Seroquel and tardive dyskinesia
Common Questions and Answers about Seroquel and tardive dyskinesia
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Are you sure your friend does not have tardive dyskinesia? Seroquel and all known antipsychotics with the exception of Clozaril can cause tardive dyskinesia which is irreversible, progressive and can be masked while it is occuring. There are also variants of it such as tardive dystonia and tardive myoclonus, both of which I have and are being treated with multiple medications including Zofran.
All antipsychotics except Clozaril can cause tardive dyskinesia. Risperdal and Seroquel are antipsychotics. Tradazone can as well. What may appear to be tics could be tardive tourreticism. And what could be classed as aggression, if not from his autism or if it worsened unexpectedly could be the psychomoter agitation from tardive akathesia.
This medical link explains all the various tardive conditions:
****.*** I have a variety of advanced tardive conditions.
Yes but there is the issue of long term side effects. As a person with advanced tardive dyskinesia I am vividly aware of this. I have a friend whose mother has Parkinson's and she is being given Seroquel as a sleeping pill and I was told even by my psychiatrist that its "the wrong medication".
So we are lowering my medication, because I am afraid I will get tardive dyskinesia. I am currently taking Seroquel 700 mg and Lamictal 250. I have previously been on several antipsychotics, and that is what scares me. Less than a year ago, I was also taking 4 mg of Risperdal. I'm scared that I will get antipsychotic-withdrawal-induced tardive dyskenisia. What are the symptoms of withdrawal and how would withdrawal TD manifest itself?
t on an antipsychotic and it still persists I would be surprised if its not tardive dyskinesia but post in the neurology forum for more of an answer on that. Tardive dyskinesia exists in all forms (as I have, you can read my journal entries) and there is tardive akathesia which could describe what you are going through. You would need to consult a movement disorders specialist.
Linguofacial Dyskinesia, Oral-facial Dyskinesia, TD, Tardive Dystonia and Tardive Oral Dyskinesia. Have you been on any of these medications? If yes, then any one of them could be the cause of tardive dyskinesia. I suggest you consult your neurogist to change the medication
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They can cause motor restlessness such as dystonia and akathesia and of course the long term effect tardive dyskinesia. It can cause effects that appear to be psychiatric at times. If its akathesia or extra pyramidal side effects then your psychiatrist could titrate the anti-psychotics and add a side effect pill to control it.
That is not an established criteria and still unknown but Zofran was quite helpful on it and it is being researched on tardive dyskinesia and helpful on it as well and some of what I experience is seizure like (for anyone reading this the study on me is of course tentative but is at a well known movement disorders clinic that works within standard treatment methadology). Have known conditions ruled out first though. Good luck.
has anyone on abilify developed eye twitching and what did you do. also has anyone developed hight blood sugars from seroquel and what did you do about it. i've been on this combo for 2 months and felt great---------then the side effects happened.
i was switched to saphris to replace the abilify-------------anyone have info on this drug-----------------and lunstra and trazodone to replace the seroquel for sleep
i don't feel well. i feel like i have a stomach flu.
to the director of the hospital that first developed Clozaril and will be putting the study in publication. I have severe tardive dyskinesia including tardive myoclonus and respiratory convulsions as well as as tardive psychosis which I am under study for as a criteria but they are being treated with Zofran and the natural remedy rhodiola (in clinical study).
Tardive dyskinesia is a long term movement disorder that appears similar but is long term. Tardive akathesia is one variant of tardive dyskinesia. I have tardive dyskinesia in advanced form. However it is treatable and there are an increasing number of options, some in clinical study but FDA approved and could be prescribed off label if standard treatment options don't work.
Disease except that is caused by a neuraleptic or similar medication and will not worsen after it has been discontinued and at its most severe such as I have (tardive dystonia, tardive akathesia, tardive tourretticism, tardive myoclonus, and tardive psychosis which is in study) all of these diagnosed by a neurologist who is a movement disorders specialist can have a wide variety of abnormal movements resembling it.
Were you on any atypical antipsychotics, like Seroquel or Abilify (which can be added to SSRI antidepressants)? The antipsychotics can cause tardive dyskinesia, which is a movement disorder that is sometimes permanent. You should talk to your doctor about these tics, since they're new and seem to be drug related.
However, there are antipsychotics in this class called the NMDA receptor modulates in Phase II study that are primary antipsychotics that when approved in the coming years will not cause tardive dyskinesia or diabetes and promote a fuller recovery. In the meantime, tardive dyskinesia, being neurological is treatable. You should obtain a referral to a neurologist who is a movement disorders specialist and I could give you more information on what treats tardive to bring to time.
However, for myself (not something you have of course) in having schizoaffective disorder I needed an antipsychotic and all of them except for Clozaril (which causes blood dyscreias and needs constant bloodwork and can be dangerous
and something I couldn't tolerate) can cause it. I think I would have not been able to recover if I hadn't taken an antipsychotic all these years though I wish they had caught up with the tardive in time before it progressed this far.
I would never take it even though I have OCD as well. Seroquel can cause long term neurological damage such as tardive dyskinesia. That to me would far outweigh any short term benefit. I think there are safer alternatives for sleep troubles and cognitive behavioral therapy can help you get your obsessions under control.
I can't stop sucking in and swallowing on my tongue and lips. It has been happening for a week now. I went to the hospital and the doctor, who was an intern said it was tardive dyskinesia, but that it would go away. On the discharge papers it wrote dystonia. I went to my doctor the following day and he said he didn't think it was tardive dyskinesia. The following day I went and saw my psychiatrist who also didn't think it was tardive dyskinesia.
A newer generation of anti-psychotics, the glutamate antagonists in development will not cause diabetes or tardive dyskinesia and promotes a full recovery. I am on glycine a Phase II antipsychotic in FDA study that is a glutamate antagonist that has promoted a recovery that is according to my psychopharmocologist "as good as any FDA approved anti-psychotics or better". My study will be published soon in a psychiatric journal.
ve read into this on the internet and said it could be tardive dyskinesia. Has anyone else experienced this?
Thank you!
Yes I would say that sounds like tardive dyskinesia. Temporary movement disorders such as akathesia vary during the day as the anti-psychotic wears off or side effect pills such as Cogentin wear off. I have severe forms of tardive dyskinesia including tardive psychosis (which is in study).
If it is tardive dyskinesia the medication would be stopped (and replaced with something else) and treated. But if its some form of extra-pyramidal side effect (temporary movement disorder) then your psychiatrist could give you a side effect pill or change it. One good way to tell is whether it worsens when you take the medications and then disappates over the day as they wear off or if its random movements that occur continuously. But have a movement disorders specialist look into it.
Just a guess, but I think it is a side effect from the Flecainide. Talk with your doctor prescribing the Flecainide - maybe you can go on a lower dose and see what happens. I would not think the "tic" is permanent.
If you need an antipsychotic and you have tardive dyskinesia the only antipsychotic that you can take safely that won't worsen it is Clozaril. Speak to a psychiatrist about this and also see a neurologist who is a movement disorders specialist to have it treated.
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