Posted by sowhysosad on April 20, 2009, at 23:27:34
In reply to PERMANENT DAMAGE, posted by sam K on April 20, 2009, at 20:07:24
I've got a really similar problem: a bad reaction to SSRI's last year left me with a movement disorder in my jaw which affects my speech.
Whilst I've no doubt the disorder is organic to an extent, it's become grossly exaggerated as I feel constantly hyper-aware of my mouth and jaw. and the "awareness" heightens the symptoms.
I wondered if it was, like your doc said, a kind of obsessive behaviour, perhaps even with some crossover of symptoms with "pure" OCD. I figure the psychological symptoms could be the result of some rebound in the serotonin system (obsessive thoughts usually being related to serotonin), whilst the physical symptoms are almost certainly low dopamine.
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