Evangelista . . . I have PTSD and studder at times. It gets worse the harder I try to speak up for myself and be assertive when I believe that what I feel and say doesn't matter to others.

I have a few tics. The tics become worse the more anxious I become.

I had a drug-induced parkinsonism, tardive dyskinesia, and akathisia due to the side-effects of the antidepressants and antipsychotics I was taking for PTSD. The side-effects were embarrasing and royally sucked @ss . . . excuse my language. I'm off those meds and plan never to take any med with a known risk of acquiring tardive dyskinesia.

If you are taking any meds, please ask your doc if your meds may be causing the tics or studdering. If your meds are, then please ask for alternative treatments as tardive dyskinesia is not always treatable, and may become a chronic life-long disorder.

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