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Posted by jay on January 14, 2002, at 20:55:24
I found some great info on the web about treatment for Myoclonus. I have been having this *fairly* bad for the past few years, and am going to get testing done by my doc. Anyhow, here are treatments from:
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/myoclonu_doc.htm"Is there any treatment?
Treatment for myoclonus consists of medications that may help reduce symptoms. Many of these drugs, which include barbiturates, clonazepam, phenytoin, primidone, and sodium valproate, are also used to treat epilepsy. The complex origins of myoclonus may require the use of multiple drugs for effective treatment."From the defenition, I don't think this is even close to EPS or TD. The part that does scare me a bit is:
"Most often myoclonus is one of several symptoms in a wide variety of nervous system disorders such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease."But, it doesn't seem like this is "absolute". What I HAVE noticed is antidepresants and even atypical antipsychotics seem to make this worse. I recall I did have a major problem with a tic-like disorder in college, which involved clearing my throat every few minutes, in cycles of time.
If this involves my anxiety and nervous disorder problems, I'd like to use it to get on the "proper" treatment, like a good dose of a benzodiazepine. Interestingly, this has been the only thing that has ever helped my symptoms.
Jay
Posted by noa on January 15, 2002, at 19:55:42
In reply to Myoclonus info! (Treatment, etc..), posted by jay on January 14, 2002, at 20:55:24
Thanks for the link.
When I read it, though, it felt to me like what they say doesn't address the myoclonus that I have, ie, secondary to my meds and clearly dose related--when I lower the dose, the myoclonus improves, and goes away altogether below a certain dose. Also, my myoclonus is only while at rest, so it is not interfering with movement. How about you?
What has helped me is balancing out my ratio of effexor:serzone. The serzone seems to counter the myoclonus caused by the serotonergic action of the effexor (and paxil before that).
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