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#1
Mar 31, 2017, 07:37 AM
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Has anyone else had to deal from hand tremors caused by their bipolar meds. I have tried drinking more water and propranolol but none of it helps.
I am just wondering how others deal with it. |
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Mar 31, 2017, 08:07 AM
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When I tried Abilify I did, and worse (hallucinations and delirium). I called my doc and got help from her.
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#3
Mar 31, 2017, 08:07 AM
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I have them. I just put up with them. They come and go.
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#4
Mar 31, 2017, 09:28 AM
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i get hand tremors they are very annoying at the moment i am just dealing with it but i dont want this to be a long term thing.
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#5
Mar 31, 2017, 09:32 AM
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I have had them forever, but I am on a lot of meds. I saw a neurologist for them. He said they are extrapyrimidal syndrome. (I hope I spelled that right). My arms also shake quite a bit if I am doing push ups.
I just ignore them too. I use pump style stuff in the shower to make it easier than to deal with shaky hands.
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#6
Mar 31, 2017, 09:55 AM
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I am the same as Moose, I just deal with them kinda have to as my Psychiatrist believes in being on the minimum meds as possible so I am only meds that will treat the Bipolar
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#7
Mar 31, 2017, 09:59 AM
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Haldol
 i take cogentin
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#8
Mar 31, 2017, 10:10 AM
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Lithium gives me a hand tremor. Mostly I've just accepted it.
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#9
Mar 31, 2017, 11:44 AM
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Yes cogentin. I've never been on it but I heard it helps. My Wellbutrin makes me shaky and it's embarrassing when I'm in public handing someone money or out to eat and I'm shaking like a drug addict on speed. Lithium gave me really bad tremors too. |
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#10
Mar 31, 2017, 12:37 PM
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It's worth a shot!
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#11
Mar 31, 2017, 02:42 PM
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Lithium. Propanolol didn't help. Water did.
On abilify and wellbutrin now. Small tremors.
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#12
Mar 31, 2017, 03:53 PM
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I have hand tremors. It makes it somewhat difficult to eat small veggies with a fork and my handwriting has gone to hell in the proverbial bushel basket, but otherwise they don't bother me that much.
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#13
Mar 31, 2017, 04:06 PM
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Some days the hand tremors are bad enough that I can't even work the clasp on a bracelet. Other days not at all.
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Mar 31, 2017, 05:57 PM
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I have a bad tremor from Latuda, hands, arms, legs, and jaw. Cogentin helps calm the tremor somewhat.
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Mar 31, 2017, 07:22 PM
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I'm dealing with some hand tremors on Seroquel. They aren't that noticeable to others, but I can feel them. Sometimes my hands are unsteady when I do certain things, like reach for something small on my dressor...little things like that. This didn't happen until I was on a high dose. I've just been dealing with it for now and hoping it doesn't get worse. I get nervous about Tardive Dyskenisia.
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#16
Mar 31, 2017, 07:30 PM
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Sometimes my hand tremors are really bad- like id spill my drink- and sometimes I don't have them at all.
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#17
Mar 31, 2017, 07:43 PM
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With mine it is very noticeable when I am doing fine motor skill type things. Also I drop a lot of things and feel uncoordinated.
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Mar 31, 2017, 08:36 PM
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I started Lithium in 2006. That year, I shook a lot, but I noticed it occurred at a certain time of day and lasted about 2 hours. In 2007, the tremors completely went away.
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Mar 31, 2017, 09:04 PM
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My understanding is as follows: if hand tremors are a side effect of an antipsychotic (yes, EPS), then Cogentin can help alleviate or remove them. If it is a side effect of another type of drug, then only going off that drug (or dosage removal) can help. I had severe hand tremor on Depakote (worse than what my grandmother had after a stroke in old age) and I had to go off of it (Depakote also produced severe weight gain and blood clotting problems, so there were several reasons why I went off of it).
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#20
Apr 04, 2017, 06:37 AM
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Yes, lithium. But they aren't severe. They only happen sometimes. Mostly it bothers me when I can't write well and have old lady handwriting.
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#21
Apr 04, 2017, 08:42 AM
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Quetiapine made my hand shake (and gave me blood clots), Depakote didn't and now I'm on Lithium the shake's back. It's not too bad but seems to kick in when I'm typing which is annoying. I've also developed an occasional twitch in my leg but my doc doesn't seem too concerned about it.
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