sosninity
04-16-05, 05:51 PM
Has anyone ever had medication-induced pain in legs or other places that the medication makes you jiggle, wiggle, or clench?
SSRI's make me clench muscles (my TMJ has been awful). :(
I think Adderall does too.
Recently, about the same time my Zoloft was increased from 100mg to 150mg, and about the same time I "missed" my Zoloft one day (I hate it's side effect and conveniently ran out of them),
I had a lot of toe cramping.
Then I had a couple of days of chills and tingling pain in my right front thigh muscles or tendons and of the big toe.
Then I had a day or 2 of tingly pain without the chills so much (except when the air temperature was cold)
Last night I bought some Gatorade because the pharmacist said it could be electrolyte imbalance/depletion, in part from an unrelated medication which I am also taking, but he didn't think it was.
Mr Dr. tends to brush off my complaints about side effects, though an earlier Dr. took me off Lexapro for a more intense clenching experience.
Today I have a sharp ache in my thigh.
Has anyone ever had this type of experience? What happened?
BTW, I am also taking:
10mg Adderall XR in the morning, plus a short acting 5mg (which I usually skip or cut in half) when I work nights
0.5mg Respirdal 2x/day for anxiety (35 years ago my high school bf nicknamed me Miss Muffet after the character in the nursery rhyme who was easily startled)
0.125mg Mirapex for tremmors and jiggling caused by Zoloft (and maybe Adderall)
50mg Trazodone at night for sleeping, but it's also an anti-depressant (which I sometimes cut in half).
SSRI's make me clench muscles (my TMJ has been awful). :(
I think Adderall does too.
Recently, about the same time my Zoloft was increased from 100mg to 150mg, and about the same time I "missed" my Zoloft one day (I hate it's side effect and conveniently ran out of them),
I had a lot of toe cramping.
Then I had a couple of days of chills and tingling pain in my right front thigh muscles or tendons and of the big toe.
Then I had a day or 2 of tingly pain without the chills so much (except when the air temperature was cold)
Last night I bought some Gatorade because the pharmacist said it could be electrolyte imbalance/depletion, in part from an unrelated medication which I am also taking, but he didn't think it was.
Mr Dr. tends to brush off my complaints about side effects, though an earlier Dr. took me off Lexapro for a more intense clenching experience.
Today I have a sharp ache in my thigh.
Has anyone ever had this type of experience? What happened?
BTW, I am also taking:
10mg Adderall XR in the morning, plus a short acting 5mg (which I usually skip or cut in half) when I work nights
0.5mg Respirdal 2x/day for anxiety (35 years ago my high school bf nicknamed me Miss Muffet after the character in the nursery rhyme who was easily startled)
0.125mg Mirapex for tremmors and jiggling caused by Zoloft (and maybe Adderall)
50mg Trazodone at night for sleeping, but it's also an anti-depressant (which I sometimes cut in half).