Antipsychotics and muscle control issues as side effects?

Just curious: Has anyone ever had movement disorders (i.e. involuntary flailing, twitching, muscle tension, etc.) as a side effect from antipsychotics? I have been on Seroquel, Risperdal, Geodon and Zyprexia and they all did that to me; Arms, legs, neck -everything. I couldn't even walk at times. I am not on any of them these days (taking other meds) and now have absolutely no more problems like the one mentioned above. Just wondering if anyone has had that weird side effect, too, and if anyone knows what causes such a peculiar reaction.

idk if it counts. starting lithium made my right big toe twitch like I was in the back of a van and just waking up from a coma caused by a point-blank gunshot to the head. lasted 60 days

i found with rispiridol i got savage restless legs at night, not so much twitching but the feeling i had to move them or it would become very uncomfortable

Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm referring to; not so much tremors or twitching. Seroquel started with the restless legs and the more I took medication like that, it progressed to arms, too, and then my neck and back. Couldn't stay still for anything. Also, it started just at night at around bedtime but eventually got to where it was happening all day long. Weird, though. I have been online looking for possible causes of this and I can't find anything. My doc doesn't know, either. The way he was talking, he had never heard of it.

What you're talking about is Tardive Diskeasia (sp?) It's a pretty common side effect with anti psychotics, although more of a problem with the older generation rather than the newer a-typicals. If your Dr. never heard of it, he's an idiot. It can come with long term use, or use at high doses. If you get it from every anti-p you've tried, stay away from them, if you can.

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Actually, to be picky; it is EPS (extrapyramidal side effects) as long as it resolves when you stop taking the medication, TD is permanent and comes on (same effects) after long use of the medications. You can learn the physiology of this response by reading up on it; and likely here at PC. Sometimes also called dystonic reactions. Some people have a reaction called "oculogyric crisis" which involves the eyes turning upward involuntarily.
It is painful, all of this, and I am glad the side effects resolved when you stopped those medications. Basically, the side effect involves your nervous system and causes tonic muscle response. There are medications used to treat this side effect for people who really need to use the antipsychotics (and, not everyone has these side effects), Cogentin is one (the generic name is slipping by...), Amantadine...some of the same meds used to treat the involuntary movements of Parkinson's disease, in fact, it is sometimes referred to as "Parkinsonian..." sorry, I should have refreshed my knowledge before posting...so that I could explain plainly, without rambling.

its a common side effect with your type of meds, now you know what it is you should get used to it.

When the side effect is more miserable than the disease, itself, there is no way. I was less suicidal before I started them than I was while on them because I just wanted the pain and muscle problems to stop. I can't explain to someone who hasn't felt it how horrible it feels. I have been on over 50+ medications for over two and a half decades for my severe mental illness. I know the difference between minor side effects, moderate side effects and debilitating side effects. In most cases, I can live with even moderate side effects, even expect them, but uncontrollable flailing and thrashing, making it impossible to sleep for days, walk correctly and speak right is a deal-breaker.

Also, just to clear things up, I don't think I was specific enough about this: This is not a current issue but one from the past. I haven't been on those types of medications in years but I remember the side effects and was curious to know what it was called and why it happens to people, or if it was rare or common. Thanks to those who answered. My current doc is the same one who I have had for a few years (the one who said he didn't know), and the same one who prescribed one of the other medications -per my own request, even. It worked flawlessly for the previous year with no problems so it just took me by surprise and raised a huge red this-isn't-right flag when I went back on it and suddenly started having that weird reaction. He is still my doc but that's going to change soon, too, as he is moving out of the state.

There is a lot of failure when going back and forth on a med, your body gets fed up and rejects it in the end . So if this is the case don't use it ever again you will get the same reaction from now on, look else where for releaf