Karen44 on June 16, 2006, at 23:58:58
In reply to Re: Do I have tardive dyskinesia or something? » Deneb, posted by blueberry on June 15, 2006, at 21:04:21
> It sounds like a risperdal thing. Even just 2.5mg zyprexa gives me tremors in the hands and slight hints of that head twitching stuff you mentioned. The other meds could be magnifying it, but my guess would be risperdal is the one causing it.
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> Is there any history of essential tremor or parkinson's in your family tree? If there is, many meds can make it more pronounced.
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> I have found in the last few days that .125mg klonopin stops the tremors and stuff. For me the tremors and shaking are the worst right when I wake up. If I take klonopin before I go to bed, I wake up with no tremor or shaking.
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> I guess it depends on how well risperdal is helping you. If it is helping a lot, maybe use something like clonidine or klonopin to stop the shaking. If it isn't helping a lot then maybe taper off risperdal. I wouldn't stop it suddenly though. Also, you may find when you taper off or stop it suddenly that the shaking stuff actually increases at first. Then in two or three weeks it goes away. So don't be alarmed if it gets worse after you stop. It is likely temporary.I would agree with it being the Risperidal. I had a horrible reaction to just .5 mg. of Risperidal. I developed slurred speech, confusion, unsteadiness, forgetting what I was saying, stiff and sore muscles, jerking, and other symptoms. Once off the Risperidal, the symptoms began to resolve with the jerking taking a couple of weeks to three weeks to reslove. What has your psychiatrist said about your symptoms???
Karen
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