Is pacing a symptom of schizophrenia?

[milly]

I'm not sure where to start but here goes. I did a stupid thing and decided to decrease the dose of my medication from 10mg Abilify to 5mg. Nothing happened but after about 2 weeks I started pacing like anything. I would pace for hours. I know this is not withdrawal symptoms as I was pacing like this when I first started at the low dose. I even had the energy to walk this much and more on Zyprexa. The pacing subsided with the increase of medication.

At one point the Abilify was giving me too many side effects at 10mg so we decided to cut it down to 5mg and add respiridone 1mg to the mix. But that made things worse because now I couldn't sleep either.

So I stayed on 5mg Abilify alone and increased the dose once the side effects lessened.

[calypso]

It is hard to know if this an effect of taking away some of the drug, increasing an existing behaviour or not. I pace when I am very ill and in a mixed state of bipolar. It becomes almost painful because I cannot stop. It can be anxiety, or agitation - which is not the same thing. I think it can be for me, my body trying to get away from my feelings and block out the pain/thought/destructive actions. A deep distraction to avoid something.

Sorry I can't be more help.

[ramboghettouk]

a lot of people do it, i don't know if it's a symptom, i think it's one of the things atos drs are told to look out for, i wonder with me whether it's anxiety or a side effect

I got refused service in a pub once for it, i also got thrown out of somewhere by a security man for the same thing

[rainack]

I have had times pacing when on no meds for a long time.

[bert tomato]

i am not sure. But if you pace 10,000 steps a day you get great exercise benefits!!!

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) says 10,000 steps a day (about five miles) can give you a healthy heart and reduce body fat

[randalthor40]

When I was on abilify I paced nonstop myself. I do blame abilify for the fact that I pace more than normal now even though I'm no longer on the drug.

[wayne89]

I pace a lot too I'm on 10mg ability one day I got tired of pacing decided to go for a walk down the road didn't stop till about 12.5 miles later

[firemonkee57]

Whilst waiting for my fortnightly injection i have noticed several incidences of people pacing up and down. They were all people on antipsychotics. A person who has his injections on the same day as me was regularly doing it but hasn't recently. I guess he was given something to counter the side effect.

[skyblue]

I always pace when 'high' (not keen on that word, but it's the only word I can use for you guys to understand) & hearing auditory. Moi Label est Schizo-Affective Disorder by one Consultant, Bipolar with Psychotic Features by another. I feel that many people who experience the same pace too. Have just started Abilify and I'm pacing even more so now.

[ettiene.dyer]

A lot of it has to do with meds in my experience. Prior to meds I was full blown psychotic, I didn't do a lot of pacing unless I was confined (which is kinda natural in my opinion), but I did like to take long walks. ON abilify I noticed that I was more anxious and had generalized anxiety and paced a lot. Since switching to Geodon (at a low dose) I do not pace and I do not have anxiety.