Does someone else have experience with muscular rigidity?
Before being sent to a psychiatrist my GP sent me to a neurologist and at was like:
“Ok, now relax your leg”
“it is relaxed”
“no it is not, relax your leg.”
“I can’t relax it more than that…”
I think I’ll bring it up with my pdoc next time because I always feel my muscles a bit stiff.
Was this before it after AP’s?
Have you considered acupuncture/massage/chiropractic care? Might help reset things.
I suffer from stiff muscles on abilify but maybe not to that extent.
I have never been on high doses of APs, this was almost before everything, right after I stopped going to school.
Yeah, I would try massage or acupuncture or something. Maybe you’re just that tense?
Try stretching.
Try doing strength exercise.
if you can try to do strength exercise, that’s your best hope I believe.
I get stiff muscles in my shins when I’m walking, I’ve tried stretching my legs before I go out and that sometimes helps. I wondered if this is related to restless legs akathisia and if the same side effects meds would fix it.
Edit: I’m pretty sure in my case it’s caused by the AP
I take a fairly high dose of cogetin – ask your pdoc for some.
You might have the start of tardive dyskinesia. Read about it. It’s one of the side efffectsvfrom ap. Message me if you have any questions cuz I’m only on forum for a bit. But seriously look it up…I really hope you don’t have it!
I’m not on aps and I’ve had this even before I started ads.
Yeah try stretching. Your muscles are probably just tense from use.
I have some experience with it. But mine is a symptom of my trauma and arthritis. I actually have a script for muscle relaxers because of it (i rarely use them though) and I have a set of stretches I have to do or the pain starts to kill me. But my main issues are in my neck and back.
Is 2mg a good dose? I feel like I need higher
I take 2mg, yea. Twice daily. I used to be on .5mg, and that didn’t do ■■■■
Same here, do you find it helpful? I think I need to up it to 3mg
it’s helpful for me now, that I’ve gotten off risperdal. Risperdal was the reason for my rigidity.
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