I feel so restless I can't stand it. I can't sit still. I can't stand still. Constantly having to move and do something. But I can't concentrate on anything either to be able to do anything, and I can't enjoy it. So I pace and I fidget. And I just feel uncomfortable.

I've never been like this before, not to this extent anyway. What can I do?

[newlifeyeah]

It's the same for me right now. Maybe my med starts to do something. I dunno. I try to stay calm but it's hard. Good luck!

[Fuzzybear]

So I just took a nap....the only thing I could think to do to avoid the restlessness. But I can't sleep all day....I'd never sleep tonight. I hate this feeling!

[wiltedxdaisy]

I've found that when I am like that, if I just get on treadmill for about 20 minutes, or venting to a friend over the phone seems to help. I usually call my bestie because she understands that I get 'manic' a lot. I hope things start to slow down for you. In the meantime just try to keep yourself busy as best you can.

The annoying thing is there is not a lot I can do to keep busy. I also feel a bit ill right now so I have no energy to do stuff even if I could. I feel a bit stuck!

[ThisWayOut]

I get that way often. For me, it's when the depression is starting to hit much harder, right before I get to the stage of not being able to get out of bed. The depression makes it difficult to concentrate on anything or get joy from it, but it also makes me very easily bored and restless. I have ye to figure out how to make things better at that time except to sleep through the feeling and hope it's easier on the other side of the nap. Sometimes getting active helps, but it's difficult to initiate with the depression...
(hugs) hope you feel better soon!

Thats exactly how it is for me. I'm hoping this is a med side effect rather than a symptom of the depression. I will find out soon, stopping my meds as of today...

I'm really restless too but all I do is lay in bed because what I want to do is just leave my town impulsively but I can't do that. Sometimes I pace a lot too, just back and forth in my house, thinking. It sucks feeling stuck, I understand...

[avlady]

i USED TO PACE AND IT TURNED INTO SMOKING CIGGS ONE AFTER ANOTHER, BUT AFTER 20 YEARS OF SMOKING I DO THE -CIGGS NOW AND DON'T PACE BECAUSE I HAD A MEDICATION CHANGE AND DIDN'T KNOW THE MEDS WERE MAKING ME PACE

I hope this is the meds and nothing else. It's getting to the stage now where I'm thinking of SI or worse to ease this feeling of restlessness.

I was meant to go for injection of meds yesterday but I didn't, not sure how long it takes to get completely out of my system though.

[ThisWayOut]

Originally Posted by secretwhisper

I hope this is the meds and nothing else. It's getting to the stage now where I'm thinking of SI or worse to ease this feeling of restlessness.

I was meant to go for injection of meds yesterday but I didn't, not sure how long it takes to get completely out of my system though.

Are you tapering off? It's not exactly advisable to just quite cold-turkey on most psych meds. They can really mess you up worse. It took me 3 months to taper off a med I had been on for only 3 weeks. I'm all about giving up meds if you think it will help, but please do so safely.

How have you been doing with the SI? Able to resist? I know for me that just makes the anxiety and restlessness worse sometimes.

Good luck, and make sure you are talking to your doctor about coming off the meds and the best way to do it.

I tapered off my old meds over a few weeks, ones I'd been on for over a year, at the advice of the doc. It was quick but I'm glad its over with now. I must have finished those about 2/3 weeks ago now. The current med is a fortnightly injection which I've had about 4/5 times. I've lost count. Not really sure how to taper off this as its a gradual dose every two weeks anyway.... But I am seeing my T tomorrow so I'll let him know.

So far so good with the SI. The urges are building though along with the restlessness.

I planned to see a friend tonight, we're gonna do a pub quiz. Hopefully that might help a little