risperdal racing thoughts

My son just recently started taking risperdal. I am discovering that good help is very difficult to find. He is currently taking 1.5 mg a day. Last night he could not sleep at all and was afraid because he said the medication made him feel tired but his thoughts are still racing and he can't sleep. Is this something I should inform his doctor about or should I wait for his next week appointment.

Oh ok well when I lookd it up it said 4 bipolar and schizophrenid.

I was put on Risperdal 1/2 mg in sept 13 08,recently (last week stopped it ) had to me slighty taper,Im wondering if yoou really neeed to taper,Im not bipolar I have depression and anxiety and was put on Risperdal for racing thoughts,Does any one or has anyone ever just stopped Risperdal without tapering,,my pharmisist said its not nesa sarry byt i dont realy know for sure,i think sometimes he just tells me what he thinks i want to hear,,,,THanks

My dad has been dealing with significant anxiety for almost a year now, and no meds are really seeming to touch it. He has been on paxil, prozac, wellbutrin, atavan, trazedone, remeron, risperdal, effexor. Atavan settles him but doesn't stop the racing thoughts. He is slowly giving up hope, thinking his docs can't help him and is now reluctant to even go. Any suggestions?

I have been synthyroid or levoxyl for at least 18 years and my current Dr keeps me high normal, but my mind races and I can't sleep well (has been going on for months now) . I have been reducing from 137 to approx 119 over a period of weeks by chipping off part of the tablet and my thoughts have calmed a bit, but I seem to get tired more easily. Does anybody else have this racing "thoughts" problem?

There is a difference between racing thoughts, irrational thoughts, and the inability to focus. My son has ADHD and if I gave him a task such as getting his dishes from the other room, he would find a million other things to do in between and never get the dishes. Does that sound like you? Also, untreated ADHD can make a person feel socially awkward. It's kind of hard to have a conversation with someone if you are thinking about something else.

m not saying that doctors have everything about the human mind or body figured out, or that a pill will solve everything (I prefer to stay off as many meds as I can and still be healthy), but telling someone that is troubled by thoughts that they have had for three years and telling us in this forum that we simply need to train ourselves not to have racing thoughts or bad thoughts, is not helpful or safe.

The racing thoughts can cause terrible nights with no sleep which can lead to almost feeling psychotic. I've always had insomnia from thinking too much at night, but the last couple months many stressfull things happened in a row and I went to the doc. I had gone 3 nights with not one minute of sleep and the more i worried about NOT SLEEPING, the worse it was. I was given Xanax, Buspar and AN anti-depresent plus had to take Lunesta just to shut my eyes for a couple hours. It was awful.

For over four years I've delt with racing thoughts which I didn't have with lithium. I had to go off lithium because of kidney damaged. I'm currently taking 350 lamictal and 600 seroquel. I've tryed over 20 different medication for the the thoughts but they haven't helped. If it would be helpful I could list them. How do I deal with racing thougths and what medicines will help? My thoughts center around a to do list.

I wash my hands with bleach and water, at least 20 times a day. I have racing thoughts about awful things that I don't want to even think about. It annoying. Is someone on here available to help me on this forum? I feel like I'm losing grip with reality and what's important in life having constant distraction.

m still having a hard time sleeping at night with increased night time anxiety and racing thoughts. I went from being at TSH of 56 on Oct 9 and a T4 free of 1.1 To Nov 4 t4 total 11.1 T3 total 1.2 TSH 0.33 T4 Free 2.4 I just think I should be feeling better and As I can't sleep tonight I thought I would write and see what you all think. 12 AM right now. At 7PM I could not wait to have the kids in bed so I could go to sleep and now Ha I hate this.

Hi, I have had anxiety and panic attacks for 2 years now and all of a sudden I have these racing thoughts that will not let up. The thoughts are scaring me so bad that I think that I will never be normal again. I think things like what are human beings and every ache and pain is gonna be the death of me. I sit there at night and picture myself taking a heart attack or me having a annurism.

how do you control racing thoughts? my mind races out of control.

Occasionally, I have this feeling that my thoughts are racing through my head at a millions miles an hour, and there's this roaring sound, like sticking my head out the window of a fast-moving car with ear plugs in. When this happens, I feel like I'm moving in slow motion, and seeing things from farther away.

what if i just have racing thoughts in general? i cannot stop them. i can function as they say normally.

Are racing thoughts the same as obsessive thoughts or intrusive thoughts? When I say Obessive thoughts I mean like thinking about the same stuff every day, day after day, it could be a person or a dream that you think of. I know obtrusive thoughts are thoughts you really don't want to think about, I have them on and off but what are racing thoughts?

LAMICTAL. I take Risperdal for the racing thoughts and it helps. I didn't know how to vote because it only shows up "by forum" or "medical opinions", but that's what I take.

wouldnt that be better than a spiraling depression which is happening NOW. She put me on Haldol 2mg for racing thoughts etc and to slow me down and gave me .05 Ativan..whih is lkike taking a placebo after having all that xanax....the panic attacks arehorrible but I am afraid of going into her office looking like a raving maniac having an anxiey attack becase of everything from the birds singing too loud to my husband ONE minute home late for work...

She returned from the doctors today with a prescription for concurrent risperdal for OCD. I know her very well. We used to work together and now that we've left work we spend all day together. In the evenings we go to each others houses for supper, our kids all play together and we frequently spend the night at each other's house. We are in constant text contact. My worry is that she does not show any symptoms of what i understand to be OCD.

t hurt yourself you might potentially hurt another person is of concern. I would be concerned the thoughts might have some aspects of psychosis and it would be worthwhile to speak to your psychiatrist as soon as possible. There are also long term coping solutions such as cognitive behavioral therapy and for some people, dbt therapy in addition to medication and talk therapy.

m not a doctor but it started like panic attacks during the day with very negative thoughts, suicidial thoughts, fast hertbeat and the feeling I lose my mind. I used to take zyprexa 10 mg which i graduatelly reduced to 5 mg, 8 months ago and I didn't want to go back to 10 so i tried to fight this dissorder dut I couldn't and the panic was increasing graduatelly until I needed a xanax to function. My doctor told me yesterday to take 2 mg risperdal at night and 2.

i've been having these awful racing thoughts in my head for years. i have weird innapropriate sexual thoughts about anyone, they make me depressed, i do not want them there. i am terrified to be in apartment because it's dark. i can't go to sleep because i am too terrified someone is going to get me. when i am in a car i feel like i am going to get crushed into by the other cars, happends all the time...

I have been having racing thoughts for about a year now and its driving me crazy! I am on Lexapro, but it doesn't seem to be helping. In the past six months, I lost my Dad, my uncle and my cousin. I live in the mountains an hour from town, my husband is out of town for weeks at a time. I work at home, we are trying to sell our house. I have been thinking about seeing my doctor about different medication and also seeing a therapist. I feel like I am going crazy!

I suffer from GAD and now im worrying its something else rather than anxiety - I start to worry and then its getting me down somewhat...I guess im just after confirmation - are racing thoughts a symptom of anxiety?

I took 20 mg a day for four days, and during those four days (and for several days after) I experienced lightheadedness/feeling faint, headache, nausea, loss of appetite, akathesia, irregular/rapid heart beat, racing thoughts, EXTREME anxiety, insomnia, and flu like symtoms. All of these were so debilitating, it was difficult for me to even get up and walk around. Naturally, I stopped taking the medication.

I used to have terrible anxiety and racing thoughts. One simple trick that helps me is to look around the room and say, out loud, what you see. I know it sounds strange, but it takes your brain and refocuses it on something real and grounded. I also find that running ice cold water on my hands helps.

Did you make the switch? I am new to this site and came across this. Once upon a time ... I had very very very good luck with Risperdal combined with Zoloft. I was able to even come off both for 6 years without issue. That is something you need to discuss with your pdoc though and work on tapering under the pdoc's care. Anyway, I found that Risperdal was a game changer and 99.9% of my fears subsided. Best of luck!!!

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