mini3585: Possible withdrawal effects from rispiradone+/AD's?

[mini3585]

So my husband drops a bombshell this evening. Is it a coincedince that I have  been to the G.P. recently because of very bad premenstral symptome and he chooses tonight to tell me that he thinks that I'm ill and have been for the last few months? Apparently I have been so bad that he can't put up with me anymore.

I have to admit I am very angry and irritable in the couple of weeks before my period and it is getting worse and worse. My children hide from me when I'm screaming and I don't blame them, and my husband is fed up of watching it too. I was doing so well up until the last 3 or 4 months, I believe that most of my issues are cycle related but the help I need I can't take because of previous problems. This isn't going to end well if I don't get this under control. I have even considered ( and decided no) the low does fluoxetine. I have wondered what if it is the thing that sorts me but then after the other night I don't dare try anything. I really am stuck.  

[mini3585]

I'm back to needing to post multiple times. This feels like a huge step back. It's not even for attention (although advice is always welcomed!). This helps me when I'm going through a rough patch. I read back and realise how far I have come. Or so I thought. No I know I'm not back at square one but I'm certainly not better at the moment as previously explained.

 

After the argument with my husband this evening I triggered an anxiety attack worrying about my options and the thought of my husband thinking I'm mentally ill. He chose to remind me how if I'm slipping and I end up back in hospital how this time there is no maternity or sick pay for us to fall back on. I cannot let this beat me, NOT NOW. This is the first time any anxiety I have had since starting or coming off the medications has triggered an anxiety attack. There had never been a trigger before, it's just always happened in the middle of the night waking me up out of nowhere. This is new and scarey. No I'm not scared I'm petrified. I was lying in bed and I coudn't move for while for the fear and anxiety. I don't want to go back. I've never felt fear like that before. I was able to snap out of it and now I'm awake, sat up and typing the anxiety has subsided. As soon as I settle to try and sleep it's back again.

I can't do this again and it's all my own fault and self inflicted I know that. If I hadn't taken that stupid pill the other night maybe this wouldn't be happening. It was ONE dose to try and help an ongoing worsening problem, and I was hoping that the effects wouldn't last. I've got period pain so I know that my period is due very soon, I'm hoping that when it arrives this will subside somewhat.

 

I feel trapped. I'm having problems with my PMS that are making everyone's life a misery and any treatment may trigger this sort of thing.

It's midnight and the clocks go forward so I lose an hours sleep as well. I've decided to try and sleep on the sofa tonight so my tossing and turning doesn't disturb my husband.

[mini3585]

Oh  forgot to add...a talk with a dr on the phone today suggested the following for anxiety - hydroxyzine or buspirone or Benadryl

Also, that quick starting the pill may have triggered something because you're supposed to take it on the first day of a period.

 

Any thoughts on if I should try again when I'm actually on my period or regarding the above medications?

[btdt]

http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/2011-hormone-pills-birth-control-causing-relapse/

 

and if you up to it

 

http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/9246-the-pill-depression/

[mini3585]

It seems a lot of people have had bad reactions to birth control medications and maybe I had better not try iy again. The arguement I had last evening has triggered a MASSIVE anxiety episode although I have a feeling that it's more due to me taking that pill and the aregument just triggered it earlier in the evening? It's 04:30 and I haven't slept a minute. I'm soaked in sweat and shaking and palpitations. It's the worst anxiety I've had apart from at the very beginning of the withdrawal journey. I honestly just want to die at this moment (no I'm not suicidal or planning on being) it's just horrendous. Later I've got to explain to my husband after trying to convince him all thi is probably temporary and will be fine, why I am too tired to get in the car and join him for a meal out....we are meeting friends for lunch and we need two cars, I'm supposed to be driving. Oh sh*t. He's already angry with me.

 

Can anybody give me some insight in to why it is taking so long for my body to settle down? I only took one pill last wednesday night...I realise this is my own fault totally and I'm not looking for sympathy for my own actions.....Sorry I'm just desperate. I was hoping that as the night went on it would calm down so I could get at least 3 or 4 hours sleep this morning before going out but it's not working out like that. I've been terrified all night. It only subsides when I'm distracted...why can't I be distracted with sleep! I have restless limbs too, I NEED to move especially my legs. This is awful!!

[Fresh]

mimi ,  how is the restlessness in your legs , can you describe it a bit more?

 

Sometimes walking or pacing in a rhythmic manner can help calm the sensations down when you need to move

your legs.   If you get more agitated laying down , keep trying to distract yourself.

 

This symptom WILL pass , but you may have to contend with it for a few days before that happens.

 

bw ,  Fresh

[mini3585]

Hi Fresh

 

Thanks for replying. The restless legs are not like restless legs that I have had in the past. It's hard to describe. I am getting weird sensation going down my legs almost like the nerves are jangling and like sharp feelings of cold and warm are mving down my legs in to the bottom of my feet then swirling around on the soles. It's ok when I move about. Now it's morning the sensations have beomce less as has the anxiety. I've got some shakes though especially in my hand and arms.

 

I have a couple more questions if any one can answer. I have decided not to take that combined contraceptive pill again even though the Dr. I spoke to suggested it was because I took it at the wrong time in my cycle that I've had problems. I was thinking of taking something that might be a bit more natural and gentle to see what happens (obviously not whilst this is going on). I've read a few things on soy products being good for premenstrual issues such as isoflavone. Has anybody had an experience of these? Since it seems that they can take a couple of months to take effect it might be easier to control any potential problems with them.

 

Also, he suggested hydroxyzine or buspirone or Benadryl....I've never really heard of the first two. Propranolol worked wonders for me last time and I had no problems...I might just try that again if this anxiety doesn't get better in the next couple of days.

[mini3585]

So I'm back again. I've been off all meds for over 3 years and still the severe symptoms pop up from time to time. I still get shakes and everything else fairly regularly but mildly and I just manage to ignore it, mostly. So a few weeks ago I felt like I was brewing a cold, I decided to take a slow release vitamin c, 500mg. I managed that for just 2 days, hot flushes, night sweats shaking...no thank you! All resolved within 48hours of stopping. Move forward a couple of weeks, I get invited to a night out with friends. Now I haven't done this for a long time although I have drunk alcohol at times in small to moderate amounts with very little problem. Not this time! An all nighter plenty to drink though not as much as everyone else. Enough to say I was pretty drunk, sick the next day, 4 hours of anxiety and a 2 day hangover. I recovered quite well with no ongoing effects (maybe). Move forward to last night. now I've posted before about the PMS I suffer. I react differently month to month. Sometimes symptoms are before my period, during or after. It differs. I've had the strangest symptoms this week....a massively high sex drive that before anyone makes the suggestion is not helped by sexual activity. This coupled with the adrenaline rushes I've described previously but without the other severe anxiety symptoms. I've been wide awake all night. It's 06:45, it's getting light, I have to get up to sort the kids for school and guess what? The symptoms have die down! I'm within the 10 day run up to my period. I'm convinced it's all hormonal triggering all this. Still the go wants me to try fluoxetine! I give up. I'm convinced if I ever had anything physically wrong with me, I would end up dead. Death by G.P!! I'm obviously still sensitive. After 3 years I still can't tolerate vitamin c.

[mini3585]

Oh I forgot to add....I've never needed to pee so much overnight in my life. I emptied a massively full bladder every hour or two, all night. I haven't bothered googling that one....I will be self diagnosed with all sorts very quickly if I do!

[ChessieCat]

Hi mini,

 

Other people have reported the same problem:  Urination and Bladder Issues (Male and Female)

[mini3585]

Thanks for that! Seems some people have a problem with sweating too. I do. Especially my back and under arms. No matter what I apply I'm wet through within a few hours, with no exertion at all. Some of this sounds very hormonal - extreme change in sex drive - I can't cope with it! Sweating, anxiety symptoms but not all the ones I used to get just some. Apparently adrenaline release can cause it. I was in a constant state of extreme alertness, high sex drive, palpitations and frequent peeing last night. A strange combination. I've been back to the dr over some of these symptoms and she maintains they are classic signs of peri menopause which can start in the mid thirties and fluoxetine will really help. Sigh. There's a definite pattern with my cycle, but even those symptoms are erratic! One month is never the same to the next but it's always the last 10-14 days before my period. Even if it is that and it's causing all these weird mixed menstrual related symptoms and the usual withdrawal type symptoms, treating a symptom does not alleviate or help the cause!!