PSSD plus Parkinson's symptoms - anyone?

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Hello all,

I have had PSSD for 6 years since taking Zoloft for a few months in 2006. I have

'full blown' PSSD with genital numbness, ejaculatory anhedonia and no repsonse

to visual stimuli.

I have recently got a noticeable tremor in my right hand and right foot,

stiffness in my right hand and problems with handwriting. I saw a neurologist

today and he is concerned that I may have drug-induced parkinsonism or

Parkinson's disease itself. I told the neurologist about PSSD and gave him some

of the published PSSD articles (he did not know about it, but is promising to

keep an open mind).

I am going to have a DAT scan which measures dopamine levels in the brain.

Obviously I am aware that one of the theories about the cause of PSSD is that

the SSRI down-regulates dopamine in some way and so am very worried that the

SSRI has now also caused Parkinson's, although these symptoms have appeared many

years later (whereas my PSSD was immediate upon stopping the SSRI). I also took

amityrptyline for a few months last year for a bladder condition.

There may be a more benign cause for these parkinson's-like symptoms of course,

but I am naturally suspicious. Has anyone else developed tremors or muscle

stiffness since stopping the SSRI? If so, did the Parkinson's symptoms occur

many years later, as in my case?

I've completed the PSSD survey by the way - a welcome initiative and long

overdue! Let's hope some research comes out of it..