Medication - coping with weird feeling in face

[string_cheese]

Hi there! I have recently been on a strange journey with medication. At a low dose I find it really helpful. But recently (to cut a long story short) I have had to take a higher dose. It is only temporary but I hate it. I constantly feel like I am floating in the air, falling through space, or like a ghost somehow. I am confused by simple things, and don't understand things. On top of all this, it feels like my thoughts go in loops or get cut short, and then I feel breathless. Around my eyes and my forehead feel tight. It is so unpleasant. Has anyone else had this before?

[Ggrand]

Hello Dear string_cheese,

A very warm and caring welcome to our forums..

Im sorry your having difficult side effects from taking your meds…they don’t sound very pleasant at all….I think that you should contact your GP…and let them know what your experiencing….maybe another review is needed….

I know when the psychiatrist upped my dose I had some weird side effects…I know people react differently to meds, and for this reason I made an appointment with my psychiatrist again to explained what I was going through and he adjusted them again….

Please string_cheese, can you try to contact your GP?….and let him/her know…

My kindest thoughts are with you..

Grandy..

[string_cheese]

Hi Grandy. Thank you so much. It means a lot to have someone acknowledge how weird I feel! I am definitely going to book in to see my GP hopefully next week. I don't know what is going on. And you're right, there could be some adjustments she could make! The physical sensations are just so odd and I somehow feel like my mind is ahead of the rest of time and that just sounds psychotic! I am trying some DBT skills now to just help get through the day. 

Thanks again

[string_cheese]

And I hope your side effects have reduced. Thinking of you also! 

[Ggrand]

Hello Dear string_cheese,

I am so happy that you’ll check in with your GP and have him review your meds…

Thank you so much for thinking of me and hoping my side effects have eased off…I did wean of one mh med with my GPs guidance, the other one’s side effects have eased of since the adjustment….

If you need to…please don’t hesitate to reach out to us here, whenever you feel up to it…

Kind thoughts,

Grandy..