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#1
Sep 23, 2012, 09:05 PM
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My hands shake. I thought they shook from Depakote - I discontinued Depakote several weeks ago and they still shake! I am so scared that this is for life. Can a non-AP drug cause a side effect for life? I wish I never took Depakote!
I am also very scared that the same thing will happen with Geodon - I will discontinue but the orgasms will not return. Tardive. How scary! What a horrible word! |
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Sep 23, 2012, 09:25 PM
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I've never heard of a non ap causing this, but I could be wrong. Why don't you think it's the geodon
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Sep 23, 2012, 09:31 PM
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Antidepressants can also cause shaking hands. They did with me.
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Sep 23, 2012, 09:34 PM
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I have been on Depakote without Geodon and had tremor.
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Sep 23, 2012, 09:34 PM
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Lithium notoriously causes hand tremors.
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Sep 23, 2012, 09:39 PM
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I also had a period of time when I was taking Geodon without Depakote and had no tremor. So unless Geodon suddenly started causing tremor, Geodon is off the hook.
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Sep 23, 2012, 09:40 PM
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I've been jittery all week, but i can't tell if it's a side effect from the lamictal or my hypomania
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Sep 23, 2012, 11:45 PM
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Oh and another thing: it was dose-dependent - the more Depakote I took, the worse it became. The dose-dependence really implicates Depakote.
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Sep 23, 2012, 11:48 PM
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Sep 23, 2012, 11:53 PM
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Sep 24, 2012, 12:25 PM
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Both Zoloft and Effexor. I was never on Prozac long enough to develop side effects.
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Sep 24, 2012, 12:34 PM
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TD is accompanied by a grocery list of symptoms. Talk you your doc ASAP. I thought I had TD a few months ago, but doc thought it was dysthymia. (I think). Good luck!
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Sep 24, 2012, 06:04 PM
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Sep 24, 2012, 09:29 PM
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I did not mean to say that I have td. There are tardive conditions besides Rd. Will see a pdoc tomorrow
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Sep 25, 2012, 09:29 AM
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Sep 25, 2012, 02:43 PM
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 I took Depakoke for a few years, no problems. No good results that I could tell, but I was going through a Divorce. Geodon made me angry, took it for one month,,,not enough time to fit into it s groove, but from what I ve read, you will most likely gain a lot of weight!!!!! But you will sleep better! HA. Now Abilify will definity cause Tardive Disconesia. And sometimes its effects on your face or lip smacking , or tongue movements is permanent. I have had a Bells Palsey seven years ago when I was 45 that resulted in permanent paralisis on the left side of my face. So When I took Abilify for one month and my tongue swelled and I couldn t speak well, I cut it off immediately! It did lift my depression and made me happy however. Look into meds on your computer under Anti-Depressants, Bi-Polars Medications, or Seddatives. On Google. And read the reactions, interactions and side efffects. Not all side effects happen to all people. It s a shot in the dark. Take care,,,,just another Bi-Polar buddy with a multitude of other problems. |
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Sep 25, 2012, 05:21 PM
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I would guess it has something to due with Lithium and other meds interracting... Been on Lithium for 8 yrs, side effects long gone, except that I get tremors sometimes out of the blue... but usually only for a few days.
Get your bloodwork checked. It could be imbalanced i.e lithium take care. |
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Sep 25, 2012, 06:23 PM
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Saw an on-call doctor. He said that Lithium might be causing tremor. That is weird because I was on Lithium without Depakote for many months if not years, without tremor. Good news - he says that sexual side effects are not tardive. What is infrequently tardive is diabetes: where there is a genetic predisposition to diabetes and psych drugs provoke it, it often does not go away after the discontinuation of the psych drugs. Not fun. But sexual side effects, he says, do go away. |
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Sep 25, 2012, 06:27 PM
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Maybe interaction with the other meds prompted the lithium tremors... like i said previously, lithium is notorious for tremors... A year later and I still have a slight tremor. Guess mine is permanent, but atleast my fine-motor skills have resumed...
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Sep 25, 2012, 06:49 PM
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The new med is Prozac. I guess I will have to ask the p-doc about Lithium+Prozac interaction. Lithium+Geodon alone did not lead to tremors.
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Nov 06, 2012, 02:16 PM
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I am certain that I have TD. I was on Abilify for a few years, but it wasn't until I started the Invega that the odd movements started. The weird thing is, I wasn't even aware of it. My boyfriend pointed them out to me. I didn't think anything of it. My doctor always had me stick my tongue out for a few seconds and never said anything.
Well, I discontinued the Invega over 7 months ago, and the symptoms have only gotten worse. My fingers and toes move constantly to the point where they hurt. I continually lick my lips, chew my lips and inner cheeks until they bleed. And now I'm making these lovely moaning noises. My pdoc has not given me any medication for this. He said it would go away on its own, which obviously it hasn't. Any suggestions? I'm pissed and terrified. |
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Nov 06, 2012, 03:17 PM
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Abilify made me drool and i couldnt walk very well. I only took it for a week.
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Nov 06, 2012, 03:51 PM
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You might also see if you can get a vitamin injection called a Myers Cocktail that contains high doses of magnesium along with various other nutrients as the doctors chooses to meet your nutritional needs. Magnesium calms the muscles, and might help the TD. The amino acid taurine also helps twitching problems. Twenty-five percent of movement disorders caused by meds are permanent so don't if you experience one, deal with it ASAP! |
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Nov 06, 2012, 03:52 PM
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Nov 06, 2012, 03:57 PM
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Cogentin or propranolol can help with Abilify physical side effects. I have akathisia from Abilify and am on propranolol. The only time the akathisia effects showed up since was when I forgot the propranolol.
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