I’ve never been made anxious by anti-psychotics. They just make me feel brain dead. In order to get sedated enough that I don’t feel anxiety I have to be just about comatose.
Perhaps you are getting anxious at the thought of the med dosage change, not the actual change itself.
Hey @Skims - I know for a fact that I have been more anxious and depressed lately - have been having awful stomach/heartburn issues, probably from my high anxiety … but… since raising the Risperdal dose to 4 mg and then 3.5 mg I have been more revved up and extra anxious - Risperdal at certain doses can do this to some people.
Since lowering the dose a bit more, I dont feel as agitated and revved - but I still do have a lot of anxiety that has nothing to do with the dose increase.
It was a little of both - the meds themselves and my natural high anxiety state - the combo was unbearable, now that I have gone down a bit, I am feeling a bit better, but not that much better with my anxiety
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I didn’t mean to put you on the defensive wave, I was just trying to point out an alternative way of looking at it. Playing devil’s advocate, if you will. I get heartburn too when I’m really really anxious.
What types of coping skills are you using to get through the anxiety?
Klonopin actually helps a bit and CBT helps a bit too - I am trying to distract myself.
I get hyperfocused on my heart beats and respiration when I am really anxious - I have been walking a lot, this seems to burn of some of the excess nervous energy - but man it has been awful lately 
I tend to hold my breath, so I get hyper focused on that. I’m working on deep breathing exercises. I just started yoga 3 weeks ago, its helping, I’m really enjoying it. Maybe you could try grounding exercises to turn your focus to the present/ what’s going on around you and away from your heartbeats and resp. Journaling helps too; keeping track of when, where, why you get anxious (is this CBT?)
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I try to replace the irrational thinking with more realistic alternatives - I guess this is using some CBT when I do this.
I have been doing some deep breathing, I will increase doing this.
Distracting myself into the present moment helps - playing games, focusing on my dog - going online helps a bit.
My stomach issues does not help with the anxiety - it worsens it.
I already Journal
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