I got Cervical Dystonia, along with Tardive Dyskinisia and Akathisia earlier this year from one of the prescription drugs given to me. They don’t know which one-I was never on an antipsychotic. I was on Cymbalta for chronic pain, clonazepam, doxycycline, Plaquenil and was given Cipro over a period of time. My neurologist had me stop everything (no taper) and has me up to 30 mg Zolpidem (Ambien- yes, 30 mg!) 10 mg 3x day, 600 mg gabapentin, 120 mg Propranolol, added back 2 mg clonazepam, and now 22.5 mg Mirtazapine (Remeron) to try to taper a little off the Zolpidem. I still have the Dystonia, TD, and Akathisia, and don’t know if any of the meds are making it worse. Not sure where to start with taper-what first, how much. Many of these drugs are supposed to be sedating, but for me the combo and dosage has a paradoxical effect, and for 6 months I have slept and average of 1-2 hours a night. The akathisia is terrifying. The neurologist wants to just increase the meds dosage. I feel trapped in a drug hell.