Stereotyped Paroxysmal Psychiatric Symptoms During Oculogyric Crisis or ‘Cognitive Dystonia’: A Case Report

Title: Stereotyped Paroxysmal Psychiatric Symptoms During Oculogyric Crisis or ‘Cognitive Dystonia’: A Case Report

Volume: 6 Issue: 1

Author(s): Samir Kumar Praharaj, Sujit Sarkhel and Sayeed Akhtar

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Keywords: Oculogyric crisis, dystonia, tardive, stereotypic paroxysmal psychiatric symptoms, pseudohallucinations, zuclopenthixol, antipsychotics, ocular pain, agitation, malaise, restlessness, anxiety, schizoid, cognitive, dopaminergic, cholinergic, GABA-ergic, neurobiology, FSC

Abstract: Oculogyric crisis (OGC) is an acute dystonia which can occur after initiation of antipsychotic treatment. Stereotypic paroxysmal psychiatric symptoms have been described along with OGC that resolve spontaneously when the later remits. We report a case of tardive OGC associated with zuclopenthixol in which there were associated paroxysmal auditory pseudohallucinations.

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Kumar Praharaj Samir, Sarkhel Sujit and Akhtar Sayeed, Stereotyped Paroxysmal Psychiatric Symptoms During Oculogyric Crisis or ‘Cognitive Dystonia’: A Case Report, Current Drug Safety 2011; 6 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157488611794479982