IsabellaLinton wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
Had another round of random arm jerking, this time accompanied by leg jerking. At least I was sitting down so I didn't fall when my legs started up.
Are you on an antipsychotic / antiseizure medication? Some of the older generation meds can cause "tardive dyskinesia" or body tremors which are ironically similar to absence seizures.
I started to experience it when I was on Risperidone.
Please let your psychiatrist know what's happening, and keep a record of how often this occurs.
I don't think I'm on any antipsycotic or anti-seizure medication, although I think some of the ones I'm on mention that tardive dyskenisia is a rare but possible side effect. I know I at least used to be on ones that said that. I'll have my mom call my psychiatrist (I'm usually very hard to understand over the phone, so my mom handles most of my calls), and we'll see what she thinks. I'd make an appointment with my doctor if we didn't have all the COVID-19 stuff going on, but since we do, I'm not sure if my symptoms warrant a. taking someone away from treating COVID-19 patients and b. not only going out, but going to a place where there will probably be lots of people with colds, flu, and actual COVID-19.
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