These are some of the symptoms I experienced after taking drugs:
I took one drug to solve a problem only to cause more problems and… so it went on. Be informed.
Oct/Nov 2001 Domperidone anti-emetic for vomiting with migraine
Feb 2002 Onset of blepharospasm (dystonia- muscle spasms around eyes)
15/5/02 Sertraline (GP) 13 days
18/5/02 face v. tight
19/5/02 all neck tight when walking, face so tense
27/5/02 Amitriptyline (GP) try for 2 days
30/5/02 clenching jaw, stiffness in neck
21/11/02 face pulling & pulling, jaw worse,
6/12/02 face tight, jaw, mouth opening
You can find much more detail about possible side effects of any drug you are taking by looking it up online. The section for ‘Professionals ‘ will again give more detail & technical terms.
Individual case reports give a detailed picture of what happened in an individual when they took a particular drug.
Your GP may not be aware that Sertraline can cause/worsen Parkinsonism as well as Akathisia which is often misdiagnosed as anxiety.
side effects of Sinemet include: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea,and headache, mental/mood changes (e.g., confusion, depression, hallucinations, thoughts of suicide), uncontrolled muscle movements in your face (chewing, lip smacking, frowning, tongue movement, blinking or eye movement); trismus, extrapyramidal disorder [dystonia, dyskinesia, akathisia & parkinsonism], increased tremor,
https://www.drugs.com/sfx/levodopa-side-effects.html
Nervous system side effects most frequently reported have included involuntary movements and mental status changes (in as many as 50% of treated patients on long-term therapy). The types of involuntary movements due to levodopa have been characterized as choreiform, dystonic and dyskinetic.
Choreiform movements due to levodopa therapy may occur in as many as 80% of patients treated for one year and frequently involve facial grimacing, exaggerated chewing, and twisting and protrusion of the tongue.
Other adverse nervous system effects due to levodopa include … Meige’s syndrome (blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia) and ocular dyskinesia. In addition, the orofacial movements induced by levodopa have occasionally been reported to cause severe dental erosion.
Psychiatric side effects have included hallucinations (particularly visual hallucinations), psychosis, confusion, anxiety, mania, hypomania, depression, rapid mood cycling, nightmares, and hypersexuality.
https://www.drugs.com/sfx/sertraline-side-effects.html
Side effects include anxiety , Nausea, diarrhea, , headaches, bruxism [jaw-clenching] , Tremor, hyperkinesia, muscle spasm. muscle twitching, extrapyramidal reaction (including akathisia, dystonia),
ALERT: U.S. Boxed Warning Suicidality and antidepressant drugs: Antidepressants increased the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in pediatric and young adult patients in short-term studies.
The patient’s family or caregiver should be alerted to monitor patients for the emergence of suicidality and associated behaviors such as anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, insomnia, irritability, hostility, impulsivity, akathisia, hypomania, and mania;
Discontinuation syndrome: may include parkinsonism
Psychological symptoms may also emerge such as agitation, anxiety, akathisia, panic attacks, irritability, aggressiveness, worsening of mood, dysphoria, mood lability, hyperactivity, mania/hypomania, depersonalization, decreased concentration, slowed thinking, confusion, and memory or concentration difficulties.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353837/
Sertraline induced mandibular dystonia and bruxism N. A. Uvais, V. S. Sreeraj, and S. V. Sathish Kumar
J Family Med Prim Care. 2016 Oct-Dec; 5(4): 882–884.
Meanwhile, she started having “strange involuntary movements of the face” with “forced deviation of the jaw” to the lateral side which was extremely distressing in nature, lasting for few minutes… severe teeth clenching