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Caribbean L 24 ife, July 17-23, 2020
Dealing with isolation
As millions of people around the
country practice social distancing
and are staying at home for weeks
on end, many people may fi nd themselves
feeling lonely and alone, maybe
even anxious or uneasy, for the fi rst
time.
Others are all too familiar with the
emotional impact of feeling alone and
separated from friends and loved ones
while also managing their emotional
health. Among them are people who live
with a mental illness such as depression,
bipolar disorder and anxiety, who sometimes
opt to social distance because being
around other people makes them uncomfortable
or self-conscious.
One in fi ve adults live with some
form of mental illness in the U.S., and
many of them also deal with a relatively
unknown involuntary movement disorder
called tardive dyskinesia (TD). TD is
associated with prolonged use of antipsychotics
prescribed to treat mental illnesses
such as depression, bipolar disorder,
and schizophrenia. The physical
symptoms of TD can impact one’s emotional
and social well-being, causing
them to feel embarrassed or withdrawn
from society. At least 500,000 people in
the U.S. are living with TD.
Shelly, a married mother of one, was
diagnosed with bipolar disorder and
spent two years with her physician trying
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to fi nd an antipsychotic medication
that helped. After being prescribed a
few different options, she fi nally found
a treatment that worked for her. Just as
things started to get better, however, she
began noticing uncontrollable movements
in her legs, mouth, and tongue.
After noticing these movements, her
doctor advised that she might have TD.
She learned that while the symptoms
can look and feel different from day to
day, they may remain persistent and
often irreversible. Shelly’s symptoms
sometimes embarrass her so much that
she often avoids communication with
others. “The days my TD symptoms are
really bad, I won’t answer the phone because
my voice is so slurred from my
tongue movements, it’s hard for people
to understand me,” Shelly notes.
So, whether people are in self-imposed
or mandated social isolation,
Shelly offers the following suggestions
to weather the storm:
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