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[sprinklethief]

so after years of being seizure free, i think i'm back in the seizure boat. i haven't really been able to sleep because i keep jerking myself awake. like violent jerks. the shaking in my hands and legs has gotten almost out of control. it's like someone else is controlling my body for split second intervals, and there isn't shit i can do about it. i'm so fucking tired, but sleep is near impossible. i got one in my arm while holding a beer the other day and i threw it against the wall. i might add that it was totally full. i punched myself in the face doing homework. i bashed my head into the wall at the head of our bed. this is fucking ridiculous.

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[dyadfaerie.livejournal.com]

D:

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

nope, this has just been slowly building over the past 6 weeks. it started with random twitches, then twitches if i even *thought* about moving, then sleep jerks while awake, now violent random jerks. it's not just my limbs, either. my abdomen and back muscles have decided to play along as well. yaaaay me!

[ciani.livejournal.com]

thats been happening to me too, but not as severe. I haven't punched myself or anything, but its almost like I hear a big loud noise at the same time my body spasms. my arms and/or legs will flail, I'm not sure what else because I get so disoriented. similar? could it be med related?

[xflute-goddessx.livejournal.com]

Do you think it could be the Welbutrin? It *does* lower seizure threshold.

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

about early - mid 20's. i had my first one shortly before going batshit insane and getting thrown in the loony bin. i had really bad ones coming off of effexor, like foaming at the mouth bad. i had a small reprieve when i started topamax, but then i found out i was having absence seizures by going into one in the shrinks office. i had no idea, this could have been going on forever for as far as i know. we upped the topamax and everything was okay for a few weeks, then i started having simple partial seizures which, let me tell ya, are fucking freaky... soooo we upped the topamax again and things were peachy, but only for a few days. then i started having migraines to end all things ever. then just like that everything was gone.

fast forward about 2 years. off of a lot of meds, down to the bear bones, had been for quite a while with no issues. i woke up to joey sobbing wildly and shaking me. thinking something happened to nik i get scared and ask what happened. turns out i had a full on body slam seizure, even bit off part of the inside of my cheek, while i was asleep. he said i sat up and screamed, laid back down and started a st. vitus' dance. a few sleep studies later we find out i was having tonic-clonic seizures randomly in my sleep. they just came out of nowhere, and made me so fucking tired i could barely function. then poof - gone.

now... i have no fucking clue what this is. no meds have changed, no supplements have changed. i started working out over 3 months ago, so i don't think it's that. i've always had a bit of a tremor, but it's been slowly getting worse. i thought it would go away when i had my neck repaired but it really seemed to have no effect. now, i have to hold a coffee cup with both hands or i end up wearing some of it. i have good days and bad days tho. the muscle contractions don't *feel* like having a seizure, i don't get an aura or anything. it's just like anything i try to do, including running and walking, seems to be really unsteady and unbalanced. my arms randomly strike out, or my entire upper body will jerk, making me look like something scared me and i'm jumping back. it's been a really fun 6 weeks...

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

dopamine as in too much? or too little?

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

that is a little bit like what's been going on. i don't hear a noise, i'll just be chillin', doing whatever, and bam, total body flail.

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

i've been on wellbutrin for over a decade, so i sure hope not.

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

(((( D: )))))

see? he's shaking!

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

Too little. Wikipedia: In humans, drugs that reduce dopamine activity (neuroleptics, e.g. antipsychotics) have been shown to impair concentration, reduce motivation, cause anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure), and long-term use has been associated with tardive dyskinesia, an irreversible movement disorder.[25]

If they've said it's seizures and you've had an EEG confirming it, then that's probably your issue.

How long were you on that effexor? It can cause tardive dyskinesia type stuff because it affects dopamine levels. I googled and found this http://www.womenwithadhd.com/forum/topics/side-effects-of-adderall-xr which might interest you although she's got facial movements.

You should check out this "We Move" site about movement disorders and see if you see anything familiar.

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

http://www.wemove.org Oops, forgot link.

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

Oh shit, wellbutrin will do that. Google. That's not even a weird off label report. That's in the official paperwork. Lowering of seizure threshold.

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

oh cool, i can check off pretty much every symptom of early onset parkinson's. how awesome.

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

i know it can lower the seizure threshold, but why would it start now?

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

Well, there are a lot of things that give Parkinson's-like symptoms so don't freak out yet. Talk to your doctor, obv.

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

it was more of a sarcastic "oh cool" lol. i know the chief chemical problems with my depression are norepinephrine and dopamine, i'm guessing something is amiss with that.

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

Possibly something about you has changed and it's altered your brain chemistry, wellbutrin or not. Diet, plain old time, environmental factors, level of stress. Where have you been, what have you been eating, what things have been touching your skin, what chemicals do you inhale? Think really hard because it's rare that things happen for no reason. I remember getting all messed up for a while because I made some jewelry out of wire with a high lead content. The brain changes over time, that's why some anti-depressants quit working. The rest of you is the same.*

If I could I would loan you my insurance so you could get checked out in depth.

ETA: for example, since 2005 I caught pneumonia twice, bronchitis about four times, and was on four different inhalers and it turns out all I needed to do was kick the cats out of my room. Simple. Doctors ignored it. They throw medicine at everything and don't think of cause.

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

Oh okay. :) I was just making sure.

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

Oh, here's another: jewelry polish giving me high levels of benzene, and having somebody FREAK OUT over that.

Doctors need to ask this shit.