Posted by yellowbird on February 28, 2002, at 22:19:57
I'm looking for anyone who may have had a dystonic reaction while taking Zoloft for an extended period. I had been taking Zoloft for two years when I ended up in the emergency room with what the doctors called a dystonic reaction to a medication. I was writhing and contorting uncontrolably. When I told them the only medication I was on was Zoloft.. they dismissed it saying Zoloft wouldn't cause movement disorders after two year. However they immediately took me off Zoloft which created another whole new set of withdrawl nightmares and the dystonic symptoms have lessened but aren't gone. Several blood tests, a cat scan and MRI turned up no cause. After searching the internet, I have found psychiatric studies linking SSRIs to movement disorders. The number of cases are small but I'm wondering how many other people have had similar experiences and then told it couldn't be zoloft.
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