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Has anyone experienced slow odd involuntary movement of hands and legs? side effect of medication or due to CPTSD?

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I dont know the correct way to explain this but I'll try my best to. For eg if I'm picking a glass of water then my hand goes slow towards the glass and then I pick it up to drink but slowly. Taking things, putting things back is when I'm experiencing slow movements. Is this a side effect of medication Sertatraline I'm on or is it due to CPTSD? When it happens in public I feel embarrassed because people usually just look at my hands and the way that I slowly use my hands in a weird way. Maybe they're looking just like that or maybe I'm more concious which shows as slow movement? Even for eg looking through stuff at a clothing store or a grocery shop. I cant easily move my hands. I mean I can but it's slow and weird
 
WTF! I have a similar problem…..from time to time I have what I called spastic hands! Go to pick up a glass and just knock it over , sometimes an involuntary jerk movement when I’m writing and sometimes just shaking… recently I even talked with my doctor as I was concerned that it was perhaps early Parkinson’s- all checked ok - first time I read someone had similar issues with this - interesting- but sorry I’m at a loss to explain it- could be long term meds … don’t know
 
Has anyone else verified that you're moving slowly in real time? Not just weird looks i mean but verbally verified?

I ask because I get a kind of dissociation where everything i do feels like slow motion. Every movement and thought.
And it might be a little slower than usual but its a lot slower in my own perception than reality.

what you wrote reminds me of that.
 
It could be a lot of things, but I have heard sertraline can make people have jerky movements. Though, i haven't really heard of slowed movements, so perhaps it could be a dissociation thing as someone else suggested or maybe unrelated. I'd talk to a professional about it if you can, since it could be a lot of things. Personally, I've always been a mega clutz (i have dyspraxia), and very twitchy too since I'm quite a high energy person but when I started taking sertraline I occasionally experience sudden jerks of movement that I didn't want to do. I used to get those before, I believe either an anxiety symptom or maybe something to do with my dyspraxia, but it's definitely more frequent now I am on sertraline, though not too intrusive so I don't consider it an issue. Such reactions are seen as needing medical consultation with your doctor, but it was deemed safe for me to use after fortunately.

So, sertraline definitely can have effects on movement I think, but I've not really heard of slowed movements. Though, fatigue and muscle weakness can sometimes occur, but since it sounds like this is more of a sudden thing than a constant, it's not likely that. Definitely bring it up with a professional if you can, though, since this is just based on my experience and also side effect lists on my own box lol.
 
I also have fast jerking movements of my hands and arms. My psychiatrist has me on a Parkinson's med called Benzatropine. It's helped quite a lot.

Hope you find relief and direction from a psychiatrist.
 
Its your body trying to reenact the traumatic moments. For me its my legs kicking, like someone was sitting on top of my chest and I couldn't breathe but just kick my legs. This happened to me daily during my childhood and more so cPSTD for me.

I hope that helps
 
I'm diagnosed with Functional Neurologic Disorder && when I am very PTSD-sypmtomatic one of my primary affected areas is my hands. They get numb/cold and will get paralyzed into awkward positions. This used to be called Conversion Disorder but it has since been changed as we gain more awareness on how trauma changes the brain's structure.
 
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Has anyone else verified that you're moving slowly in real time? Not just weird looks i mean but verbally verified?

I ask because I get a kind of dissociation where everything i do feels like slow motion. Every movement and thought.
And it might be a little slower than usual but its a lot slower in my own perception than reality.

what you wrote reminds me of that.
No no one has. But I feel too that this is because of the freeze state I'm in. It makes uncomfortable that I cant use my own hands and legs

When I’m symptomatic my body moves weird in different ways. Jerky, random, can’t keep my mind connected to the movement.
Exactly what happens with me. Its uncomfortable and makes me feel like I'm going crazy
 
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