Posted by bissie66 on May 5, 2014, at 6:39:44
I started Risperdal 3-4 weeks ago. my cousin is bp too and my pdoc is of the belief that it helps to try things that worked on other family members. it was literally a life save for her.
for me, it was great at first. depression was GONE and had great energy. i saw great energy bc now i have BAD energy. Not depressed but extremely agitated. Quick to tears from frustration. Sleeping difficult. extremely angry. extreme feeling of internal pressure like i will or want to explode. screaming at family and stuff. afraid to go to work bc i hate people more than ever.
called pdoc he said sounds like mixed episodes. he upped my lithium to 600 mg (was only taking 300 due to bad hand tremors). he said increase klonopin at night from 1 mg to 2 mg. that helped; in fact it didn't make me tired but happier and had good energy. since then (2 days ago) it's bad again. have tried various benzos. ativan helped me sleep when i took 3 and relax a bit.
am calling pdoc again of course but since he's not taking me off the riserdal i wonder if anyone else had bp episodes worsened by risperdal. i guess my pdoc thinks i'm just having mixed episodes but not due to the risperdal.
out of fear, i did not take the risperdal yesterday or today but don't feel beter. i feel insane.
doc told me to call his cell over the weekend if i didn't improve. i should have but didn't want to bother him. dumb.
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