Newbie in UK with Tardive-dyskinesia
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Anyone here in the UK who has prescription drug induced Tardive-dyskinesia?
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katie6557 Calypso777
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I'm in the US, but I was given the drug that gave me TD in the UK. I suffer from severe acid reflux, and didn't respond well to ppis. I studied abroad and went to a GP at my school and she gave me metaclopramide; I was only on it two days and I woke up with anxiety and muscle spasms and all this crazy s**t. Haven't been the same since. What's your story?
Calypso777 katie6557
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Hi Katie....thx so much for your reply to my post and for sharing your story ?.... the prescription drug that gave me TD was an anticonvulsant that I used to take for epilepsy when I was younger.... the docs never seemed to know what caused the intention tremor in my hands and feet, back then and it was only until recently (when I self diagnosed TD) that the docs said that TD was a long term side effect of the anticonvulsant I took over 20 yrs ago.
The intention tremor is not as frustrating as the need to constantly move my hands and feet, and I never feel I can totally relax because of the constant need to twiddle my thumbs or move my fingers.... It also affects my handwriting as my fingers go into spasm when I try to write something... 😯