Extrapyramidal side-effects (EPS)
Akathisia: (Gk. Not being able to sit). Feeling restless or jittery, needing to fidget, pace around, be about
Dystonia: sudden muscle spasm characterized by torticollis (twisting of neck), opisthotonos (spasm of the neck and back forcing the head backwards), oculogyric crisis (a fixed gaze that cannot return to lateral)
Parkinsonism: tremor, stiffness, rigidity, stooped posture, shuffling gait, akinesia (feeling slowed down), pill-rolling movement of fingers, oscillations of distal parts of extremities
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: muscle rigidity, hyperpyrexia, hypertension, confusion, delirium
Tardive dyskinesia: involuntary movements of face and body (lip smacking, tongue protrusion, rocking, foot tapping), impaired gait and posture