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Question on Side-effects

AbeforeAprilCasual Contributor24 July 2020, 12:59 pm AEST

Question on Side-effects

I recently had a psychiatrist at the local hospital's assessment centre prescribe me <low-dose anti-psychotic>

I was wondering if there is anyone here who is familiar with it or knows if hand tremors are a known side effect.

Ever since starting it, my hands and sometimes forearms have been shaking when attempting to do something.

If they are at rest, or I'm not doing something specific, they're fine, but the moment I try to do anything that involves fine motor control, they're jumping all over the place.

I'll be seeing my (new) regular psychiatrist tomorrow, but thought I might see if anyone here was familiar with it.

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor25 July 2020, 1:56 pm AEST

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@AbeforeApril I am on both. What I found was that it took ages to get the meds right .... months and yes I had to go to a private pdoc (psychiatrist) to do that and it was worth all the money as he was wonderful.

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor25 July 2020, 2:01 pm AEST

Re: Question on Side-effects

@AbeforeApril Unfortunately I have found there are no short cuts with this. It all takes time but then again we are all different I hope your issues get settled quickly for you.

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ethSenior Contributor25 July 2020, 3:42 pm AEST

Re: Question on Side-effects

Hi @AbeforeApril and welcome to the forums. It's good that you've reached out here. I had severe hand tremors that worsened steadily over a few years and were really debilitating towards the end of that time. I couldn't even put my pin in on an eftpos or atm machine. The psychiatrist that I had then always said it wasn't from my meds (even tho it was mentioned in the info the chemist gave me). Then I got a new psychiatrist when I moved interstate and she immediately took me off one antipsychotic and put me on another one. My hand tremors stopped within a few weeks of the change. It was such a blessed relief. So hold out hope that your new med and getting off the other one proves successful.

FYI any time you get a new med, if the psychiatrist doesn't tell you enough about it (and even if they do) you can always ask the chemist to give you the print out of the info on it when you get your script filled. That's what I do.

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