Anxiety clarification....?!
Question: Anxiety clarification.........?
Ever since I started taking Abilify I've been having enormous feelings of anxiety and restlessness.. It gets to the point where I break down because its so overwhelming..
I'm not sure how to describe this to my psychiatrist.. Would this be considered akathisia.? Because I read that akathisia involves a lot of moving around and I wasn't doing that.. Mainly I was just thinking that I should be doing something more productive and it made it impossible for me to relax..Health Question & Answer
I'm not sure how to describe this to my psychiatrist.. Would this be considered akathisia.? Because I read that akathisia involves a lot of moving around and I wasn't doing that.. Mainly I was just thinking that I should be doing something more productive and it made it impossible for me to relax..Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc..) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc..
Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level..
But there are natural ways to do it without medication..
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced...... you have that "learned behavior" in your mind.. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior.. A technique will be Distraction...... learn more at the sourceHealth Question & Answer
Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level..
But there are natural ways to do it without medication..
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced...... you have that "learned behavior" in your mind.. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior.. A technique will be Distraction...... learn more at the sourceHealth Question & Answer
I take Abilify also, but I also take Artane, which helps alleviate the side effects......ask her about prescribing Artane or Cogentin....Health Question & Answer