Posted by Willow on June 19, 2001, at 16:51:52
In reply to True., posted by Princess Artemis on June 19, 2001, at 15:47:33
> It just feels like they're saying it's all in my head, and discounting any physical cause (like Paxil, which DOES cause TD sometimes) because I've had depression before.
-My father has severe TD caused by older antipsychotic medications. If I'm correct you described yours being in your arms and legs, there's another name for this.
As my psych says, we don't understand everything about the human body & mind, and how they work.
What I think they are trying to say is that it is similar to "butterflies" in your stomach. Instead of feeling the anxiety or stressor, you are getting the movements.
> Wanna know the great gigantic huge stressor in my life that the psych says caused this? I started taking night classes to get a teaching credential.
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-The one time I saw a psychiatrist he claimed the "problem is that she has three children." I never went back to him. For myself any form of stress good, bad, physical, or psychological will make my symptoms worse. There was no major stressor that started it.>
> is an aborted attempt to get off Paxil, which started me into this whole mess to begin with.
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> As for the liquid Paxil with 1mg taper...that's what I wanted. But the psych, who has known me for an entire 45 minutes (I went to him specifically to get off Paxil) refused to perscribe that because he feels it will play into my "deep seated desire to stave off independence."I think psychiatrists aren't very good with the human psyche. The next time you get a prescription ask the pharmacist for the liquid form.
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*Is it more common to get psychosomatic chorea than it is to get drug induced chorea?
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-Psychosomatic symptoms are the most common reasons for doctor visits, everyone gets them.
> I am trying to find info on psychosomatic stuff just so I know what that's all about, even if I think it's extrememly unlikely. Thanks for the leads.- Beware when you read up on them, that they'll mostly be in a negative tense. Doctors like to quanitative measurements and this doesn't fit. And mostly I would have to say that MDs make this condition worse.
Just my opinions.
Best of luck!Willow
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