Risperdal made shuffle and hunch over. My dr knew it was that one right away. I'm still on prozac, xanax and lamictal so I'm not sure what the current culprit is. I also clench my teeth a lot
Thanks! Confirmed my suspicion - neuroleptics can cause symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease, similar mechanism (dopamine deficit). The hunched posture and shuffled walk made me think of Parkinson's, they are typical symptoms.
The finger tics, first thought maybe Prozac, so I had a look and I found several studies and articles stating that tics have been found to be a possible side effect of fluoxetine. Then I checked for lamotrigine and had similar results. I don't think benzos can do that though, so leaving that out.
Teeth clenching, no idea, but if that continues, I advise you to visit an orthodontist for bruxism splints, otherwise it can irreversibly damage and reduce your teeth over the years. It can also be caused by stress.
I also had the brain zaps after discontinuing a SSRI, escitalopram, that's a known phenomenon. iirc it's even in the side effects on the leaflet. Mine weren't so extreme though, but I was glad when they subsided.
One of my first meds, reboxetine, I could smell it in the sweat on my hands, lol. It didn't bother me at all, was rather weird and funny. I don't think the doctor believed me though, lol.
I had risperidone aswell, for a few days during my first stay in the psychiatric ward, because lol, one of the doctors didn't believe my story of what was happening to me, and said she thinks it's a beginning schizophrenia. Thanks alot. Back then I was so naive and trusting, I didn't question it at all. I only realized what had really happened many many years later, it made me so mad for a moment. Luckily it was corrected by the main doctor a few days later, when she returned after an absence, but not before I experienced galactorrhoea, from the rising prolactine. That was disturbing, even more so on top of that diagnosis.
Uncontrollable eating attacks came with quetiapine, pregabaline, sertraline, mirtazapine, chlorprothixene. They were impossible to combat. My brain would not be able to think of anything else and the pressure would continue until I gave in. Maybe that's what addiction must feel like. Hated it.
Nocturnal hypersalivation from aripiprazole and chlorprothixene. Sometimes nothing, sometimes so bad I had to change the whole pillow in the middle of the night because it was completely drenched.
Trazodone, extreme tiredness, orthostatic hypotension + nausea and diarrhoea in the mornings, and a constant feeling of physical exhaustion. Sometimes I wasn't able to get out of my apartment for work because of the morning stuff. Never got better, even after years. Was a revelation when I got off it.
And prothipendyl. During the, I think, second night, I got something that probably has to be described as restless leg syndrome. That was an awful night, I had to move my legs constantly and walk around again and again, it was impossible not to. Never again, lol.
Daridorexant caused really vivid and horrible nightmares during the first few nights. I would even wake up, see shadows in my room as a horrible threat, but could not scream or move. The nightmares stopped after taking it a few more days.
The other meds' side effects were more tolerable, just stuff like obstipation and light hand tremors, some had no effect at all, I stopped when the dose at multiple tablets a day did nothing, it was like taking candy, lol. One was pink, so that fits.
The only thing ever that reliably does what I want and not much else have been benzos, but I rarely use them, because doctors guard those prescriptions like porcupines, and I want to avoid tolerance and addiction.