i had TD from excessively high-dosed "atypical" tranquilizer (Abilify, ugh) when it 1st hit the market. sad thing: abilify was and is the only tranquilizer I could tolerate at any "therapeutic" dosage w/o serious problems (akathisia, eps, hardcore dysphoria, etc.).

turns out...abilify is a strange drug. I was in my late teens when I was on it and developed td by my early 20s. ugh. horrible, horrible. i went off all psych drugs and...the td got worse. it morphed into some kind of bizarre tic "thing" (that happens, btw; "tardive tourette's," "tardive tic disorder," etc....the tranquilizers are --serious-- drugs...). thing is...like a lot of people who got/get td from abilify, i tolerated it better than other "atypical" tranquilizers...and then I got TD, anyway. and, predictably, the shrink at the time raised the dose...I realize now to suppress the TD. ugh.

i discovered the joys of high dose vitamin+antioxidant supplementation (Orthomolecular....I really, really, truly recommend it to everyone...). When I had to give in and get back on a tranquilizer, I loaded up. I mean, Orthomolecular+extra antioxidants. Now...

My "psychiatric symptoms" are vastly improved, my overall health is good, I have 0 EPS, 0 TD, my IQ is somehow back up to "pre-treatment" levels, and I've been able to drop one psych drug (400 mgs Wellbutrin SR) and reduce the Abilify to 20mgs.

Oh, btw...tardive dyskinesia isn't --just-- a "movement disorder." On average, people w/ TD don't do as well on cognitive tests as tranquilized people w/o TD. There's some evidence that TD is often a "dementing disorder;" that is, its associated with a measurable reduction in cognitive abilities.

There's also the rarely discussed "tardive dementia" to consider. With or without TD, tardive akathisia, etc., tardive dementia can develop after treatment with psych drugs, mostly the tranquilizers/neuroleptics/"antipsychotics". Its brain damage that results in loss of IQ, memory skills, overall intelligence. I seem to recall reading that it pops up now and then in long term SSRI use, but I may be wrong about that.