I have had very few panic attacks this week and likewise fits too, yet today for some strange reason to which I cannot identify, I had a fit that switched on and off in my head and legs.
It may not just be the side effects of the medication as once thought but something underlying that has been with me for many years.
Dystonia?
I have never heard of it until today. It is a condition that can affect the whole of your body or just a part of it and can start at any age.
Usually triggered by stress or certain activities with the most common symptoms being shaking, tremors and fits. Some medications can trigger or intensify the symptoms.
From my early teens I used to suffer a lot with cramping in my legs and hands and then as I got older it turned into uncontrolled muscle spasms which is one of the early signs of Dystonia and still to this day I suffer from muscle spasms that often wake me at night.
So this may be something I might just have to live with for longer than I thought. The severity of the symptoms can affect an individual in different ways from one day to another and it is usually a lifelong condition. On the upside, it can improve over time or for a few years remain steady and only in a few cases does it get worse to the point of needing medical treatments or surgery.