Do you rock to self soothe? I do and today my pdoc said

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If I want, I can increase the dose of my antidepressant. Have you done this? Did it help?

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I was rocking around the clock due to akathisia caused by aps. It actually went away, I dont rock anymore.

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Oh cool. Maybe mine will go away too

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I used to rock from akathisia from Zyprexa. It made me rock all day every day for over six months when I was on it from 2015 to 2016. I hated it.

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That is awful. I keep catching myself rocking. People have been noticing too. I’m not sure what it’s from I guess

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I have rocked in the past. For me I do it when I need comforting so I do it when I’m anxious or otherwise upset. When you brought it up I realized it’s been quite awhile since I’ve done it. It could be because my meds are doing me pretty good.

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I’ve had moments, hours long, when I lay in bed rocking. I haven’t done that in a while though.

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That’s great @Leaf

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I’m glad you haven’t needed to rock in a long time

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Yes both my sister, my gf and myself all rock either back and forth or side to side all the time. Never knew it was for self soothing. All people affected are mentally ill though.

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I never rocked, but I remember one poor soul in one of my hospital stays that rocked non-stop. She wasn’t psychotic, but horribly depressed. Everybody tried to soothe her, but she just sat there and rocked non-stop. Was a sad thing to witness. Oh nameless patient, I hope you’re doing better these days.

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I never knew that it was a self soothing behavior but it makes sense. I do it all the time.

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I used to, but enough negative comments lead me to learn to learn to redirect the energy to less visible movements, like toe wiggling, wrist/ancle rolling, finder tapping, etc.

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I do that stuff too. I do repetitive tapping my fingers and wiggling my toes, plus I rock. I can’t help it

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That’s so sad @anon40540444. I hope she’s better now

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i rock back and forth the whole time on my chair too… my dad used to find it annoying and also the pacing around but now he understands that i can’t help it.

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I do it a lot. I stim a lot in general. Autism/adhd thing

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I used to. I’ve learned not to. Masking, right?

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