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Posted by therock on March 3, 2008, at 9:00:18
hello,
i believe i have developed dystonia from taking seroquel just for 3 days. the most i took was 25 mg.
i have since stopped the seroquel. last dose was 24 hours ago.
will the dystonia go away? its a mild form but still very annoying.
Posted by Elizabeth Williams on March 3, 2008, at 9:33:26
In reply to dystonia from seroquel, posted by therock on March 3, 2008, at 9:00:18
One of the serious side effects listed on drugs.com is "jerky muscle movements you cannot control."
I really don't know anything personally about Seroquel, but I remember when I first tried Prozac, the side effects were so intense and unbearable(particularly jaw tightening) that I planned on stopping the medicine, but the next day the side effects had completely disappeared and I started to feel therapeutic effects.
Good luck! I hope your dystonia goes away. What about the restlessness, by the way. Do you still have it?
Posted by therock on March 3, 2008, at 9:58:56
In reply to Re: dystonia from seroquel, posted by Elizabeth Williams on March 3, 2008, at 9:33:26
the restlessness and dystonia are kind of one and the same. i feel twitching and muscle tightness and then i become restless and anxious. they kind of feed off each other. i really hope it abates...
Posted by Phillipa on March 3, 2008, at 12:00:43
In reply to Re: dystonia from seroquel, posted by therock on March 3, 2008, at 9:58:56
Have you called your doc and discussd what is going on with the above mentioned symtoms? Phillipa
Posted by therock on March 3, 2008, at 19:30:18
In reply to Re: dystonia from seroquel » therock, posted by Phillipa on March 3, 2008, at 12:00:43
yes i did. he said it was anxiety.
Posted by yxibow on March 9, 2008, at 0:12:21
In reply to dystonia from seroquel, posted by therock on March 3, 2008, at 9:00:18
> hello,
>
> i believe i have developed dystonia from taking seroquel just for 3 days. the most i took was 25 mg.
>
> i have since stopped the seroquel. last dose was 24 hours ago.
>
> will the dystonia go away? its a mild form but still very annoying.Its probably WD, withdrawal dyskinesia, which will almost certainly disappear after 3 days at 25mg. The restlessness is a result of stopping the seroquel short, its your anxiety returning, most probable
I have a fairly good idea what a mild form of dystonia is (I'm pretty sure I have one) and unless you're experiencing rigidity and tightness constantly, it is unlikely -- I didn't say cosmically, to happen.
Posted by squelch on March 11, 2008, at 14:36:37
In reply to Re: dystonia from seroquel, posted by therock on March 3, 2008, at 19:30:18
> yes i did. he said it was anxiety.
HI There
I have a bad case of it at the moment. Have to see my "psyco" doc tomorrow and know that he will also tell me it is anxiety when I know too well its NOT!!! why dont they listen to us? what do we have to do? Also got lots of other things going on at the moment. Lamotrigine was increased two weeks ago so dont know if its from that or what. Got symptoms of n.m.s. and akathisia, get so hot after taking meds and a really fast pulse.Quite scary sometimes. Does anyone else get this. Thanks for any help
Squelch
Posted by yxibow on March 12, 2008, at 6:18:59
In reply to Re: dystonia from seroquel, posted by squelch on March 11, 2008, at 14:36:37
> > yes i did. he said it was anxiety.
>
> HI There
> I have a bad case of it at the moment. Have to see my "psyco" doc tomorrow and know that he will also tell me it is anxiety when I know too well its NOT!!! why dont they listen to us? what do we have to do? Also got lots of other things going on at the moment. Lamotrigine was increased two weeks ago so dont know if its from that or what. Got symptoms of n.m.s. and akathisia, get so hot after taking meds and a really fast pulse.Quite scary sometimes. Does anyone else get this. Thanks for any help
> SquelchIt may be an allergic reaction -- you wouldn't be here typing, if you had NMS, you'd be in an ER hopefully (see below)
Have you ever actually measured your temperature?
I woke up with a 102 degree temperature, and I thought oh, is this NMS, and I was like, no -- there would be lots of other things going on, its my somatiform condition amplifying the feeling of heat. Some bug, went away in a day and a half.
You can have hot flashes due to the autonomic nervous system fight-or-flight which I have had numerous times and have either none (very much of the time) or a retrograde (under 100) -- btw 98.7 is a pseudo myth, it runs from 97.5 to around 99 in the evening, I know I am at the 97.5ish range so 99.5 is a light fever.
Even without the fever, acetaminophen sometimes stops these flashes, but that is the mystery of my body, I don't suggest that people take it often, it hits the liver and just reinforces the hot-flash-brain-circuit phenomenon.
At any rate NMS is characterised by having high -- really high 104-105 degree fever, is rather rare, except with very specific antipsychotics and especially -combining- them, and the person is actually not aware that they have NMS. Delirium and markedly extreme entire bodily stiffness are hallmarks of NMS.
Akathisia is a possibility from other medications other than APs although much more rare but it is not anxiety, it is a feeling like you have to run through the wall. But it can be ameliorated if you have to keep the medication with anticholinergics and sometimes propranolol
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