Tardive dyskinesia

[morpheus]

Hello everyone, does anybody else have fears of tardive dyskinesia? What doctors say? Some online research says up to 5% risk per year, and worst it persist even when therpy is stopped. It didn't much bother me when i was on quetiapine alone,but now i've depot injections of typical AP. 

What are your opinions?

Edited October 17, 2016 by centaurus

[Southern Discomfort]

Yeah, I have a bit of a fear of tardive dyskinesia. I already have tics from taking sertraline last year and that's progressed to what can be considered Tourette's or maybe tardive tourettism. And that's only every got worse, I stopped sertraline about three weeks in. I really don't want another movement disorder as well, that would cripple me. The good news about tardive dyskinesia is that for the vast majority of cases it does go away if you stop taking the medication causing it, and if it doesn't then there are medications which can stop it.

[morpheus]

Yea, i've also a tics,but from childhood. They start and then resolve. Also have a akathisia,but that also started when i was 14 years old and do not take any psych drugs.

 

The soruces from net says otherwise OFTEN INCURABLE and that scares me.

Edited October 17, 2016 by centaurus

[melissaw72]

I've actually had TD in the past and was prescribed cogentin for it.  Eventually I went off of it and it did not persist.

In terms of getting the TD, I think it is a thing where some people get it while some don't so YMMV.  The internet says it is good and bad, % here and there of getting it, but unfortunately you might not know how it affects you unless it happens.

 

[dtac]

TD is supposed to be far less of an issue with atypical than first-generation antipsychotics. Not that there aren't still crazy side effects, but real EPS are significantly less.

Reading on the internet too much will make you afraid of life Talk to an experienced pdoc and get their perspective on it.

[notloki]

The old AP's were very strong blockers of dopamine receptors dosed at high doses (at the time) and this accounts for the side effects. Most of the AAP's do not block dopamine nearly as strongly as the old AD's. Hence fewer fewer incidences of TD. Being on an AAP my pdoc checks me every 6 months for TD and other movement disorders with the AIMS (Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale) test.

Edited October 17, 2016 by notloki

[bigbangaz]

What about tardive dyskensia when ur withdrawing from an antipsychotic will it persist i mean right now i dont have signs of td but i will start geodon withdrawl soon.. so do u think ill be ok i tried once to lower the dose not by my pdoc instructions from 120 to 80mg i experienced td symptoms for 5 hours then it went away could anyone explain this to me . I was on 80 for a almost a week then my pdoc told me to return to 120 and shes the one who decides the withdrawl program. I had also td signs when i was increasing the dose from 80 to 120 for 5 hours my tongue did involuntary movements than it stopped completly....