Monday, September 17, 2012

Tardive dyskinesia worsening

Ive had it for a while now and it was thought to be caused by the anti-psychotic I was on. I've had the problem before but on switching meds it's faded away. It didn't fade this time and even after stopping the anti-p meds completely it's not going away. In fact, it's been getting worse. Sometimes it is permanent, so I'd considers that as a possibility... That I'd finally had it for good after that med. But with it getting worse I've been doing some googling on the other meds I'm on... And my mood stabilizer also can cause it. Plus, due to losing over 100 lbs it's possible I need my meds adjusted down. So I need to talk to my doc about this possibility and have us do some experimenting with dosages and meds. Because it's going from annoying to scary. I've started having trouble swallowing. At first it was rare and only for a second. As time has gone on, it's gotten to where it can take me a lot of tries and a bit of panic to be able to swallow again. Not just with food, but with the ever-constant swallowing of saliva. I'll be doing my normal thing and then it's liked my throat is paralyzed. I try to swallow and it's just closed up and does nothing. I can still breathe, though. I'm concerned not only with the swallowing getting worse, but that I'm reading that when you develop throat-effecting TD, it can start interfering with breathing, too. So none of this is good.