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I take Celexa and after 3 - 4 weeks the dyskinesia got bad ! We are
looking at the meds now. My tremors have also increased. Anyone else
have this???

Nancy M.

Rick Hermann wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> My wife brought home a book from the library yesterday about different
> medications, all across the board, that the author tried to classify as
> "good" or "bad"--bad meaning having side effects or inducing symptoms that
> might be worse than the condition or disease being treated. (Sorry, I
> didn't bring the title of the book with me to where I'm writing this
> message.) Anyway, he notes antidepressants as being potential contributors
> to parkinson symptoms, and quotes nearly unbelievable statistics from the
> journal Lancet that indicate a correlation between antidepressants and PD.
> Oh man, this kind of thing wears me out. I take Paxil, have been for three
> years, dx PD for two, but had symptoms prior to Paxil.
>
> One thing that gave me pause was the author's listing of "writhing,
> twisting movement of the limbs" as being a Parkinson's symptom, when in
> fact it is a medication side effect.
>
> Anyone else have anything to say on this? Personally, I don't think my PD
> symptoms have much if anything to do with taking an SSRI antidepressant.
>
> Rick
> 49, dx 1998