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Re: Why stay away from dopaminergics? » linkadge

Posted by KaraS on August 7, 2004, at 14:40:36

In reply to Re: Why stay away from dopaminergics?, posted by linkadge on August 7, 2004, at 8:21:25

> That is what most people say, you are depressed and this is why you think you are brain dammaged.
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> The first thing is the dystonia/dyskinsia. I have what appears to be permanant invaulentary movememts in various locations on my body that both I, and my family notes started about 5 months after starting SSRI's. After reducing/eliminating the dose, most of the syptoms remained unchanged, and some actually got worse which is generally a hallmark of some type of permanent dyskinsia from psychotropics.
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> I have developed a doctor recognised tremor (I am only 21) which is completeltly unreleated to anxiety, and worsens after discontinuation (or dose increase) I also have vision problems (eye movement) which arose after initiation of tretment etc etc.
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> Sure I suppose it could all be conicidental, but after doing some extensive reading people who had severe movement dysorders presumably linked ot SSRI's, I have come to accept that my hand, eye and body dyskinsias are much more common than drug companies care to admit.
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> But as long as I continue to take them, I am not terribly bitter about it all.
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> Linkadge
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Linkadge,
How long have you gone without being on an SSRI? Since some of them have long half-lives, you could still have some symptoms even if you're not taking any medication for a while. You have probably considered this already though I thought I'd bring it up just to make sure. I developed a tremor while taking Prozac though it did go away when I stopped the medication. I realize that this is not necessarily your situation. Also, have you had a thorough physical to rule out any other type of condition that might be causing your symptoms?

-K


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