Two steps forward, one step back

[days_unfolding]

The Risperdal seems to be making me worse, not better. Oh well. I'll talk to the doctor, though probably not Monday (last day at work) or Tuesday (my mom will be in town).

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[jdcatron.livejournal.com]

Dude. The first few days I was on R, I was on 2mg/day -- and that completely sedated me. I was zombified, to the point where I flunked the ink blot tests because I coudln't see anything in them, or come up with stories for the pictures, or anything (of course, the fact that they started me on R before doing the psych eval should tell you something about the folks involved...) It also completely killed my verbal ability (granted, that's always been a weak point for me, but I went from being a bit below average to not being able to speak except for very basic things -- i.e. "want food" "want sleep" "cold") -- it took several years after I got off the stuff to get it back, and I'm not entirely sure it's all back.

I'm serious when I say to be *very* aware of the potential side effects. R is one of those things that you really don't want to be on unless you cannot function any other way.

JD

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm very skittish about the side effects. I talked him down to 1 MG a day for that reason.

It hasn't sedated me though. It's made my random thoughts even more random (although I'm feeling better now than I was earlier). I'm also feeling really stiff and shuffling a little when I walk.

[jdcatron.livejournal.com]

Mmmmnnn. the thorazine shuffle. fun

I got that too. but mostly I just coudln't find the energy to walk around

I also had the random thoughts thing. and I coudln't organize my thoughts well enough to think very coherently at all. And I wasn't manic beforehand (or anything, other than situationally depressed)

JD

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Huh. I wonder why they think that this stuff is helpful.

(Maybe it is sedating me after all, because I just took a 3-hour nap after getting 12 hours of sleep last night-;))