Posted by Christ_empowered on January 16, 2012, at 15:48:47
In reply to Re: Tardive (drug induced) dystonia, posted by sk85 on January 16, 2012, at 14:46:36
I'm stuck on 30mgs/day Abilify for "Bipolar I" (read: I'm in between bipolar I and some kind of off beat psychotic disorder). I take loads of antioxidants to prevent TD. I used to get mild tremor (not bad enough to require meds) and stiff gait from the Abilify; a brief dose reduction and lots of antioxidants corrected the problem. In an ideal world, I could switch to a neuroleptic that didn't do this, but Abilify is the only AAP that I've been able to tolerate.
Now, for your situation, I'd say lots of natural form vitamin E (1600 IU, maybe), lots of vitamin C (think several grams--time-release=better absorption), lots of niacinamide (3+ grams daily, divided doses), manganese (I don't know the dosage for this one, sorry), b-100, possibly high dose b-6 (might hurt your stomach a bit, but several hundred mgs/day has helped with TD, akathisia, and other neuroleptic-induced problems...divide the doses).
Pretty much everything I've thrown out there I already take, except for the manganese and the extra B6 (I take 1 time-release b-100 daily). Taurine has been shown (in animals, mind you) to prevent TD and some other neuroleptic-induced problems when given with a neuroleptic. Its also kind of calming, although I don't notice a huge difference (I take 2 grams daily, all at once). I used to take 6 grams daily (2 doses of 3 grams). Doses of 4 grams have been used along with neuroleptics for mania and psychosis. If nothing else, its supposed to be good for your heart, and it seems to have made my hair thicken up. Plus, its cheap.
Good luck. This is a really bad situation you're in. I'm kind of surprised nobody mentioned antioxidants (at least high dose natural form E--that's pretty standard) for your movement disorder. Weird.
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