Involuntary movement symptoms and conditions

Yes it does affect your kidneys, you are on a really high dose too, I think the maximum is meant to be 400mg a day. For everyone that says their doctors are telling them that their symptoms are not side effects from Lamictal, all you have to do is take in the information leaflet (the tiny folded up paper one) that comes in the box with the pills. Some companies have less side effects listed in their leaflet which is odd (GlaxoSmithKline hardly lists any) But APS lists involuntary movement of the eyes. There was another brand I used to be on that had a huge long list of side effects but I can't think what it was. If you search online you should be able to find a good list.

I take 200mg for partial seizures, added it to neurontin about 9 months ago.
At 300mg I lost the ability to type correctly and would forget what I was saying in the middle of a sentence. I forgot phone numbers and lost a ton of weight. My doctor said that meant I was on too much. I'm glad he put be back to 200 instead of upping the dose, which is what I see most people doing - adding more. I am taking as little as possible to keep the seizures away, and I feel pretty good on it.

My side effects currently are constant movement of my jaw and tongue, and my new side effect is a strange involuntary movement of my arms and legs. I especially notice it when I'm on the computer and I move the mouse, my arm jerks. (At least it jerks in the direction I want it to!!)

Overall, I am happy with it and feel lucky that I'm not having any terrible side effects. The jerking thing is a bit concerning since it is new and I hope it doesn't get worse.

I do think my skin has gotten messed up - not quite acne, but redness under the skin. No bumps though.

Oh - the tip of my tongue gets numb about 15 minutes after I take it. Weird.

My 8 year old daughter was on singular for 3 years and she was very active and a little hyper, after taking her off of singular now for almost 8 months she has incurred a tic, I have brought her to a neurologist and he says no its not from the medication or a side effect from it but I really think it is, she has a few vocal and 1 involuntary movement, this is so terrible that these medications that you think help your children are really hurting them, my daughter was on asthma medications since she was 3, and then the neurologist suggests that I put her on an anxiety medication I told him NO, you are not going to make my child stoned I will find other ways to help her with this problem because what I have read is there is no medication that clears tics, they go away on there own and I believe this I will not drug my daughter she has been through enough with all this medication that has caused this. So I do believe SINGULAR and a few others are responsible for our childrens behaviors.

Here's a way out theory about my unique and to me mystifying medical situation....

I recently read where Singulair, an asthma medicine, is suspected of causing suicides, obviously an effect on the brain function. The FDA notes that over the past year, Merck has updated Singulair's prescribing information and patient information to include the following post marketing adverse events: TREMOR (March 2007), (April 2007), suicidally (October 2007), and anxiousness (February 2008). (the tremor highlight is mine since this is a major symptom of Parkinson's )

Well, I took Singulair from 1998 to 2004 and I wonder if maybe, just maybe Singulair could be a contributing factor to my strange Parkinson's but not Parkinson's problems that is
gait,
balance,
freezing of gait problems

Any thoughts or ideas on how I might follow up on my hypothesis?

I took Reglan for two days 14 years ago. The second evening I became extremely jittery and had involuntary movement of my arms and legs that I could not stop.I was not able to sleep either. Since this was the only new medicine that was prescribed, I immediately stopped taking it. Fourteen years later I still battle with insomnia. It started abruptly that night. THIS MEDICINE IS DANGEROUS!!! PLEASE STOP TAKING IT IF YOU ARE ON IT!!!!!!

My mother was prescribed Reglan following surgery for colon cancer. She had delayed gastric emptying and also had pre-existing hiatal hernia and GERD. She was kept on the Reglan for 3 years, now has Tardive Dyskinesia. It is pitiful to observe. She has constant involuntary head jerking (side to side) and involuntary mouth movements that look as if she is chewing. We only found out recently that the problem is Tardive Dyskinesia, when she was referred to a neurologist with suspected Parkinson's Disease because of "stiffening" of the extremities and tremors. Parkinson's was ruled out, instead we were told the muscular stiffness, along with the involuntary movement disorder, is due to the side effects of Reglan. It is a dangerous drug.