Posted by JohnnyBLinux on February 2, 2010, at 19:24:31
In reply to Re: Emotional from stimulants... » JohnnyBLinux, posted by Phillipa on February 2, 2010, at 19:03:38
That's a good question which I asked my new mental health care team. I presented the day I went in with panic / anxiety like symptoms over my job and living arrangement. I thought I was becoming psychotic one morning about a week ago, so I went to the hospital. They sent to a place to rest (not a psych hospital) and I left with a diagnosis of shizophrenia and an order to not take my ADD med Adderall XR. They put me on Abilify, discontinued it, then restarted me on Cymbalta 30mg, then upped it to 60mg. I still haven't experienced visual and/or auditory hallucinations but those symptoms must not be as important as I once a thought in diagnosing schizophrenia.
I was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD when I was very young and then again my third year in college.
My new mental health care team want me to take a special exam to determine what's going on with me but I'm tired of all the questions and history acquisition. I thought I knew what I had but I guess mental health diagnoses can change even into adulthood.
Basically, I was having trouble sleeping one night before work. I was getting anxious about working and living with my employer when the restaurant I work out was scheduled to open for business. I was short of breath and breathing a little fast. Now I believe that if I had taken the day off and rested over the weekend I would have been okay. My temp was up and down too, but by too much. When I got home from my inpatient stay I had stomach pains and nausea and a fever of 101. Also, before going to the ER, when I was watching TV, I thought the actors were responding my facial expressions, which I knew was absurd so I high-tailed to the ER in a panic! I became more alert and aware after starting Adderall XR. I started really paying attention to facial expressions, the dialogue, plot, etc. Maybe it was all a bit too much stimulation and emotion for me to process. I was taking Adderall XR 30mg & Cymbalta 30mg. Anyway, now I'm back to just Cymbalta 60mg. I hope all of this makes sense.
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