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Why do both dopamine replacement therapy (i.e., levodopa in Parkinson's) and dopamine blocking therapy (i.e., antipsychotics) both result in similar dyskinesias despite their entirely opposite effects on dopamine?

by /u/15MinuteUpload in /r/askscience

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