Tourette Syndrome & Risperdol

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> We did try Risperdol at one point, but there

> was an increased risk of developing a facial

> twitch that would not have gone away once the

> med was stopped. I know there is a name for

> it, but I can't remember what it was.

It's called Tardive Dyskinesia and sometimes it can be VERY

problematic (big movements of the mouth, face, even sometimes arms,

etc.). I worked on a Psych unit for 11 years and had a lot of

patients who had long-term, heavy-duty psychiatric problems and a

LONG shopping list of medications to match...so I saw a lot of TD.

-Sharon-

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