dysphoricalice

I have tardive dystonia, a movement disorder caused by long-term exposure to a prescribed medication. It causes sustained muscle contractions in my neck, shoulders, back and left leg. Some of those muscles have shortened and no longer move. I walk with a cane, and my hands and arms give out unpredictably.

My tongue is unaffected. It is the one part of my body that works consistently, no matter what the rest of it is doing.