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Tics, some sort of siezure, or jus a stimulant?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 492558" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Buddy, I think parents often DON'T look at the medications enough. Often the medications ARE the problem. Trust me, I've taken enough of them and so has my son. The longer somebody is on an AP, the more likely the person is to develop TD, which looks like tics. Although the medications can sometimes help our kids, none of them come without risks. My son started getting these tics when he took both Risperdal and Zyprexa and the psychiatrist took him right off of them...TD can become permanant. </p><p></p><p>I was in a psychiatric hospital three times before I was stable. At one time there was a young man there who had to keep holding up his head and it jerked from side to side. Since I was one of the non-psychotic patients (lol) the psychologists and techs liked me and often talked to me. I asked why this patient kept jerking his head and was told "Oh, it's a medication reaction." I don't think that in 2011 anyone would have even given me that much information on another patient, but they did back then. I realize now he was probably on an AP. However, being so long ago, it was probably Haldal or Thorazine. But the new aps can cause the same stuff the old ones do...they are just less likely to do so. Doesn't mean it never happens though. I was in a very highly rated teaching hospital and a lot of the patients had schizophrenia. Many also had tongue thrusting, stiff walking, and perm. problems from the APs. It was really sad :/</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 492558, member: 1550"] Buddy, I think parents often DON'T look at the medications enough. Often the medications ARE the problem. Trust me, I've taken enough of them and so has my son. The longer somebody is on an AP, the more likely the person is to develop TD, which looks like tics. Although the medications can sometimes help our kids, none of them come without risks. My son started getting these tics when he took both Risperdal and Zyprexa and the psychiatrist took him right off of them...TD can become permanant. I was in a psychiatric hospital three times before I was stable. At one time there was a young man there who had to keep holding up his head and it jerked from side to side. Since I was one of the non-psychotic patients (lol) the psychologists and techs liked me and often talked to me. I asked why this patient kept jerking his head and was told "Oh, it's a medication reaction." I don't think that in 2011 anyone would have even given me that much information on another patient, but they did back then. I realize now he was probably on an AP. However, being so long ago, it was probably Haldal or Thorazine. But the new aps can cause the same stuff the old ones do...they are just less likely to do so. Doesn't mean it never happens though. I was in a very highly rated teaching hospital and a lot of the patients had schizophrenia. Many also had tongue thrusting, stiff walking, and perm. problems from the APs. It was really sad :/ [/QUOTE]
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