Stimming on medication

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So last week I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and given cyclobenzaprine to help me sleep (and it does a very nice job - much less pain overnight).

The other thing I've noticed is that when it kicks in, I need to stim more and more and more, and trying not to stim is much more uncomfortabgle. I've noticed in the past that I get "restless" on depressants, although at the time I didn't think of stimming as stimming.

Anyone else ever get this?

Not really something I can relate to, but good luck with it.

Thank you - the medication helps, and the stimming only increases before I go to bed. It doesn't bother or distress me, but I am curious if this is a typical effect.

I noticed a similar affect when I take stimulants like Adderall or Ritalin. I'll realize that I've been stimming because my mouth or leg will start hurting (due to cheek biting or bouncing my leg too much). But I haven't taken antidepressants before so I can't tell you about those.

Depressants, the opposite of stimulants. Like sedatives.

Ritalin makes me more stimmy too.

Ahh, sorry. I must have misread what you wrote. I assumed it was medication for depression.

Yeah, I haven't taken any sedatives / depressants as far as I know. If you can consider alcohol a depressant, then I can say that they just make me sleepy and disoriented. I don't necessarily feel any calmer, but I think I move around less. I'll have to watch for it next time, though. I'm curious if it will have a similar effect like you described that I simply haven't noticed yet.

Also... I've heard that people, especially those with autism, often have strange reactions to drugs, so I doubt your case is all that unusual.

Alcohol doesn't do it to me as far as I recall, but I didn't know what stimming was when I was drinking.

This one doesn't really calm me down, it just relaxes my muscles so I can sleep with less pain. It also has a sedative effect. I can tell when it's really starting to kick in because it becomes more physically uncomfortable to not rock or flap or whatever.

Wow, this is so true for me as well. I take Concerta every morning, and then when it wears off in the afternoon I start stimming like crazy and can't stop it, and if I do try to stop myself I start talking really fast about random topics (maybe I'm nervous?).

I'm a neurotypical with fibromyalgia. Recently, I started an MAOI transdermal patch called Emsam to help me cope with depression and anxiety related to a major life changing event. Although the MAOI definitely works and has even been a huge help to all my fibro symptoms, it's given me middle insomnia. (I'm used to being asleep for hours, not even waking to use the toilet, and still being torturously exhausted all day due to fibro fatigue.)
As I wake up several times in the night, I realize I'm stimming while half asleep. I run my fingertips lightly along my wrists to my inner elbow and back again. It simply feels nice but I have no idea what it has to do with being half-asleep, or that I'm even doing it until I'm more awake. Perhaps it's a way of self-waking from a heavy, groggy state. Perhaps it's a way to counter the negative and/or painful neuroprocessing that they think fibro might be.
I thought it was relevant to this discussion and wanted to add it since it started while on this med and ASD and fibromyalgia are both related to sensory processing disorders.

I don't know about depressants specifically although I have noticed that my friend gets more stimmy when he's drunk alcohol (also a depressant). I am on a bizarre cocktail of medications; antidepressants, anti-epileptics (for severe tics), stomach medications (IBS) and a muscle relaxant to stop the constant twisting tics in my back. I have experienced some interesting side effects since being on all of these. Not the usual nausea, tiredness and dizziness that I get from other medications, but bizarre ones like complete loss of concentration, more stimming, intensified clumsiness (which considering I am dyspraxic anyway must be quite bad for me to have noticed it!) and random fits of giggling!

When I was put on aripiprazole (a neuroleptic) for my Tourettes, I lost all the feeling in my body (sensory wise). It got to a point where I was literally banging my head on the floor just to feel something! So yeah I do think we react strangely to medications!

I think because it reduces stimulation when your body wants stimulation so you stim to try to keep that equilibrium. thats just my 2 cents

I only started hand flapping after I went off ADDerall XR.

They booted me off Zoloft because it was causing akathisia.