I get this thing where I feel very heavy and walk very slow. My psychiatrist said it was “related to catatonia” which makes me wonder if it’s psychomotor retardation and if thats what she meant.
Can anyone relate? Im not sure psychomotor retardation feels like this. It feels like i weigh 400-800 pounds and i take little steps and walk very slow and feel weak.
I really need to figure out what this is and i havent really found anyone who can relate yet.
It kinda feels like walking in a pool of syrup too
No, but my pdoc’s nurse always mixes in the “having you been moving so slow…” blah blah blah question in with the myriad of other questions she asks. So , I guess its a thing in sz.
Its weird. It started with me in the spring of 2021. Haldol fixed it. But now its back (not as bad as 2021) since i started taking abilify with the haldol. I do think its related to schizophrenia but not common cause ive had sz for 19 years and only developed this 2 years ago.
I was in a day program with people with schizophrenia and one guy moved very slow.
I started to move slower and slower after my fluxonal depot. In 3 months my energy level fell to the ground.
Clozapine does the same thing, slows me down.
Might be because of hormone imballance triggered by depot. Once hormone ballance is off does not really matter what ap you take.
mine started when i was off medicine and was fixed by the medicine for the last 2 years. it comes back everytime i quit the medicine. so for me i dont think its a side effect
I get the slow movements when I’m extremely depressed
When they put me on invega during my relapse i call it. I was shuffling around the psyche ward. I now walk slightly off. It didnt go back to my normal gait i had all my life
But i am a little slowed down maybe
I havent tried my cycle, but last time i tried, i couldn’t manage the handlebars and was all over the place. It was definitely because of antipsychotics
For me I always used to walk slow, do things slow and think slow. All because of the nature of illness and the range of impact it had due to lot of psychotic breaks and mania. If we can control the episodes and be productive to some extent not as equal to normies we can avoid the slowness I guess. But need constant practice.
Looks like meds regulates your energy level. That might be a good thing.
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