Sunday, 22 April 2012
drug induced parkinsons
I have been having tremors, muscle rigidity and was worried that it was a sign of Parkinsons. After research I found out that Parkinsons is caused by a loss of dopamine. When you take anti-psychotics it causes symptoms of Parkinsons such as tremors, rigidity-loss of motion, slower speech. Usually when you stop taking anti-psychotics the symptoms stop-but some people have them last for years after. I'm not sure if my muscle rigidity is from this or osteoarthritis. Either way it is causing me a lot of grief. It makes me angry that when I reported muscle rigidity to a past psy he said I was lazy and never told me it could be this.
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It's very likely your meds. I believe you said you take Abilify? My son developed the beginnings of TD on just 10 mg, so don't believe anyone who tries to tell you the new atypicals are worry free. Are they better than the old meds? Yes, in many ways they are...but they are not perfect.
ReplyDeleteAsk you doc to prescribe cogentin or another med to help with the side effects...or ask to try a new med (scary, I know). If he doesn't listen, FIRE HIM! You are far too important to suffer