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The British Journal of Psychiatry 154: 257-259 (1989)
© 1989 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome. Amelioration following acute akinesia during lorazepam withdrawal

S Wright and M Peet
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield.

A case of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome (TS) is described, in which a state of akinesia developed during an attempt to withdraw lorazepam by diazepam substitution. This was followed by sustained amelioration of the TS symptoms.


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