Is dystonia caused by ssri discontinuation syndrome, reversible and how?

apparently went off zoloft a little too quickly, neuo knew but wasn't concerned. looking back ,dystonia started about hte time i discontinued zoloft. gradually worsening over past year. botox of little help.

There鈥檙e neither reports of dystonia caused by Sertraline nor any other SSRI, the most dangerous and controversial reaction is suicide after discontinuing the medication.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sertraline.
Regarding Dystonia there are several therapeutics options (even surgery) talk with your neuro

i think dr. keraph needs to read up on the effects of discontinuing ssri's too quickly. after restarting zoloft i got improvement almost immediately.. the dystonia may have developed anyway, i have parkinson's disease, but i feel it was worsened by-d/c of the ssri. Report It

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