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Posted by Manpreet singh on October 25, 2009 at 5:30am
I am a 34 year old PWS that started stuttering at the age of 12. Go figure.. I was on the phase 2 Pagaclone trial a few years back and never gained any noticeable improvement with my speech. I tried Zyprexa Zydis about 8 months ago. I started at a daily 5 mg dose and after 2 week started to feel tired and withdrawn. My fluency and blocking is worse when I am tired and that is what I felt like all day. My doctor increased my daily dose to 7.5 mg and then eventually to 10 mg. I felt even more withdrawn and even lethargic. I noticed that my left eye lid started to involuntary tremor. This never happened before. I eventually stopped taking Zyprexa Zydis after 4 months. I felt a boost of energy and my fluency was much better. My eye tremor did not go away though. It's actually worse now then when I was on Zyprexa. It is not always visible but I can feel it and it is extremely annoying. It tends to get worse under stress and expands to my other eye at times. I am currently seeing a neurologist for my options. I just wanted to let any PWS interested in trying Zyprexa know. This does not necessarily mean that it will happen to you. Just stating the facts.What is going on here? There are two possible explanations. First, the tremor could be the result of taking Zyprexa, maybe a rare side effect. Or, second, he would have developed the eye tremor irrespectively of having taken Zyprexa. Maybe the tremor started due to another reasons: stress related? neurological issues? I thought about this, and it is impossible to give a definite statement, but only a statistical one.
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