Tardive dyskinesia symptoms and conditions

My little boy who is now 4 has been off the Reglan for two years. I really thought my husband and I were doing the right thing by putting him on the Reglan at 8 months because he was vomitting blood. The gastric doctor said he had to be on it plus prevacid .Well I WISH WE HAD KNOWN THE SIDE EFFECTS. Now my son is in the process of going to a Neurologist next week because they think he might have Tardive Dyskinesia . He has the symptoms of it on and off for a year now and the doctors have said it is from stress not possible because all of the stress therapist we have taken him to say he is not stressed. I would like to say one thing do not put your child on this drug because it could be the biggest mistake of your life . This is a disease that can not be curred.

Hi I was on Reglan for over six years for IBS and nausea.My GI never mentioned any side effects from use of the medicine.I have a c-spine injury that has caused some neuropathy. I never thought that symptoms that I have like extreme restlessness,shaking of my hands,feet and toes,sucking my tongue,my mouth puckers,my lips shake,my jaws tighten up,I now have a facial tic.I never even considered that taking the Reglan for so long could have caused these side effects until I was recently taken off of the medicine by my GI.He said that long term use could cause undesirable side effects like a facial tic.(Now he mentions side effects after over six years!) I then came home and looked it up on my computer and found all of these sights! I really need to get to a Neurologist one that specializes in movement disorders.If I had known of all of the side effects before taking the Reglan I could have prevented my Tardive Dyskinesia today!! My advice is always check the side effects of any medication before taking it.If only I would have I could have prevented so much long term damage! Pharmacy Companies should have better guidelines for testing their drugs before being allowed to have the drug on the market.We must send a clear message that as the public we demand better practices from our FDA.

Have taken Reglan just for just one and a half weeks to help with my diabetes related gastroparesis. Since taking it I have been unable to read, play computer games or even concentrate on TV. I chucked it yesterday morning and already feeling a bit better. I am gonna try again maybe in a few days just to confirm that this drug is the cause, but it looks awfully coincidental. That's why I'm looking up side effects on the web today, gave them no thought until yesterday.

I was prescribed Geodon for schizpophrenia and it has had little impact on the illness. I was told to take it three times a day, 20mg capsules. At 60mg I experience somewhat strange physiological changes, like severe weakness, dizziness, and an increase in visual and auditory hallucinations. Orthostatic Hypotension is one of the major contraindications of the medicine which I have experienced. My use of the drug has been no more than 15 days and I have not finished the bottle. I could be highly sensitive to drugs which would mean having to increase the dose slightly over longer period of time. In my experience with many of these drugs I have had few positive results with mostly negative side effects that have only served to limit my physical and mental powers. I would recomend that anyone considering the use of typical or atypical antipsychotics should reconsider and look into other options. Especially when prescribed for youth or children under the age of 10 years. The permanent changes that could occur are not positive in terms of mental development, and also the possibilty of developing Tardive Dyskinesia a serious neorological abnormality that can last for the rest of one's life. My experience has ended with Geodon because I derived little benefit from its use. I would not recomend others use of the drug.

I've been on it off and on--mostly on--for 3 years now. In part at least it's been a godsend. I had the weird experience of worse side effects on a lower dose. I would get urge incontinence (as soon as you think of peeing, you're going to go before you get your pants down); sleepiness so terrible that I would have to go out to the car at 10AM at work and sleep for an hour; my voice and hands would get shaky; but I didn't feel depressed. My doctor doubled the dose to 160 mg and had me take it all at night, and all the side effects went away. I just worry now about Parkinson's or tardive dyskinesia when I'm 60.

I was taking Trileptal for mood swings. After hearing a lot of great things about it, I took it for only a few days before I started having Tardive Dyskinesia side effects-- for me, this was a twisting kind of pain in my neck and back. It made it almost impossible for me to sleep. I finally got Cogentin to stop the twisting muscle cramps.

Maybe not everyone will get this type of cramping muscle pain; I get it with some neuroleptics since I took Haldol for years, and it is notorious for causing Tardive Dyskinesia. I don't usually have the TD, only flares up when i take certain meds.
good luck to all, I was hopeful Trileptal would work for me since so many people state it helps them and has few side effects.
I also thought I ate more while taking it. :-(

When I started taking Geodon and had the charming side-effect of "urge incontinence"--meaning when you feel the urge to pee you can't control yourself long enough to get to the toilet--my psychiatrist immediately went up dramatically on the dosage. I want to say it was from 80mg to 120mg. The problem completely went away.

Later when I was taking 2 doses a day and getting so sleepy at work that I had to go out to the car in the parking lot for an hour nap, this psychiatrist FINALLY (after I lost the job) suggested that I take the whole 120mg at bedtime. I've not had to take a mid-morning nap since.

I have been taking Geodon for 2 years now. I have tried on 5 or 6 occasions to taper it off. I do fine for the first 3 weeks or so, then I begin feeling worthless, as though I'd better achieve something notable fast so I won't feel so bad. I rely on Geodon to allow me to work and take care of my college-age kids. Otherwise I'm in bed flipping channels compulsively to distract myself from how I feel.

I guess that on balance I'm grateful for the drug. Check with me when tardive dyskinesia sets in!

I have been on Zyprexa a few weeks and I take 5 mg before bed. I have to drink a strong cup of coffee in the morning to get going. It has helped get rid of paranoid thoughts and nightmares or at least worry about nightmares. I sleep better. However, I don't get excited about life so much anymore. Life seems less thrilling. It makes my hands shake a little. It kills my sex drive which doesn't matter since I'm single. It seems to make me feel flat emotionally. I am concerned about getting severe side effects like tardive dyskinesia which can happen with all neuroleptics and Zyprexa is a neuroleptic, it is also called a major tranquilizer. That concerns me too because I am a recovered alcoholic and do not want it to help me relapse back onto drugs and alcohol. Mike

MY MOTHER IN LAW BEGAN HAVING UNCONTROLLABLE TONGUE AND FACIAL MOVEMENT, KNOWN AS TARDIVE DYSKINESIA. THIS IS QUITE OFTEN PERMANANT. I AM ANGRY THAT HER DOCTOR NEVER ADVISED HER OF THIS SIDE EFFECT.

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.