Posted by yxibow on January 24, 2006, at 7:35:13
In reply to My hands wobble and my body jerks!, posted by Deneb on January 20, 2006, at 22:49:14
> OMG, that handwriting thread got me thinking...
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> I held my hands out in front of me with fingers spread and my hands shake and wobble! The left hand shakes more.
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> I've also noticed that my legs feel like they "start" and "stop" when I walk down stairs. i.e. my movements don't seem fluid
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> My body is also "jerky". My head does it too.
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> I just wrote these things off as being anxiety or tension related. I don't remember when these symptoms started. Could they be med related? I'm on 50mg Celexa, 150mg Wellbutrin SR and 0.75mg Risperdal.
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> Should I be concerned?
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> DenebConcerned to talk to your doctor. You're right, it could likely be anxiety related. It could also be EPS, or a fancy name for side effects, from the Risperdal. Pseudoparkinsonism is common and comes and goes -- it sometimes disappears completely during treatment and reamerges, sometimes it lingers. If your head is being jerky though in a consistent pattern I would definately talk to your doctor, it could be something else other than EPS, not to scare you. Are you left handed ? That's often a sign of Pseudoparkinsonism? My right shook slightly more than my left, I'm right handed. This doesn't always follow, but sometimes. If you're at a stopped state, calm, and nothing going on, and you shake your hands vigorously, do they then start wobbling for a few seconds to a minute or so and stop? That's also likely Pseudoparkinsonism. At any rate, talk to your doctor.
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