I understand that you are scared Lauru, but you are focussing on worst-case-scenario here and that's what is freaking you out. In your opening post, you said you had jerking and shaking of your legs - has anyone else noticed it and commented on it?

I doubt I had/have TD, but no-one ever noticed my legs twitching or my thumb jerking, though they did notice me drop/spill things from time to time. I told my family what it was and now we joke about my dodgy thumbs! Everyone else just thought I was a tad clumsy, not that there was anything 'wrong' with me, or that I was 'crazy' or anything. The average person has no idea what TD is and would not attribute a bit of shaking or twitching to anti-psychotic use. I can understand if you had very obvious facial movements, but most other things can be brushed off if people notice. Like sometimes people twitch with a cold shiver (here we have the expression that someone walked over your grave, don't know if you have that in the States?). When I had to move my legs because the twitching (not noticeable to anyone else) was driving me nuts, I just said that my legs had gone to sleep - no big deal.

I know you are scared Lauru, but you have to distract yourself from going to that scary place. The likelihood is that the symptoms you are currently experiencing WILL GO AWAY COMPLETELY. Keep that in mind and tell yourself it over and over when you feel yourself starting to freak out again. You will be okay Lauru

Take care,

*Willow*