Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) - Amino Acids, VMAT2, Diamox, B6 etc
Today’s post is about Tardive Dyskinesia which is a side effect eventually experienced by about 30% of people taking antipsychotic drugs, like risperidone, widely prescribed in both autism and schizophrenia. Enough money for your lifetime supply of a VMAT2 inhibitor? Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) is a disorder resulting in involuntary, repetitive body movements, which might think of as tics or grimaces. It appears that the longer the drug is taken the greater the chance of developing Tardive Dyskinesia. Predicting the long-term risk of tardive dyskinesia in outpatients maintained on neuroleptic medications. Tics are quite common in autism and not just in those taking psychiatric drugs. Tourette’s syndrome is a well-known tic disorder that does overlap with autism, it used to be considered rare, but now 1% of children are thought to be affected. Some common Tourette’s tics are eye blinking, coughing, throat clearing, sniffing, and facial movements. People diagnosed with Tourette’s might...