i'm glad that you know about tardive dyskenesia. i had it with every antipsychotic i was put on. pdoc at the time (1993) thought i was psychotic when i only had ptsd. i was lucky that when all that ended that i did not end up with a permanent tardive dyskenesia (yes, it can become permanent if you take antipsychotics for too long). i do have one permanent tardive dyskenesia, in a way. happens only in a millisecond once a year - my jaw will have a crazy tick. it used to tic like crazy when i took antipsychotics. i will never take that stuff again - ever. made me horrible that i even wanted to die. your friend needs to see his doc to get off of that offending medication asap. seriously. if the doc doesn't understand like mine did, have him get another pdoc. i'm not kidding. you don't want to play around with this one. it's nasty. the last antipsychotic, risperdal, made me lose my ability to swallow foods that i couldn't eat for a week. his swallowing ability is affected. don't worry, it will come back once he gets off of it. hope it all goes for your friend. (hugs) to you both.
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