damage from neuroleptic medication (antipsychotics mostly) - any treatments/meds to relieve pain/muscle rigidness, tardive conditions?

[toddito]

so I was in the state hospital here in oregon for a few years and was improperly medicated with antipsychotic medication which has permanently altered my energy level and activation state, my original condition was ADD and major depressive disorder. Now I have stopped the medication my muscles are still super tense and I have a great deal of pain, and emotional/cognition problems related to the huge amount of force and tension I feel. I noticed I can consciously focus to relax my muscles and parts of my thought process but for the most part it goes back to being screwed up and I can never really achieve full "release" of these processes anyway. I have a lot of muscles spasms and I can tell my muscles are more inflexible and never in a relaxed state. I have found that my sense of feeling and ability to control my muscles and all my senses are also heavily effected, like not being able to feel my face and other parts of my body or skin/muscles, but even being sensitive to sound and loud noises.

My question is short of going back on antipsychotic medication (which wouldn''t work anyway because although my muscles experience a slight release, I start to tremor more and have trouble staying conscious, and getting really stupid - even on low doses) - are there medication/clinical treatments that would help promote the "release" of my muscles and relieve some of the pain and tension and emotional turmoil I've been going through while over this? What type of doctor would I be looking for to treat this problem? Is tardive dystonia/dyskinisia the most relevant term to describe this condition/etc?

[toddito]

Pills are long gone although people have been pressuring me in recent times to go back on them. I was doing some further research and a lot of the effects of the drug on me seem similar or closely related to Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, the drug would make me very weak and fatigued and I'd be put to sleep almost immediately,  I could hardly walk to bed once it went into effect. I recall my muscles starting to hurt and become stiff (being unable to move my head around, TMJ problems, etc), sweating really badly, and having high blood pressure develop. I reported most of these symptoms but the clinician ignored them and the problem went on for many months (I was told "not to move your head," "sounds like a personal problem" etc - put on high blood pressure meds, taken off my antidepressant that WAS helpful and probably the only thing I took that was, etc) , what I have now is likely the effect of whatever damage and changes occurred from my body/mind adapting and adopting this new mode of operation. What makes this worse is the criminal nature surrounding my incarceration in the first place, I never should have been in the hospital (was previously approved for release) and the process of my release was held up by staff misconduct and typical games they play with the patients in there. I've been through a lot and am very angry to say the least.

[ggreg]

Tardive dyskenisia is the side effect some people can get from antipsychotics.  And yes, there is treatment.  You could go to your family doc, or he could refer you to either a psychiatrist or a neurologist.  A psychiatrist might be the one most familiar, since the medicine that made you this way is a psych drug.  Anyway, there are several treatments, one of which is to take valium.  Now, could be they could give you a big shot of it, and your muscles will unwind permanently, but usually that only works if you are treated as soon as you notice that tightening of the muscles for the very first time.  But they could also prescribe you Valium to take on a regular basis, and it should relax your muscle tone with regular doses of it to where it doesn't bother you as much.  There are other treatments for tardive dyskenisia, I'm just telling you from many years ago when I took some antipsychotics for a couple weeks, had this huge tightening of muscles in my neck and jaws, scared the daylights out of me, went to the emergency room, and they gave me the valium shot, and the sensation was gone.  Since then, over the years, I've read of newer solutions.  But keep in mind some people never get past it, so they may just be able to knock back the muscle tightening a notch or two.  But under no circumstances should you go back on the antipsychotics that made you this way, throw those pills away forthwith.