Slowed movement, or bradykinesia, involves reduced speed or ease of initiating and carrying out actions. A person may take longer to dress, write or rise from a chair. Movements can become smaller, and facial expression or spontaneous gestures may be reduced. These changes can resemble negative symptoms or depression.<\/p>\n
Parkinsonism describes a pattern that can include slowed movement, rigidity and tremor. Antipsychotics can produce drug-induced parkinsonism through dopamine receptor effects, but other causes must also be considered. The syndrome is not identical to Parkinson’s disease, and its appearance requires assessment rather than automatic attribution to psychiatric symptoms or ordinary ageing.<\/p>\n
Assessment looks at the physical quality of movement and its relationship to medication changes. The person may still want to be active but find actions effortful or slow. Calling this low motivation can miss a treatable adverse effect. Support can allow extra time and reduce unnecessary physical demands while clinical review occurs. The cause is not determined by appearance alone, especially when neurological disease, pain or other factors are possible. Clear descriptions of onset and impact help guide the appropriate evaluation.<\/p>\n
Bradykinesia can include decreasing movement amplitude during repeated actions, not just a generally slow pace. Professional examination helps identify the pattern. In daily life, smaller handwriting or reduced arm movement may be noticed. These observations are useful when reported with timing and treatment changes, but they do not establish the cause without considering other neurological and physical explanations.<\/p>\n
Further reading:<\/strong> Australian medicine information<\/a>; DailyMed prescribing information<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Slowed movement, or bradykinesia, involves reduced speed or ease of initiating and carrying out actions. A person may take longer to dress, write or rise from a chair. Movements can become smaller, and facial expression\u2026Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[50],"class_list":["entry","author-","has-excerpt","post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-medication-effects","tag-parkinsonism"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schizophrenia.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schizophrenia.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schizophrenia.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schizophrenia.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schizophrenia.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schizophrenia.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schizophrenia.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schizophrenia.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}