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LessApplication16 OP t1_iso3n5x wrote

Reply to comment by RepulsiveVoid in Eli5 does the effect of a drug persist until it completely leaves your system? by LessApplication16

Really?because I though that tardive dyskinesia was only caused exclusively by dopamine antagonists a.k.a Antipsychotics,I never knew SSRIs do such a thing

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RepulsiveVoid t1_iso4oui wrote

I'm not sure why, but I wasn't able to keep my feet still. If I sat down, my feet would start to bounce unless I focused on keeping them still, with led to my hands to start drumming or tapping at the hand rests.

One of the medicines I have now(not SSRI) give me occasional "electric" jolts to my hands, with will cause me to spill any galss or mug I'm holding when the "electricity" reaches my neck. It starts from the lower back and travels up in 2-3 seconds, so usually I'm able to put down anything I have in my hands.

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LessApplication16 OP t1_isoaykp wrote

That isn’t tardive dyskinesia my friend,I have tardive dyskinesia ,basically I have frequent repetitive eye blinking,and every time I try to talk my tongue pulls out making my speech incomprehensible,also occasionally my whole trunk jerks to the right sometimes. What you have could be akathesia/restlessness ,as for the electric shocks it’s a very common withdrawal effect of psych meds

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RepulsiveVoid t1_isomoz7 wrote

Oh, yeah, Those are definietly two different things.

Sometimes or mostly they probably are withdrawal or low med-level related, but occassionally I get them even when I've taken my medication as prescribed. I also suspect they are linked to my social anxiety medication as I'm using, unorthodoxically, benzoes designed against epliectic seizures for it.

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Edit: u/bostwickenator is also to my understanding 100% correct, so +1 to him.

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