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Good news: Risperdal is starting to really work. It's starting to lessen my delusions and paranoia, and it keeps me from being furious and so mad that I yell or cry for no reason. It made me a little depressed but I was put on an antidepressant to help that.
But okay now the bad: I'm starting to lose some mental functioning now. It's hard to read anything above junior high grade level (I'm 20). Meaning unless something is written out in a really basic way, it's hard for me to read. Studying is almost completely impossible, although I do manage to try and force myself to do it. So far my job hasn't suffered yet (I tutor math at college) but I'm scared of when that might happen. I feel stupid. I can't think critically, I can't read long winded writing, I can't study my Chemistry or read my Shakespeare readings...and I can't find pleasure (or skill) in video games. I don't know what's happened to me.
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I'm starting to get slow again :(
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 01:16 PM
My "issues": Evaluation in progress...
My meds: Pristiq 50 mg, Klonopin 0.5 mg as needed
Past meds: Celexa, Rozerem, Vyvanse, Zoloft, Lexapro, Abilify, Trazodone, Seroquel, Geodon, Anafranil, Saphris, Cogentin, Risperdal
My meds: Pristiq 50 mg, Klonopin 0.5 mg as needed
Past meds: Celexa, Rozerem, Vyvanse, Zoloft, Lexapro, Abilify, Trazodone, Seroquel, Geodon, Anafranil, Saphris, Cogentin, Risperdal
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 01:20 PM
That could be from the illness, not the meds. Episodes will fry your brain.
You need to give it time. It does get better.
If, after awhile, the cognitive dulling doesn't get better, you may want to discuss switching meds, but it seems like getting stable is much more important right now.
You need to give it time. It does get better.
If, after awhile, the cognitive dulling doesn't get better, you may want to discuss switching meds, but it seems like getting stable is much more important right now.
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 01:59 PM
Risperdal I stabilized on in 2 weeks when I took it.
Episodes are bad, I have them, they mess me up.
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Episodes are bad, I have them, they mess me up.
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Diagnosed with: Bipolar/Mania, PTSD, Panic Disorder, Dissociative Disorder, Complex Partial Seizures, and Schizophrenia (Paranoid type) Previously Diagnosed.
Meds: Lithium 600mg, Lamictal 50mg, Trazadone 50mg,Elivil 25mg, Zyprexa 10mg, Klonopin 6mg-10mg, Valium 10mg (Only when needed), Nexium, Vit C, Magnesium. (Doctor recently changed it all) Also Epistat Injection when needed. Keppra 7000mg Carbidopa 25mg.... yeah it's allot of meds!!!!
RX that didn't work! Effexor (Hell coming off it!) Ativan (Did absolutely nothing) Seroquel (too much sleep!) Xanax (got Tolerant!) Tranxene (increased Anxiety!) Depakote (weight gain) Lexapro, Prozac, Paxil, Buspar, etc... (Did nothing really) Ritalin (Misdiagnosed as Narcoleptic, although I liked the effects had to get rid of it)...............
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Meds: Lithium 600mg, Lamictal 50mg, Trazadone 50mg,
RX that didn't work! Effexor (Hell coming off it!) Ativan (Did absolutely nothing) Seroquel (too much sleep!) Xanax (got Tolerant!) Tranxene (increased Anxiety!) Depakote (weight gain) Lexapro, Prozac, Paxil, Buspar, etc... (Did nothing really) Ritalin (Misdiagnosed as Narcoleptic, although I liked the effects had to get rid of it)...............
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 02:24 PM
There's a good chance that the episode has fried your brain and you need time to recover.
Dulling from meds usually fades within a few weeks. You may have frybrain and dulling happening together. One, the other, or both should go away in a few weeks.
Hang in there. Right now, as Dianthus said, getting stable is more important.
Dulling from meds usually fades within a few weeks. You may have frybrain and dulling happening together. One, the other, or both should go away in a few weeks.
Hang in there. Right now, as Dianthus said, getting stable is more important.
Dx: Bipolar I, ADD
Rx: Tegretol 400mg, Lamictal 250mg, Risperdal 3mg, Seroquel 50-100mg, Metropolol, Lasix, Klonopin, Oxycodone, and other stuff these days
It's amazing how challenging the simple things in life can become.
Rx: Tegretol 400mg, Lamictal 250mg, Risperdal 3mg, Seroquel 50-100mg, Metropolol, Lasix, Klonopin, Oxycodone, and other stuff these days
It's amazing how challenging the simple things in life can become.
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 09:14 PM
Thank you, that is encouraging to hear. I did have a bad time and started stabilizing after Risperdal so maybe I really am getting better and it just feels like I'm fried. I'll wait it out and won't give up on the Risperdal.
My "issues": Evaluation in progress...
My meds: Pristiq 50 mg, Klonopin 0.5 mg as needed
Past meds: Celexa, Rozerem, Vyvanse, Zoloft, Lexapro, Abilify, Trazodone, Seroquel, Geodon, Anafranil, Saphris, Cogentin, Risperdal
My meds: Pristiq 50 mg, Klonopin 0.5 mg as needed
Past meds: Celexa, Rozerem, Vyvanse, Zoloft, Lexapro, Abilify, Trazodone, Seroquel, Geodon, Anafranil, Saphris, Cogentin, Risperdal
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