Posted by yxibow on July 26, 2006, at 11:37:13
In reply to What are these side effects I have?, posted by blueberry on July 25, 2006, at 15:42:37
> Tremors when doing certain movements, like when I pump the lever to squirt coffee in my cup my whole arm and body quivers. Sitting in a chair, if I lift my leg, my whole leg and body quivers. Hands tremble. Fingers bounce on the keyboard. If I bend over and then straighten up, I tremble and quiver everywhere. Head wants to twitch, sometimes side to side and sometimes up and down, depending on the movement preceding it.
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> Neck cramps and pains. Bicep pains. Leg calve cramps and pains. Legs that feel like they weigh 100 pounds each. Hip pains. The leg cramps and pains are pretty bad, almost paralysing at times, hard to walk.
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> The tremor stuff started with 2.5mg zyprexa and has intensified with the addition of 5mg prozac and 5mg lexapro.
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> The cramps and pains started after adding 5mg prozac to ongoing 2.5mg zyprexa and 5mg lexapro.
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> I think the zyprexa is causing tremors and the prozac is causing cramps and pains. But I was wondering if anyone knows what these side effects are. They are worrying me a lot and have not gone away as I get accustomed to the meds (4 weeks).
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>Hmm... my posting seemed to dissappear -- at any rate, while I would certainly check with my doctor fairly immediately because of the uncomfortableness of the sense, TD is not a likely event after 4 weeks.
EPS (side effects) are though, and if one is sensitive to a particular neuroleptic, it can be fairly severe, which is what I think is going on. A combination of movement created pseudoparkinsonism and extreme dystonia sounds like what you have, especially with the two drugs in combination.
I did have pseudoparkinsonism when I tried Zyprexa and even Seroquel does still produce a bit. Other agents also produce heavy amounts of tremor like Lithium, etc.
To better feelings
-- J
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