I got discharged on Tuesday and I finally had the inclination to mention this. I have a problem being social. When I'm around people I'm uncertain how to conduct myself. My posture and my responses during a conversation seem unnatural to me. I would like to feel natural around people again.

Also, while sitting watching a movie, waiting for a meal, or having a conversation with someone at a table, I get restless. I feel as if I need to get up and walk around or shake my leg up and down.

Also, while in bed at night or in the morning I feel restless like it is difficult to lie still.

What is this? Is this a side effect of the medications?

I want to begin volunteering again.

After requesting and reading my chart from medical records, I found that my psychiatrist and case manager named this feeling "akathisia" - "inner chemical torture" according to high-functioning patients cited by Wiki. Not hard to believe. It would've been nice for these professionals to share this label with me, rather leave me slightly in the dark with this extreme discomfort.