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Posted by Dave1 on March 5, 2004, at 20:13:58
Hi,
Has anyone every gotten tremor from taking an SSRI ?
Thanks,
Dave
Posted by Thereishope on March 6, 2004, at 18:18:09
In reply to tremor and ssri's, posted by Dave1 on March 5, 2004, at 20:13:58
I haven't personally, but a good friend has with Zoloft.
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone every gotten tremor from taking an SSRI ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
Posted by KathrynLex on March 6, 2004, at 18:39:37
In reply to Re: tremor and ssri's » Dave1, posted by Thereishope on March 6, 2004, at 18:18:09
Hi Dave,
When I was on Prozac my hands always had a slight tremor. These days I'm on Lexapro and my hands shake every once in a great while.
K.
Posted by Jeffrey on March 6, 2004, at 21:12:20
In reply to Re: tremor and ssri's, posted by KathrynLex on March 6, 2004, at 18:39:37
I had a tremor with Zoloft in ay jaw/teeth. Noone could see it. It wasnt very troublesome.
Posted by Dave1 on March 7, 2004, at 2:43:50
In reply to Re: tremor and ssri's » Dave1, posted by Thereishope on March 6, 2004, at 18:18:09
Hi,
This is what a doc from another site wrote about my question:
The twitching usually goes away when the drugs are stopped. You could try a
beta blocker, like propranolol, for the tremor. That usually helps a lot.
Lowering dose of Prozac may also help, but it will take a few weeks usually.The muscle jerks with SSRIs are called myoclonic jerks and are just muscle
twitches and are not dangerous at all.Thanks for all the responses,
Dave
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