[CaminoDeOro]

pdoc and I are systematically evaluating different meds now, and right now we're trying atypical antipsychotics one at a time. Not only are these new meds, but there is flux during every dosage change or med change.

Occasionally I notice that I've got one of my feet fully flexed (as opposed to extended). Or that I have a bit of a grimace. When I notice, I realize that I've been that way for a while, maybe a minute or so?

There isn't any stereotyped movement involved. The pose is static.

There is currently no more tremor than I've had my whole life. A while back I had tremor but it was almost certainly from ADHD meds.

I'm super paranoid about TD because f that, know what I mean?

[Terabithia]

TD symptoms vary a lot in severity, and in the kind of symptoms. I can't tell if that's what you have or not. I was diagnosed with it about 2 years ago. My symptoms mainly bother me when I'm trying to go to sleep - my toes won't stop wiggling and my tongue is more active than most, but completely not obvious (until going to the dentist and being told to keep it still!). The neurologist who diagnosed me gave me a prescription for klonopin, which I take at bed time. It seems to calm it so I can sleep.

When I first had problems it was during medication changes, and I was having that flexing you mentioned. It got really bad, all over my body, and I had to go to the hospital. I think I was flexing and extending both. I hope the doctor can keep yours from getting worse. I was prescribed a good dose of some medicine that is meant for that, and put back on the Meds I had gone off of - 1000mg depakote

I've been taking seroquel for about 12 years, usually 300mg, and other antipsychotics don't work as well. It hasn't gotten worse over the last 2 years. Sometimes I wonder if the depakote I also take has some kind of impact, since it works on the nervous system and treats epilepsy. I wonder if it keeps symptoms from being worse. Just a thought I have sometimes.

I hope you don't have TD. If you do, don't think of it as a death sentence. I used to be so frightened of it and I still am I guess, but I see it as something that can be dealt with.

I hope you find the right Meds that will be effective and stop the problems you're having right now.

[CaminoDeOro]

pdoc said that zyprexa (the first med, which I've been on and off) in practice has a very low incidence of TD, and seroquel quite low but a little worse. I forgot to bring up the flexing with her last session but will definitely do so next session. 2 sessions ago we switched me from zyprexa 2.5mg/day to seroquel 100mg/day and upped it to 150mg/day last session. But, the flexing has been going on for a while. I'm a poor metabolizer so I also need lower doses of many meds than most people do.

Thanks for the good thoughts. If this is beginning TD and it doesn't progress, probably people would notice it very very rarely - I often don't notice it myself until I've been holding the posture/grimace for a bit.

[still_crazy]

hi. I take 20mgs Abilify. I'm prone to eps, so the risk of TD is probably higher for me than for many people. I take loads of b-vitamins and antioxidants w/ the tranquilizer (its called Orthomolecular). Orthomolecular seems to help my anxiety, my depressive states aren't as frequent or severe, and I tolerate the Abilify w/o EPS, no TD, etc. Orthomolecular has been used to help people with established TD, with some success.

Just an fyi--a former psychiatrist told me that mixing tranquilizers with stimulants raises the risk of TD.

If you want info. on Orthomolecular, here's a free website: DoctorYourself.com: Andrew Saul's Natural Health Website