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#1
Mar 26, 2017, 08:17 PM
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Has anyone here experienced muscle twitching on an AAP (in my case Seroquel)?
If so, did you discontinue the drug? Did it go away? I'm starting to worry about it...
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Mar 26, 2017, 08:43 PM
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twiches in the short term can happen with any antipsychotic. long term, it can become permanent (tardive dykinesia, tardive dystonia).
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#3
Mar 26, 2017, 08:53 PM
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I've been on Seroquel for a year and a half now, but it's only recently started to cause twitching. I'm worried it's a kind of TD.
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Mar 26, 2017, 09:07 PM
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I have been on abilify for around 6 months and i have had twitching the whole time i have been practically begging the doctors to let me off it for the whole time because i too have been worried about TD but they dont seem to care. sorry i dont have much to give but empathy.
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Mar 26, 2017, 09:35 PM
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I get twitching in my hand.....mainly left thumb and pointer finger. I think it's muscle spasms. I don't know if this is something that started after meds or if I might have had it before starting.
Should I be worried? I'm currently on Saphris but this has been going on for awhile (years). I just figured it was either med related or another one of my weird body issues. Is it something to stop meds for? |
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#6
Mar 26, 2017, 10:33 PM
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Yes, Seroquel has caused me twitching. It didn't start to do that until my dose went up to at least 400 mg, and especially once I got to 600 mg. My hands involuntarily twitch and when I am sitting, I feel my thigh muscles twitch. It isn't noticeable to others, but it's annoying. Sometimes it is difficult to keep my hand steady. Luckily, it's not that frequent...but my pdoc suggested either going down on the dose a little bit or taking another medication for the shaking. I went down to 400 mg and cannot go any lower than that or I'm afraid I'll go manic, but unfortunately, there isn't that much of a difference with the twitching at 400 mg for me (so far....this is a recent change though). I'll probably just try to deal with it, but if it gets more frequent, I'll ask my pdoc about the medicine she might recommend.
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Mar 26, 2017, 11:29 PM
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I get finger twitching on clozaril. Honestly it never occurred to me to ask my pdoc about it although I suppose I should. It happens more when I'm upset or stressed. I think it happened on seroquel high doses (1200-1500 mg) too but I'm not sure.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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Mar 27, 2017, 07:08 AM
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I have to take a lot of Abilify (30mgs) daily. I take a lot of high dose b-vitamins and antioxidants with the tranquilizer (Orthomolecular). The idea is that the vitamins help you get more mileage of your drug(s), while also reducing the frequency and severity of side effects, including TD.
Some people with TD have had success with Orthomolecular cocktails to curb the symptoms. There's not a whole lot in the way of established, mainstream treatment of TD, much less prevention, so I thought I'd give the vitamins a whirl. So far, so good. |
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Mar 27, 2017, 09:38 AM
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Seroquel has not caused any muscle twitching |
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#10
Mar 27, 2017, 12:07 PM
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Yeah, I've had muscle twitching from meds. It seemed to go away after awhile, though.
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Mar 27, 2017, 12:27 PM
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I had it on Saphris and weaned off onto something else. It is better, but has not gone away entirely. It's been 6 months.
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#12
Mar 27, 2017, 01:03 PM
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