I can't concentrate what could be the reason?

[piroo]

Well doctor gave me 2mg risperdal. At the beginning i was ok. When i start to worry little bit i started to get ill. I was disable to concentrate on my work. Later i took seroquel 300mg which i took in past and found some freshness. I was smooth on seroquel but when doctor start changing medicine from seroquel to risperdal , slowly disaster begin on my life. I miss 2 jobs. Which was so easy. Later i took the seroquel back i felt some relief now. If not i cant conecntrate, i dont like computer, i cant study, slow, happens. Does this happened to any of you? share some experience of yours. Well Why does something stop the feelings? I can't fully worry, i cant think too much, . Before i was diagonised i used to think whole day. Now if i think too much i feel headache. How to live without thinking without worring? Seroquel was like a god for me. When i used to take 600 mg i used to work so much i used to think so much, i was creative, i used to repair friends computer, used to self study. Now after risperdal if i think little also something stops, if i worry little also somthing makes tension on head, i became disable to work fast. slow makes. Then i took seroquel and started to feel fresh and started to move outside. If not risperdal only makes me live at home, and just lay down on bed, no sleep, eat food. what to do?

[allison1963]

i have BP and also adult ADHD,befor they put me on adderall for the later condition I had a terrible time with focus, concentration and staying on task. The adderall .  helped with everything including the lows of the BP. What a God send I can now function more like eveyone else. This may not be the answer for you but it worked wonders for me. Good luck and I hope you get to feeling more alive!! I'll add you to my prayers, God also can perform miracles no drug can do.
        God Bless, Allison

[looloo141]

It is very common to feel this horrible flatness, where we have no emotions. The anti psychotics can be too much, they stop us from feeling anything, just numbness.
It keeps us from being unwell, but at a cost of losing our creativity, or to feel happy or sad.
I felt like that on Lithium, and Olanzapine (Zyprexa) I take Seroquel XR and Depakote and I feel okay, I definitely still feel things and am my normal self, the problem is I am still having some episodes of mixed symptoms, they don't last longer than a few weeks.
Was there a reason why you were taken of the Seroquel? It doesn't seem like the Risperdal is going to be right for you, so I would ask if you could go back on it..unless there was a health reason why you can't take it anymore.
I found Risperdal too agitating so I came off it pretty quickly..
I hope you have an understanding Psychiatrist who will listen to your views about the medication, it's important that you are in agreement about medication.
Take Care

[jayston]

Are you ever depressed? im manic deppresant and I cant sit here and give you a diagnosis but it kinda sounds like you have a mild case of what I have.

[Bubulous]

Were you diagnosed with type 1 or 2 bi-polar?  Are you mood stabilizers?