Posted by dj on February 27, 2001, at 20:41:19
In reply to Re: Tardive Dystonia Question (Cam W?) » SLS, posted by Cam W. on February 27, 2001, at 19:47:26
> stereotypy - the persistent inappropriate mechanical repetition of actions, body postures, or speech patterns, usually occurring with a lack of variation in thought processes or ideas. It is >often seen in patients with schizophrenia.
Sounds like it may be similar to obsessive-compulsive patterning when referring to "thought processes or ideas"...???? And depression can also involve getting 'stuck' in a negative frame of reference...and negative actions and re-actions...Sunnely's reference, above, refers to TD &/or TD? as a reaction to antipsychotics which are used for bipolar treatment, I believe. Have any such reactions been noticed with SSRI's or other AD's, that any one knows of? One thing that put me off Paxil or Zoloft (one or the other) besides the other negative effects I experienced on it (deep, annoying yawns, etc - dullness of mood tone) and coming off (flu-like symptoms, electric buzz) was attempting to go back on one of them (Zoloft I think) and noticing some odd involuntary twitching which seems to be some of what is referred to above (so much jargon : ( ).
I just came back from a visit with the chiro. He was helping me loosen up some areas of fibrosis (his term for stuck, stiff atrophied areas of musculature) which I've have found bothersome over the past couple of years, in particular, - partly as a result of being hunched over a computer too much, bad postural habits and not enough consistent stretching, exercies and re-adjusting...
I've noticed when I'm really down that I can become almost catatonic at times, deep lethargy, poor reactivity, haphazard activity, not inflating my upper chest/lungs sufficiently, etc.-deep apathy and dire inactivity. A former pdoc. of mine, who's now running a Pscyh. dept. in an easern-Cdn. medical school (Dalhousie) once told me that ADs have some sort of tightening or firming approach on muscles grown flacid because of the biochemical processes of depression (never mind the inactivity contributing to this notably as well). Anyone know anything about these effects?
Sante!
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