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Posted by: tangerinemhs ® 10/27/2012, 15:10:30 |
my spasms had gotten pretty frequent and rough so the doctor put me on an off brand of zoloft to ease the tension when i had them. honestly they just got worse WAY worse so i quit taking the medicine and my eyes feel 100 times better! so far today i've only had one small non painful spasm (and it's three a clock in the evening)i had a thought that maybe the medicine was making my eyes feel mnore tense and now they have some time to rest, perphaps this can help some of yall? idk just a thought...what do yall think? Tanya from country usa |
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Posted by: In Indiana ® 10/29/2012, 06:22:58 |
Hi, Tanya-
Thanks for sharing. I hope you continue to have great eye days! I had a migraine specialist physician who briefly put me on a very low dose of nortriptyline because he thought it would greatly help my light sensitivity. I was on it for just a few weeks, and my spasms were horrible. I can relate! It was scary. Zoloft and nortriptyline work very differently - it's interesting that they caused spasms for both of us. I wonder if there are others who have noticed worsened blepharospasm symptoms with either SSRI's or tricyclic antidepressants. |
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Posted by: Susi ® 10/29/2012, 17:31:37 |
Have you contacted the BEBRF to ask for the list of drugs that may cause Dystonia (tardive dyskinesia)? I see nortriptyline on the list, but haven't found Zoloft on that list. Maybe it needs to be added to the list. On a website, I found Zoloft listed as a possible cause for tardive dyskinesia. This is the link: http://www.brainandspinalcord.org/legal/tardive-dyskinesia/medications.html
I don't know how reliable the site is or how current the report is, but I know it was 2009 or later. I think quite a few of the drugs that are prescribed to us can have side effects that are not good for us. Susi |
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Posted by: pdb ® 10/29/2012, 19:25:38 |
There is a list of drugs to avoid in the BEBRF "blue book" which you can download at http://www.blepharospasm.org/blepharospasm-publications.html Peter Related link: BEBRF Blue book |
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Posted by: pj ® 11/26/2012, 08:23:51 |
I checked the link but am having trouble finding the specific area where the list is at. It's probably just me ... but is someone able to help me hone down the area where I should look? |
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Posted by: pdb ® 11/26/2012, 13:44:13 |
It's in the BEBRF blue book - which is the first item you can download from the link page. It's a PDF format document. Downloadable publications in PDF form
Page 13, appropriately. Related link: Blue Book Modified by pdb at Mon, Nov 26, 2012, 13:45:59 |
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Posted by: sb ® 10/30/2012, 17:54:54 |
Hi so so depressing every drug on the list, is what i have found people taking on this web site wrote them all down to ask the nuro, I"am seeing on the 8th nov, Now Iam thinking pills arnt the answer,I take zanax and lexapro anti depresent,and claratine. |
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