Concerta and psychosis
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The psychosis episodes are becomming dangerous and physical and are becomming more frequent. I am beginning to be concerned about the welfare of the rest of the family.
He is currently being treated with Zyprexa (for voices he hears) and prozac for depression. I am at wits end, and at the point of wondering if I need to put him in a hospital or seek another doctor's opinion.
Any advise would be great, this is tearing up our family and nearly every day is a nightmare.
In addition I am tapering off diazepam and down to 2mg in the morning and 1 at night. Everytime I try to get off the concerta I get terrible anxiety from it. I have it to a degree while on it also. I want off but my dr who takes 3 weeks to get into anyway, won’t switch me to a med I can taper off of. I know 3 weeks is a short time compared to what most of you have been through. But can someone please tell me how long my withdrawals are going to last??
Three weeks ago, the Psychiatrist added in Intuniv...OH MY GOSH...the Concerta and Intuniv were PERFECT....Great days at school and an amazing kid emerged...Then at the end of two weeks he developed a tic...This was so horrible...They were happening about 12 - 16 per minute. raised eyebrows, eyes rolling to back of the head, head tilt to the side and a humming sound. We called Psych. and Concerta was stopped. However a week later, the tics are still here...not as frequent...
when I am off meds, my bipolar is worse with rapid cycling, being mix, and having psychosis. When I take meds tho, my cycles get longer and less severe tho I have light hallucinations, hypomanic symptoms, and depression but no suicide isolation. I mainly think this is because of my meds for ADHD which is Concerta, but I can't focus very well and fail or get ok grades in my classes.
Last night my 11 year old son told me he was "hearing voices." I asked him what the voices were saying. He said they were saying his name over and over again. He said he thought it was his friends voices. I told him it was probably just his imagination and sent him off to bed.
This morning, his teacher called. She said he broke down in science lab, was crying and complaining of hearing voices. As with me, he told her he was hearing his name being called over and over again.
I have had several medication adjustments because my psychosis was getting bad and hallucinations, thinking the tv or radio was talking about me, all my mania made me depend only more on the Adderall, soda and smoking because the only time I feel normal without mania is doing these 3 things. I isolate and afraid to go anywhere without the safe feeling of these habits.
I have been taking Concerta for one year. This was to counteract the fatigue and sleepiness that I had been getting from taking Paxil for depression. Though Concertat was initially effective, it gradually became more of a detriment than help. It made me very irritable, unfocused, and moody. I have worked with my doctor to gradually phase concerta out from the 72m I was taking daily.
We tried putting my 9 year old son (who has ADHD) on Concerta about a month ago and after about 4 days, he started frequently rolling his eyes involuntarily up and to the right. We took him off immediately, but the symptoms have persisted. I'm not sure if it was caused by the Concerta, as he'd previously been on it for a month about a year ago and did not display the eye rolling. Does anyone know if there is a correlation, and if this is something that will stop?
Hello all! I have had attention problems since icould remember. Im 24 now. But only in the year or so I've realized that it has actually caused a lot of problems study wise for me. I feel constantly bored or loos interest in the smallest tasks and tend not to sleep allot because it feels like I can't switch the conversations off in my head. I only really realized that my behavior was a bit odd, when my friend kept telling me that I walk around and interrupt allot of people in class.
The child did not have any signs of tics or movement in any part of the body or face before taking Concerta and Risperdal. The child was on concerta for two years and Rispirdal for just over a year.
I thank you for any help you can offer.
Ellie.
This discussion is related to <a href='http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/297765'>Sudden, drastic loss of motor skills</a>.
I just started taking Concerta (36 mg) and I immediately developed shingles. My doctor swears it's a coincidence, but after seeing your post I can't help but wonder. I had chicken pox as a child, but I've never had shingles before now. What happened in your case? I went to the doctor today and got neurontin and valtrex, but the doctor told me to keep taking the Concerta. I don't know what to do.
I am a 30 year old who started taking ritalin and concerta (36mg - 72mg) on a regular basis for about 6 months about a year and a half ago. As a consequence I experienced erectile dysfunction. I stopped taking the meds and I still have erectile dysfunction. I have been off the meds for over a year now and I have not recovered my erectile function. I can only get a semi if I try really hard. I don't get morning boners any more and I don't get proper hard ons when watching porn either.
My son was on the concerta and got tics from it and when he was taken off of it, about 6 months later the tic had dissapeared completely. Check out the info on www.cbn.com and type in ADD and look for the article on curing children with ADD/ADHD. Also type in the search area L-theanine and look for the article on Feeling a little unfocused. Both are great articles and help to understand more on what other things are out their besides drugs.
I just started taking Concerta (36 mg) and I immediately developed shingles. My doctor swears it's a coincidence, but I can't help but wonder. I had chicken pox as a child, but I've never had shingles before now. I went to the doctor today and got neurontin and valtrex, but the doctor told me to keep taking the Concerta. I don't know what to do because the Concerta is helping my ADD, but I also believe it at least played a part in my shingles outbreak.
Yes, in fact I meant to say "deep sleep" or as you say REM sleep. If I'm not mistaken, that's where dreaming happens, which is a way for the brain to rest, repair, and reorganize itself. if the brain doesn't get a chance to do that, confusion is the result, and the more deep sleep you lose, the nuttier you feel. As I mentioned in my first post, when I finally got relief from my pain, I slept 36 hours, filled with dreaming and hallucinations (deep sleep).
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