Posted by sowhysosad on May 19, 2009, at 19:30:20
In reply to Re: oh, so now I have hand tremor? PROZAC, you stink. » sowhysosad, posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on May 18, 2009, at 23:09:45
> Oh okay, thank you for explaining. I didn't realize that overstimulation of serotonin can lead to this. This explains why last time I went on Prozac, my leg sometimes jerked--it did feel like the kind of jerks you get as you fall asleep. So that this now is a tic or myoclonic jerk too, as well, makes a lot of sense.
Yeah, I had identical side effects recently when I started taking 5-HTP supplements which confirmed my thought that it was a serotonin thing.
(In fact, all the 5-HTP side effects have been remarkably similar to those on SSRI's for me - almost identical to Paxil and Prozac in many ways).
The "falling asleep" jerks you mention are a (common and harmless) type of myoclonus, so it does sound like the similar movements you had before on Prozac were also myoclonus.
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