Saturday, February 13, 2010
I was shaking and felt my body was floating. I had thoughts of suicide and killing myself when I have never been suicidal before even at my worst. I had to lie in bed just to stop myself doing it. My balance and coordination were off centre and I felt even worse. I am taking risperdal and found these pills made from passionflower which were supposed to help. It cost me a lot of money and I threw them away and am just taking risperdal. I still get nervous communicating and talk very quickly. People ask me to slow down. No amount of trying can stop that. Can anyone else relate?
Hi womanc,
You have found out that the label "natural" does not always guarantee that a product is safer. In fact, taking such "natural" or herbal remedies while you are taking antipsychotics could result in these kinds of side effects.
Please be kind to yourself and wait out this period until things return to stability.
Put this in perspective: you tried something that you wanted to try to see if it would help you and it didn't work out. Sometimes we don't know until we try something what the result will be.
So forgive yourself.
Now I will go answer your next question.
Enjoy your day.
Regards,
Christina