Are these examples of catatonia?

  1. i was driving under stress, and i couldn’t turn around to go home. i felt like a spell was over me.

  2. another time, i was driving and i had to stop and couldn’t move.

  3. after i was first admitted to the state psych hospital, i was sitting and talking to family at the hospital, and i was having a hard time moving, and began slurring my speech and talking slow.

all three didn’t last long. maybe a minute or less.

catatonia or what do you think?

im not sure,maybe shock?

Here’s my take: #1. Seems to be more fear motivated. One time when I was supposed to go to group therapy I went outside to get in the car and I just stood there for 5 minutes, then I went back in my apartment. When I explained this to the therapist he said it was fear.

#2. Seems to me to be the same as #1.

#3. In my experience, when 1st admitted to hospital I was pretty heavily medicated and/or meds changed. That can cause the symptoms you mentioned.

Might be a good idea to ask the pdoc or therapist(if you have one).

Nutcase

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