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Jun 29, 2022, 02:57 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by Soupe du jour
Thanks, @ Jennifer 1967 and @ *Beth*. And sorry for all of the typos in my post. My brain is not operating well. Sometimes I start to type the first version that comes to my head, then turn to a second mid-way. Also, when I first wrote it it was present tense. Then I updated and didn't change all to past.
My husband was kind in not showing any extreme reaction when I broke the vase. He fully understood what caused it. He said he'll try to see if he can get some money from our homeowners insurance. I kinda doubt that will work, though.
So few people on bipolar forums write about clumsiness as a result of bipolar disorder and/or the medications. I feel a bit alone in having this side effect. I only recall Kay Redfield Jamison mentioning something similar in her memoir.
Beth, I feel overwhelmed. I'm overeating to self medicate. I've had to push myself to do some basic things. I fear that pushing will have a limit. Nothing I do seems to be as good as usual. |
 I so appreciate that you've brought up the word "clumsiness." That is a much more accurate word than the phrase I've always used, which is "off-balance." I absolutely have that side effect from most psych meds - AP's for sure, but also antidepressants. I don't know about the mood stabilizers, because I've never been on one by itself. But it wouldn't surprise me if they also cause clumsiness.
That terrible clumsiness is the worst side effect (besides weight gain) that I find so difficult with psych meds. Normally, my balance is excellent - hence, dancing, etc. But with AP's and AD's (specifically SSRI's) I feel anxious about walking (falling) and so on. I can't trust my own body. It's so discouraging - especially when doctors say exercise! -and I'm afraid to walk around the block! 
I'm so excited about skating because somehow my muscle memory has kicked in, perhaps because I began skating when I was a small child. That awful med Caplyta caused such a clumsy sensation that I didn't feel safe to skate (or drive, which also involves a sense of balance).
Oh, no. You are by no means alone in that. Perhaps with our backgrounds in dance we feel especially conscious of the clumsiness? Just a thought.
Now, onto your feeling overwhelmed. Do you have a sense that the increase in Seroquel will help after a few days? And that side effects (such as clumsiness) will subside?
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