He’s been on such a low dose of Zoloft for two years now with no adverse side effects. That’s why I’m wondering why now. We increased his dose (still very low) after the spasms started and note that they began before the H1N1 vaccine too. I’m highly suspicious of delayed stress effect with all that’s been happening in Adam’s life, although checking EVERYTHING out now is a must. I just want to make sure all these new tests don’t add to much added stress. I feel like I’m the conductor in a complicated orchestration and Adam is the bevy of instruments.

If I have a panic attack and cannot get down from it after a few minutes, I’ll get one of these as well. In 1999, I was very ill and under a lot of stress (2 jobs, working almost 18 hours a day). I would have 5 or 6 of these a day where the top half of my body would seize up during a panic attack and I’d be unable to move my upper body for almost an hour. A friend of mine who was living with me said that my pupils would dilate and stay that way for the whole time.

I know the stress is bad if I am jaw clenching all the time and cannot control it. That’s usually how it goes before the panic attacks and conscious seizures start.

Stress, illness, pushing myself to my limits (or being pushed to my limits by others) or extreme upheaval in my life usually cause it. This also happens because I feel like I’m in a rut and cannot get out of it or things are happening that are beyond my control and I feel totally helpless. This is the extreme cases of stress and such and have to build up over a long time.

Things that work to relieve it. Taking care of myself, not pushing myself too hard. A sudden big change, like a move or a new job (instigated by me or at least that I have control of) that works in my favour usually gets me out of it.

I don’t like to speculate on why this may be happening to Adam, but I know there have been some big changes in his life that he has no control over. It may have just built up to the point where his body is responding to some extreme internal stress for him. I know I tend to internalize my feelings to keep attention off of me. That’s why it happens to me.

Anti anxiety meds might be needed… or the Zoloft may be causing the problem. I’ve seen that happen in the clinic I used to work at.

I’m also wondering, even though, Henry and I have been separated a year now, that all the back- and- forthing is causing him anxiety. He sees his half-sibs not that often as they are so much older and there are new people in his life….Adam is known to have delayed reactions.

I know how scary this kind of situation is. Warm wishes and the best of luck!

I do craniosacral therapy with kids with ASD, and find that it is very helpful. Here’s some info about it http://fourdirections.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/craniosacral-therapy-for-kids/

Hope that helpful, as your blog has been so helpful to me.

Describe how it feels for you to have the seizure.

He is not constipated and all other health issues have been ruled out at this point. I appreciate everyone’s time in making inputs.

might be a good idea to see one if you haven’t.

Alain

Joe

From the brief description, this sounds more like tardive diskenesia then seizures.

If Adam is on any meds, I would check the product safety inserts to see if this is listed as one of the side effects.

Joe