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tardive dyskinesia

I took an antidepressant for about seven months several years ago.When I stopped , my eyes twitched and my head would periodically jerk to the side and I had other twitches as well and I still do to some extent . I also felt as if my head was swollen and had a terrible headache. My neck, jaw and head still feel stiff and I have headaches. I lost 90% of my sex drive and it has'nt come back . I did'nt connect my problems with the drug until recently and instead got cat scans etc to find out the cause of my problems . I graduated a top flight college with honors but could not attend med school because of my health probs and chronic pain . I'm shocked to find out these drugs are only tested for a few weeks and not monitored post approval.
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585414 tn?1288941302
It depends when it emerged. When I went onto Clozaril which doesn't cause it, it emerged a couple of months later from all the antipsychotics I had been on before. The medications that cause it mask it as well. Then when I couldn't tolerate Clozaril because it caused suicidal ideations and was switched to Invega, it masked it and it appeared better but when I was taken off that as I am now on the experimental phase 2 antipsychotic glycine which cannot cause it, the tardive conditions emerged even worse several months later with extreme severity and I am now being studied by psychiatrists for the condition they are researching tardive psychosis. However, as the other person pointed out anti-depressents don't usually cause it but there have been some cases with SSRI's. See a movement disorders specialist and they could figure out what's wrong regardless.
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228936 tn?1249094248
TD is usually caused by anti-psychotics. It doesn't happen after you stop it happnens when you are taking the drug
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585414 tn?1288941302
The medications go through a testing procedures from Phase I to Phase III and it takes 10-15 years in total. They can do Phase 4 studies which show follow up on what medications can do. Some studies are tentatively finding that the SSRI's can cause tardive dyskinesia. I would see a neurologist for treatment for that condition. I have it from the use of past anti-psychotics and it is treatable.
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