A tragic story of harm. STOP PRESCRIBING ANTIPSYCHOTICS — why isn’t that on the table?? I was on 11 mg of Risperdal at one time. I know that I am actually lucky…having only been disabled for years due to iatrogenesis, I do expect recovery. Learn how to free yourself from these neurotoxic drugs here: Psychiatric drug withdrawal and protracted withdrawal syndrome round-up
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The Journal of Neuroscience has a surprising case report of a patient who was treated with an implanted brain stimulator to treat severe movement side-effects from an extended period of taking antipsychotic drugs for behavioural problems.
This is the background to the case:
A 27-year-old woman with developmental delay and severe behavioural disturbance was treated with risperidone 6 mg/day from age 14. At age 20, she developed facial twitching, blinks, and truncal extension spasms, which persisted during both sitting and lying supine. By age 21, she was no longer able to walk due to the spasms. She became housebound and was forced to ambulate by crawling, to the extent that she developed post-traumatic cysts over both knees. She was unable to sit in a chair. She was forced to eat from a plate on the floor while kneeling because the extension spasms were too severe in other positions.
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