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Old Aug 20, 2019, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by bluebicycle View Post
No. I stopped taking my Rexulti, but that was like 1.5 weeks ago after slowly tapering off it myself.

I'll probably try cleaning since my apartment is a mess anyways. I suppose it may serve as a distraction -- although I'm feeling very suspicious of people's intentions right now and that's been nagging me in the back of my mind.
Anxiety can be a psyc med withdrawal symptom too. I'd give this some time to play out on its own before asking for a new med. Your brain made adjustments to accommodate being on the med and now it is learning it no longer needs those adjustments. The med used to block certain chemicals in the brain and now your receptors are being flooded without it. I have read it can take weeks and even months before you level back out even if you weaned slowly.

I know it can be hard to function when you are feeling suspicious of other's intentions. The energy can sort of flood you and then you hyperfocus on what you believe they are thinking or feeling. What you percieve as their state then becomes your own and its an ugly cycle.

I practice a visualization technique when I am feeling overwhelmed by others. I imagine myself in an egg shapped bubble. I imagine it has a semi permeable shell and I control what flows in and out. I imagine I am able to block everything coming in and then I focus on what I want to send out. If my thought strays back to others I recognize it, stop it and redirect it back to myself. I reset my intention. If I am struggling to find serenity I focus on that. If I want to be happy, I think of happy memories and surround myself in that. The goal is to ground myself less and less in the energy of others and more and more into my focused thoughts. Resetting might happen a ton at first amd then slowly I am able to just do my own thing without worrying about others around me. I also find that when I am focused on a positive version of my own intent, others respond in kind. I realize this is all a bit of quackery, but it works for me. I'm pretty sensitive to the energy of other people. This is especially true in crowds.
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