Posted by LlurpsieBlossom on January 1, 2007, at 19:23:06
In reply to Re: ¿which psych med is causing my twitchy legs?, posted by ed_uk on December 31, 2006, at 16:13:16
Thank you all,
I am aware of the problem with the neuroleptics. My uncle had severe tardive dyskinesia by the time his struggle with schizophrenia ended. Also grandmom had parkinsons, so I am very familiar with the choreioform and other movements.The twitches I got when I started cymbalta (and increased my doseage) were different. More like fasciculations. Muscles were moving, but not contracting strongly enough to cause limb movement.
What I have is more like a convulsion. The klonopin seems to be making it less prominent.
I agree that taking 300 mg of seroquel for a long-term is probably not the best thing for my basal ganglia or nigralstriatal pathways or whatever. On the other hand, I´m sure that I prefer twitchy legs to the other stuff like bad flashbacks and dissociation and intrusive thoughts.
hmm. We´re thinking about changing the seroquel anyways, because of weight-gain issues in my post below.
I think I´ll stick with my pdoc, since he seems to be receptive to both the twitching legs concerns and the weight-gain concerns. Of course, also because he helped me get out of a very bad depression. Sometimes I feel frustrated that advice is given to dump a p-doc without taking my entire history into account. Of course, I shouldn´t have to laud my pdoc at every opportunity. I´m impressed that he answered an email from a patient during the winter holidays. He could have ignored me altogether, no? Instead he wrote back that maybe I can try taking klonopin for the twitchy legs in the meanwhile and we can discuss other options at my next appt.
Happy new years to you all! you are such clever and nice psycho-babblers and I hope you all have a wonderful time getting the cobwebs swept out in the name of ´´´resolutions´´
ciao belli
Ll
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