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RT @lucybball: Any #sertraline users out there older, who developed movement disorders such as #tardivedyskinesia or #Dystonia ?

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RT @CMEInstitute: #TardiveDyskinesia (TD) is an array of iatrogenic movement disorders caused by dopamine receptor antagonism, and include akathisia, dystonia, buccolingual stereotypy, chorea, tics, and other abnormal involuntary movements.

#Tweetorial #MedEd #CME #NeuroTwitter 7/25

Last year I developed #tardivedyskinesia after being on #antipsychotics for six years. At first I was disappointed that I'd have to go off the atypical antipsychotic that had kept me stable for three years. But after I got off it, I also realized I'd been HAZED OUT for six years and not even realized it. They sapped my creativity, my ambition, and the things that made me, ME.

I'm on #lithium now and my SELF is back. But so is the struggle of having emotions. 😭

I have been looking for a place to bring my discoveries about #TardiveDyskinesia as I learn how it affects 500,000 people in the United States alone. Sadly, I am learning from personal experience.

I don't write for sympathy, I want people to understand how it feels to experience this. That means going through some stuff, but I don't want to dwell on it. I want my people to build community, and loved ones to have a window into our experiences.

Nobody talks about it because it's embarrassing.

I had my first really strong episode of shaking at work. #TardiveDyskinesia is quite a thing. I have chewed a raw spot on my tongue from involuntary muscle movements, and my balance is going because I have the reflexes of a sloth.

All of this because I have a rare nerve disorder and the only medicine that makes my stomach process food causes this as a side effect. It is this or starved to death, and I've been down the other road. I will shake, thank you.