[Dimsum]

That is great your twitching was cured due to Acupuncture treatments! I've had hemifacial spasms for about 10 years now and have tried medicine, acupuncture and now I get Botox injections once every 3 months. I'm open to trying acupuncuture again from reading your story. Maybe I didn't have the right acupunturist treat me at the time. I'm in the bay area (San Jose, CA) and would love to get some recommendations.

[ntuc]

First of all, thanks for your feedbacks.



Actually as a part-time social worker attached to my religious organisation, my main duties actually include such things as providing voluntary counsellings, advices, interactive and emotional supports largely and mainly to the in-patients of certain government-funded psychiatric wards and other special-care nursing houses of my home country.



Next, it's quite a coincidence that for most of the in-patients that I have dealt and am dealing with, especially the chronically mentally-illed ones, they would tend to manifest to the others such symptoms of Tardive Dysinesia, especially rapid eye-blinking, twisted mouth etc, just like what I have suffered from before as a result of the side effects of certain antipsychotics / neuroleptics that we take for our mental disorders.



In regard to the suggested acupuncture technique, actually, at first, I just sort of trying to help them to deal with such Tardive Dyskinesia symptoms by imparting the technique to them, and in the meantime, it is also one of the efforts on my part to try to calm them down, as it can be really frustrating and dejecting for many people to live such annoying neurological disorders, including myself, before I get fully cured.



Subsequently, such a technique actually delivers tremendous reliefs and then final recoveries for most of them in the end. And over the past 4 - 5 years I have been actually doing the same thing again and again until I get really confident enough about the genuine efficacies of that acupuncture technique. And then, I just start to write articles and make posts about my healing experiences together with that suggested acupuncture technique over the website.



And initially, I actually openly revealed my email address in certain posts of mine in other websites. But I have very soon stopped doing that again for certain reasons (such as posting restrictions of certain forums etc). Next, apart from the ones in my real life, those other people troubled with the like-disorders just send emails to seek helps from me ever since the beginning of 2008. And until now, I have received many positive feedbacks from them on an ongoing basis so far.



Besides, another thing about that acupuncture technique is that, there are actually certain people, including me myself in this case, who are very much annoyed and repelled with the needle-piercing part of the actual acupuncture therapy. And that's precisely the main reason why the acupuncturist attending to my illness was just very kind enough to impart to me another simple alternative acupuncture technique which involves only instrument-aided pressings, rather than actual needle-piercings. As such, that actually sovled my problems with the actual acupuncture therapy in the first place.



In such a connection, since that technique imparted to me can actually be administered on one's own and given the facts that it doesn't involve any actually needle-piercings whilst the related acupuncture point is actually located at a rather safe bodily zone (somewhere on one's wrist instead of the other vulnerable parts such as the ones near one's eyes, face, neck etc), it is naturally a free-of-charge and harmless technique.



Next, given the facts that Botox injections (of which I have had a few times before) is actually not a definite solution for such a disorder whilst acupuncture services can be either too costly for certain people (having the like-disorders) or totally unaccessible / unavailable in certain countries (such as the ones in the middle east etc as revealed to me by some people through those emails), I just feel that it is just a part of my vocation as a social-worker to share such information to as many people in that particular need as possible to help them cope with such annoying eye-blinking disorders, especially the medication-induced ones. And to the least extent, I just hope that I can at least provide some clues to them about such an annoying eye-related disorder.



In a nutshell, the results and feedbacks I have witnessed and obtained so far are actually consistent with the medical research provided in this website below.


http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/aama_marf/journal/vol14_1/poster1.html



And I just hope that by sharing some related information on my part, especially about the suggested acupuncture technique, more and more people in that particular need will eventually gain the related curative benefits, along with other related conveniences, advantages and accessibilities (please refer to the prior paragraphs above) available to them.



Lastly, for further information about the suggested self-administered acupuncture technique as mentioned above, you can either refer to my prior posts (in previous pages) made in this forum or visit the following website for further details, and I would like to wish you a speedy and final totaly recovery from such an annoying hemifacial spasms disorder just like the numerous others that I have helped so far (kindly take note that the suggested acupuncture technique will actually generate the necessary reflexological stiumulus that deals with the miscellaneous bundles of nerves around one's entire face, other than the eyelids alone).


http://www.webportal.com.my/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4437&PN=2

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Underlying Truths About Antipsychotics / Neuroleptics Meant For Mental Disorders




Given below is a weblink giving some general details about the antipsychotics / neuroleptics and other mental-disorder-related medications as well as analysis about the underlying miscellaneous mental disorders themselves.



For your further information, among the people seeking helps from me so far for their 'apparently unexplainable' chronic rapid eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking, many of them are actually having such a symptom as a result of the neuromuscular / neurological / nerve-disrupting side effects of many antipsychotics / neuroleptics, especially the ones pertaining to the older versions / first-generation ones.



Besides, I also would like to share with the intended readers the things that I have learnt so far in the course of perfoming my duty as a part-time social worker dealing with the mentally-illed in-patients of certain government-funded psychiatric wards and special-care nursing houses of my home country.



Thus, I hope that these additional information given will serve as useful reference materials to the intended readers. Thank you.


http://www.healthcastle.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1299

[ntuc]

One More Ugly Truth About Botox Medications : -

"Group seeks Botox warning following 16 deaths"

"Wrinkle drug reports showed toxin spread inside body after injection"




In terms of Botox medications / injections that I have mentioned before in my prior post, please consider the follow-up below :



"For your further information, Botox Injections are actually medical derivatives from Clostridium botulinum bacterium (which causes botulism) that have been intentionally abused before for the purpose of chemical warfare owing to its intense toxicity.


http://www.answers.com/topic/botox"



and now, please consider the following weblink below :


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22824345/wid/11915773?GT1=10815



Next, apart from finding the 2 shocking headlines of :



"Group seeks Botox warning following 16 deaths"


"Wrinkle drug reports showed toxin spread inside body after injection"



the main contents of this report have just "gone missing" with the explanation :



" The page you are seeking has expired and is no longer available at msnbc.com."



Well, apparently the information carried by that news / report was "profitably undesirable / unfavourable / damaging" to the popular images of the Botox medications, and hence, they are deleted and suppressed by the authorities.



Now, let's consider the following naked truth : -



"Governmental monopoly", or rather tenacious grips on the health care industries



So, can anyone just tell me that how can such potentially deadly Botox medications and other possibly the other hazardous drugs be continually and unimpededly approved by the government-run Food And Drugs Administration (FDA), and then be widespreadly and pervasisvely promoted and marketed to the general public, and at the same time, with the actual medical facts of the deadly contents of such medications to be intentionally and insidiously withhheld from their buyers and consumers ?




And has the government been playing fair by doing this way ?



And the realistic goals of money-seeking and profit-maximisation at the expense of the health cares and human lives of the users of such deadly products / medications would actually make such a "policies" fully justified and warranted" ?

[ntuc]

"Group seeks Botox warning following 16 deaths" - Follow-up :



Now, let's consider the following excerpts about Botox medications :



"The consumer group Public Citizen says from 1997 to 2006 16 people died from Botox injections, four of them under the age of 18. "




"The report also found that 658 patients suffered adverse effects from Botox and 87 of them had to be hospitalized.

Levine says cosmetic Botox is relatively safe if you have a good doctor, but says as the use of Botulin toxin increases so does the risk for complications.

The FDA would not comment on the report. "




quoted from the website :


http://wcbstv.com/seenon/botox.fda.injections.2.637330.html


(Please take note that the weblink mentioned above may be totally banned and closed down anytime subsequently by the related authorities for the purpose of complete cover-ups of any commercially-unfavourable public information and coverage)



The goals of money-makings and profit-maximisings mean that human lives are actually worthless and fully expendable for those "practical" business / commercial purposes ?

[ntuc]

Further Information On Fatalities of Botox Medications / Injections


Please consider the following excerpts about the fatalities of Botox Medications / Injections :


"Aspiration Pneumonia a Botox Reaction:

Aspiration pneumonia is a serious infection of the lungs that’s the result of inhaling foreign materials, which the lung is unable to expel easily. When the lungs are unable to remove a substance, fluid builds up in the lungs and an infection results. Apparently, this condition is linked to Botox injections because minute particles of the substance in Botox is finding its way into patients’ lungs.

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Partial Paralysis from Botox Injections:

The second side effect that’s allegedly linked to Botox injections is partial paralysis. Although the link has yet to be definitively proven in a full laboratory study, it’s alleged by some that when the Botox injection leaks into such areas as the esophagus, it can lead to partial paralysis, and this partial paralysis is as of now of indefinite duration.

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Botox Death Reported:

Of the 180 reports tracked by Public Citizen, 16 people died, and four were under the age of 18. Obviously, there is no need to describe this condition, but if you are experiencing muscle weakness, difficulty swallowing, slurred speech or droopy eyelids, seek immediate medical attention.

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Your Next Step if Injured from Botox:

As you see, Botox injections are not completely safe, at least according to Public Citizen and the 87 people who were hospitalized from the 180 who were studied. If you have been injured as a result of a Botox treatment, contact a defective products attorney immediately to schedule an initial consultation. "


quoted from the website :


http://www.resource4defectivedrugs.com/topics/botox.html

(Please take note that the weblink mentioned above may be totally banned and closed down anytime subsequently by the related authorities for the purpose of complete cover-ups of any commercially-unfavourable public information and coverage)

[ntuc]

Additional Information From Q & A sessions about Blepharospasm / Hemifacial Spasms



Included below are some Q & A sessions between me and another person seeking helps from me for the chronic Blepharospasm and Hemifacial Spasm disorders of her mother living in India. And I hope that the extra information included in the Q & A webpage below will turn out to be useful to you. Thank you.



Original Questions - First Session :


"Dear sir,

I'm residing in india->tamil nadu->madurai city.
My mother has been suffering HFS for around 9 years.she has the twitching in the right eye and the right corner of her mouth also twitches along and the right side has turned dark.

she has been taking medicines for all these years.Now she has used Botox injections for three times within a span of 3 months interval.some relief was found in the first two injections and the third was not satisfactory.

surgical methods are not 100% guaranteed and some websites say the patients lose hearing or eyesight.

Then i tried some acupunture treatments and my mom feels better.
so i surfed the web that can there be a cure by acupuncture and found your website and its information were helpful. now i have some hope in recovering my mom.

now i would like to clarify certain doubts :
1.is the backside of the right hand palm the only point to treat or any other points to include.if any please mention it with or without a diagram.

2.where in the world can i have the best acupuncture treatment.if in india it would be more easier for frequent visits.

3.is there any dietory restrictions that can control the twitching.

4.can there be 100% cure by acupunture method.

5.is there any home remedies to control twitching.

the answers to the questions will give us a right move towards the cure.
please reply back at this site as early as possible

Thank You."



My Reply :


Well, first of all, when you have mentioned, HFS, I belive that you are actually referring to Hemifacial Spasms.


For your information, what you have described to me are also the most of the things that I have gone through before 5 years back when I was having the medication / Tardive Dyskinesia-induced Hemifacial Spasm - especially the eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking for countless times in a split second when it got worst (and at the same time, my mouth was badly twisted apart from having the twitchings). Besides, among the numerous others who have sought helps from me to deal with their similar eye-related disorders, well, most of the Hemifacial Spasms disorders are actually caused by the neurological and neuromuscular side effects of certain medications.


Well, I have tried Botox as temporary reliefs (3- 6 months' period each) for each therapy session) for my chronic rapid non-stop eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking. However, it's actually not a conclusive solution to the related disorders.


Whilst at the same time, I would also like to inform you and the others that the Botox medications are actually composed mainly of Botulinum toxin which are actually medical derivatives from Clostridium botulinum bacterium (which causes botulism) that have been intentionally abused before for the purpose of chemical warfare owing to its intense toxicity.


http://www.answers.com/topic/botox

http://wcbstv.com/seenon/botox.fda.injections.2.637330.html

http://www.resource4defectivedrugs.com/topics/botox.html


In respect of your inquiries, I would gladly like to give you the following details for your further references and clarifications :



Excerpt From The Original Question :


"1) Is the backside of the right hand palm the only point to treat or any other points to include.if any please mention it with or without a diagram ?"



My Answer :


As to this question, please refer to the diagram included in the following weblink :

http://curezone.com/upload/Art/Animation/Attachment_File.gif


Besides, there are also other acupuncture points that are related as well as cures for such eye-related problems. However, most of them are actually situated at the vulnerable parts around one's eyes. And hence, my opinion is that those acupuncture points wouldn't not be that suitable for the purpose of self-administered treatments.


Apart from that, as far as Hemifacial Spasms disorder is concern (which affects the mouths and other parts of one's face etc), by applying blunt-pointed-object-mild-pressings onto that "He Gu" acupuncture point, which is located on the wrist of one's hands (both left and right), it would actually generate a reflexology stimulus around one's entire face (rather than the eyes alone). As such, I believe that it is thus a safe and practical acupuncture point for Hemifacial Spasm disorders, especially the chronic uncontrollable non-stop eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking. And in particular, for self-administered treatments.



Excerpt From The Original Question :


"2) How many days of acupuncture treatment needed ?"



My Answer :


Well, that would depend on how serious is the Hemifacial Spasm disorders of your mother, especially the rapid eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking problems, as well as how long she has suffered from it right from the very beginning. As such, please refer to the detailed descriptions of the self-administered needleless free-of-charge acupuncture / technique / cure for non-stop persistent rapid eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking as included below : -


http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1233341#i


Honestly speaking, I obtained tremendous reliefs on the very next day after the acupuncture treatment (my abnormal eyelid-twitchings / eye-blinkings stopped completely). Whilst for the far less serious cases (non-Tardive Dyskinesia cases), most of them would just experience the effects within hours after applying that acupuncture technique. Whilst for the really and extremely serious ones, (the ones who have been suffering really chronically from such disorders for many years, eg. nine years - please refer to the original question above) , it would usually take 5 - 10 days for them to obtain the desired reliefs from that acupuncture technique in the very first place, and then, one would need to continue applying that acupuncture technique consistently and daily (for weeks / a few months' time) in order to get fully-cured once-and-for-all in the end..



Excerpt From The Original Question :


"3) Where in the world can i have the best acupuncture treatment.if in india it would be more easier for frequent visits ?"



My Answer :


As a matter of fact, for some reasons my skins are extremely sensitive to the conventional prolonged needle-piercing therapy of acupuncture. And since that therapy is not that suitable for me, the acupuncturist attending to me is kind enough to impart to me a simple needleless acupuncture method (without using needles at all) to enable me to deal with my Hemifacial spasms / rapid eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking problems.


And well, since the acupuncture technique can be praciticed on one's own, it's thus a free-of-charge cure. So, given that I'm a part-time social worker working for the health cares of others, i thus feel that it's a part of my vocations to recommend this self-administered needleless acupuncture technique to the ones who need it.


As such, please refer to the story behind the suggested self-administered acupuncture technique for abnormally rapid eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking described above


http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1386471#i


Besides, there are in fact many people all around the world seeking helps from me through emails ever since the beginning of 2008 for their chronic eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking problems, especially the medication-induced ones. Frankly speaking, for those areas like the ones in middle-east, and unfortunately India and the countries surrounding it, there are hardly any acupuncture clinics / treatments available (based on what they have told me). And so, I hope that the self-administered acupuncture technique will be helpful to your mother in totally solving her problems once and for all, just like the numerous others who have totally recovered once-and-for-all from such chronic disorders.



Excerpt From The Original Question :


"4) Is there any diet restrictions that can control the twitching ?"



My Answer :


Well, there are certainly causes that lead to such muscle twitchings. They could be due to the neurological / neuromuscular side effects of certain medications, excessive caffeine intakes, overstraining of the eyes etc. Naturally, it would be in the best interest of the ones suffering from such disorders to make a clean break with the causes leading to such disorders. However, in the case of medication / Tardive Dyskinesia-induced chronic eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking, a switch to the better and more advanced medications with far lesser Tardive Dyskinesia / Hemifacial Spasms side effects would be quite an option (given that one may still need the related medications to deal with the other related disorders, and in my case, I switch from Risperdal to Seroquel after getting completely cured from the Hemifacial Spasm / chronic rapid non-stop eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking disorders).



Excerpt From The Original Question :


"5) Can there be 100% cure by acupunture method ?"



My Answer :


Actually, in the case of me and the numerous others who get totally cured once-and-for-all for those disorders through the self-administered acupuncture technique, we have taken MRI, CT-Scannings and other related medical examinations before. And these medical examinations actually show nothing abnormal at all.


And in fact, for the medication / Tardive-dyskinesia induced hemifacial spasms / rapid eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking, currently there are no medical examinations that would be able to conclusively and definitely detect and diagnose the interferrences of medications onto the synaptic activities of the neurotransmitter chemicals / neurons that are widely distributed in our miscellaneous bodily nervous systems to the point of muscle spasm / neuromuscular disorders .


So, my comment is that, if your mother's medical scenario actually falls into the category that I have described above, well, then I believe that there is quite a good chance that she will get fully recovered once and for all from her disorders through applying that suggested self-administered, free-of-charge, needlleless acupuncture technique consistently and daily.



Excerpt From The Original Question :


"6) Is there any home remedies to control twitching ?"



My Answer :


Well, that is actually not to my knowledge.


Whilst the logic behind the self-administered needleless acupuncture cure is such that, well, since the related muscle-twitchings are caused by certain "contaminating agents", such as the undesirable remnants of certain medications that antagonize the normal functionings of the neurotransmitter chemicals (especially dopamine which is responsible for all the human body physical movements), then, getting rid of them from the related nerves around the twitching muscles (eyes / facial muscles) through the acupuncture treatment is thus the most direct and effective way of dealing with such neuromuscular / muscle-twitching disorders and to stop the related muscle twitchings.





Original Questions - Second Session :


"First of all i would like to thank you for your answers.I found your problem being more severe than my mom and really glad that you are fully recovered.

The information was very useful.

some of the doubts my dad wants to clarify :

1.As you had twitching a countless times in a split second,its more serious than my mothers case,how many days or months did it take to recover completely.This would help me to calculate the recovering time for my mom.

2.Even after cure are you still continuing the acupuncture treatment these days.

Thank you."



My Reply :


Thanks for the feedbacks.


As such, I hope that my replies as follows will clear your doubts about the questions you have asked.



Excerpt From The Original Question :


"1) As you had twitching a countless times in a split second,its more serious than my mothers case,how many days or months did it take to recover completely ?"



My Answer :


Well, actually I suffered from such chronic rapid uncontrollable eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking and other Hemifacial Spasms symptoms (from the Tardive Dyskinesia side effects of certain medications) for about more than one year. And eventually when I was instructed with that self-administered needleless acupuncture technique as a cure for all these neurological / neuromuscular disorders, it actually took me about 2 months' time exercising that acupuncture technique consistently and daily (in my case, 2 continuous hours / day) to enable me to get totally cured once-and-for-all in the end.


Remark From The Original Person - Please refer to the Original Question Above :



"This would help me to calculate the recovering time for my mom."



My Reply :


Honestly speaking, out of so many people seeking helps from me for their similar related disorders of different degrees of severities , well, for the mild and short-term cases (less than 6 months), some of them would totally recover once-and-for-all within weeks. Whilst for the really serious ones, especially those suffering from the like-disorders for many years (eg.nine years as mentioned in the paragraph above), it would certainly take about a few months' time applying that acupuncture technique consistently and daily for a final, complete and once-and-for-all recovery to be achieved in the end.


All in all, that would actually depend on the healing progress of the individual people suffering from such disorders. In this regard, based on my personal experience as well as the feedbacks I have received from the ones seeking helps from me, it's such that once that self-administered needleless acupuncture technique is proven to be effective for them in the very first place, exercising them subsequently and consistently would then just serve the next-steps and the other purposes of reducing the muscle twitchings progressively (in terms of the really serious cases), to just prevent the related muscle-twitchings from coming back after the curative effects have taken place for the very first time (just like what me and some othes have experieced), and then, to get such disorders gradually and totally cured (in a realistic and practical way - please refer to my preceding post above) once and for all in the end.



Excerpt From The Original Question :


"2) Even after cure are you still continuing the acupuncture treatment these days ?"



My Answer :


For your information, for me and the numerous others who have been suffering from the similar disorders, we would not need to exercise that acupuncture technique anymore once we are totally cured once and for all from them.


As for my case, I no longer need to exercise that acupuncture technique anymore after I have achieved full and once-and-for-all recovery for the disorders ever since 5 years back. And well, the reasoning behind this is that, there is no relapse at all of such disorders at all ever since I get totally cured once and for all, and given that my pair of eyes are just as normal and healthy as and to any other people (I mean for anyone I meet), I simply need not do anything for those disorders / symptoms that have disappeared completely.


Lastly, I would wish a speedy and full recovery for your mother's like-disorders and good luck.

[ntuc]

Further Details About The Suggested Needle-free Self-administered Free-of-Charge Acupuncture Technique For Chronic Rapid Eyelid-twitching / Eye-blinking : "He Gu" Acupuncture Point - Left or Right Hand ? Does That Matter ?




Well, as far as acupuncture treatment is concerned, the nerves of our bodies especially the ones closely adjacent to each other, would tend to interwind, overlap and interconnect among one another. Whilst the 1.5 cm and its location on the wrist as portrayed in the diagram added in the weblink below for the 'He Gu' acupuncture point is actually a standard measure for the size of the hands of the average grown adults.


http://curezone.com/upload/Art/Animation/Attachment_File.gif


Next, applying blunt-pointed instrument-aided pressings upon it (or any points around that 'He Gu' acupuncture point area - please refer to the diagram weblink above) will actually generate direct stimulations to the other nerves surrounding that pressed point around the wrist area as well, and subsequently, produce a reflexology stimulus / 'qi' that will flow / travel right up to the 'final destinations' (please refer to the medical references weblink added below), which are the peripheral nerves attached to the muscles of the entire face, especially the eyelids to generate the desired healing effects to the intended areas by gradually restoring their bodily chemical balances. In my case and the others, that acupuncture technique actually serves to gradually and eventually drive out the risperdal toxins / other related contaminating substances that disrupt the normal functioning of the dopamine neurotransmitters chemicals of the neurons / nerve cells around our eyelid muscles and cause all those rapid unwanted eyelid-twitching / eye-blinking, totally out of our bodies and enable us to get totally cured once and for all in the end.




Therefore, both the "He Gu" acupuncture points on both left and right hands would basically serve the similar purposes in this case.



http://acuxo.com/meridianPictures.asp?point=LI4&meridian=Large%20Intestine



In addition,



honestly speaking, applying that acupuncture technique on the "He Gu" acupuncture point of both left and right hands (alternately of course) may double the curative effects. However, the application of the acupuncture technique on the left hand side of the "He Gu" acupuncture point (compared to the recommended right-hand-side) is strongly recommended to be done under 2 circumstances :




1 ) One's Blepharospasm condition is really chronic and has been lasting for a couple of years (such as over a year)



2 ) The "He Gu" acupuncture point on the righ hand (which me and the numerous others suffering from the like-illness have been exercising extensively due to its much larger curative effects) has been skin-worn, and hence needs some time to recover. So, the left-hand "He Gu" acupuncture point will serve as a replacement in this case.




And again for your information, during the time me and the others are suffering from such Blepharospasm disorder, we apply the acupuncture technique on the right hand of the "He Gu' Acupuncture point most of the time due to its larger curative effects (based on empirical observations).




Additional Information From Q & A sessions about Blepharospasm / Hemifacial Spasms :


http://www.steadyhealth.com/Eyecare_Hemifacial_spasm___Risperdal_induced_Non_stop_Eyelid_twitching___My_Healing_Experience_tref714833.html



Brief And Basic Medical Explanations About Blepharospasm / Chronic Rapid Eyelid-twitching / Eye-blinking :


http://silkwise.com/content/viewthread_thread,4243

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Additional Information About Modern And Outdated Neurological-related Medications



Besides, I would like to add that as far as the harmful and nearly unavoidable muscle spasms (involuntary restless bodily / muscular movements such as rapid purposeless uncontrollable eye-blinking / eyelid-twitching, Hemifacial Spasms, Tardive Dyskinesia, Dystonia etc) and other neurological disorders arising the harmful neuromuscular / neurological / neuro-degenerative side effects of certain medications are concerned, there have been in fact a great variety of other far better medications with greater curative effects and far lesser harmful side effects getting invented from time to time nowadays by the modern medical science in order to overcome this problem.


Nevertheless, the usual current practice of most medical practitioners nowadays are such that they would prefer to prescribe and dispense the inferior and outdated medications to their patients owing to the far lower costs of these medications, and hence the health cares of the patients are getting unfairly exploited and jeopardized in such a scenario.


For an instance, the medication called chlorpromazine is actually one of the examples of the longly outdated first-generation antipsychotic medications that has long been superseded by the other far better second and third-generation antipsychotics ever since decades ago. However, such inferior and outdated medications are still the commonly preferred choices for prescriptions and dispensing of most medical practitioners nowadays.


Examples of First-generation antipsychotics for treating schizophrenia :


http://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/first-generation-antipsychotics-for-treating-schizophrenia


In such a connection, please refer to the website as follows for some overviews of all these first, second and third-generation antipsychotics.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipsychotics

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Mental Disorders : Brief Analysis and Summary



Actually, one thing to take note here is that the chemical imbalance in the brain (especially mood-regulator, Serotonin) leading to the mental disorder is actually caused by disturbances to one's mood in the very first place that might arise as a result of various emotionally unpleasant / unacceptable factors, scenarios, events, persons, surroundings, etc that are considered upsetting, distressing and even traumatic to certain people (resulting thus in disturbances to the normal functionings of neurotransmitter chemical, Serotonin and then such chemical imbalance in the brain). All in all, the question as to whether a person facing or confronting with such emotionally unpleasant / unacceptable factors, scenarios, events, persons, surroundings, etc will eventually suffer from mental disorder or not, that would largely and mostly depend on how good or how bad one is able to tolerate, put up and adapt oneself to all such emotionally unpleasant / unacceptable adversities without getting emotionally disturbed in the end.



Next, for drugs such as anti-depressants and anti-anxieties (for neurosis - less serious mental disorder) and antipsychotics / neuroleptics (for psychosis- more serious mental disorder characterized by serious hallucinations, and in fact, the powerful mind-altering agents), they are in fact a simplified way of chemical solution to various mental disorders.



In such a connection, their chemical mechanism is such that they would serve to artificially block the negative nerve impulses (negative thoughts, feelings, emotions etc) from getting sent to the brain, and thus temporarily stop a person from getting upset, distressed, depressed etc throughout the effective period of the each drug dosage (that may last for mere hours). In the process of doing so and given the fact that the entire mechanism is purely artificial by drug interception rather than natural, the synaptic activities of the neurons and the neurotrasmitters chemicals especially Serotonin and Dopamine (the neurotransmitter chemical responsible for human bodily movements) etc of the nervous systems would unavoidably be interferred and antagonized in the end.



Subsequently, such a phenomenon would then eventually lead to certain neurological / neuromuscular and in the worst case scenario, the neuro-degenerative symptoms getting developed as the side effects of these drugs for mental disorders. And hence, modern medical science actually tries to overcome such these problems by inventing the more and more advanced versions of the newer and better drugs with ever-decreasing harmful side effects from time to time for the sake of the health cares and well-beings of the ones using them.



At the same time, another thing to take note as well is such that since the human bodies would gradually develop tolerances for any medications, including the ones for mental disorders, and especially the ones that are fed to them repeatedly over the long-term, such medications for mental disorders would hence become addictive themselves whereby larger and larger dosages would gradually be required from time to time to achieve the similar therapeutical effects, and then eventually, they would lose their intended artificial curative effects particularly when they are over-relied upon to the point of sheer abuse whilst no other non-medicational efforts are taken to deal with such mental disorders.



As such, given the ultimately inevitable risks of side effects of such drugs, my opinions are such that the more practical and realistic solution to mental disorders is such that whilst taking the related drugs to curb and bring down the uncontrollable symptoms of mental disorders, such as feelings of deep depressions, deep hallucinations, violent emotional outbursts etc, as well as making the necessary efforts to benefit oneself to the best possible extent from the newer and better drugs with ever-decreasing harmful neurological side effects for such mental disorders which are invented from time to time by the modern medical science, such medications should be used wisely with all the precautionary measures. Whilst at the same time, other non-medicational efforts of emotional and communication supports from the others etc to cheer and brighten up one's mood and spirit as well as the related self-control efforts (to control one's mood and tempers) should thus also be taken at the same time to deal with such mental disorders more effectively towards the goals of gradual improvements as well as final and full recoveries.