| View Blog
|
| My progress using Risperdal to fight Bipolar
|
|
|
I've been taking the risperdal for a few weeks now (I lost count) and I thought it may be helpful to anyone in a similar position and considering it as a treatment if I described my progress and made some observations.
At first it seemed to me it was a miracle cure. It seemed to be 100% effective with only minor drawbacks. Time has shown me it's not completely effective but is still a major tool in this ongoing battle.
I started at only 0.5 mg twice a day and it had positive effects within 24 hours of the 1st dose. Around the 4th day in I had so much going on I lost track of what I took or did not take and accidentally triple dosed after which I could not keep my eyes open until it wore off some.
In response to this incident the doc changed my script to 1 mg once a day.
I tried that for a week and found that if I took it in the morning my days were normal, my evenings had slight symptoms but the next morning was consistently very bad until the med worked it's way back into my system.
I did not speak with the doctor about this but decided on my own to go back to the previous schedule of 0.5 mg twice a day. Now I'm pretty much back to how I was before the script change.
It definitely helps me to remain sane and, in my view, normal like others seem to be. The level periods seem to last between 4 and 6 days but at almost regular intervals I'm still experiencing 1 to 2 days of alternating manic and combination manic depressive states.
They're no where near as strong or severe as they were leading up to my starting the medication. Some are worse then others but all are for the most part controllable. That in itself is a huge plus because prior to the meds I was experiencing extreme, totally out of control states at roughly the same interval and in between was a constant roller coaster ride upwards or downwards with level states, if they came, lasting no more then a day and usually less.
The doc indicated I may grow accustomed to this level and need increased dosages but right now that belongs to the future and I'm not sweating it.
To summarize the risperal was not the be all end all of cures but it still has worked wonders. I thank God for each and every sane and normal day I have. I also offer the same thanks that the episodes I'm still experiencing are for the most part controllable and are no longer ruining my life and the lives of those important to me. And finally I pray first that the medication continues to be effective and second that someday, somehow I'll be able to control it enough to be able to stop the med for good. |
|
Posted by Tony51203 on 2008-05-15 21:04:43 | Rating: | Views: 164
|
| |
|
|
| Blog Comments
|
|
|
|
|
Ive heard of this drug, and I am following your progress, so please excuse me, even though you are probably my age, the mother in me is surfacing here...please do what your doc tells you and do not experiment on your own with the dose. Im sure if you called your doc and told him what you thought, he would advise you. I do not know much about the meds but I do know certain ones are a little tricky, you cant just stop or start or add or subtract whenever you think its a good idea...does this sound like a lecture, I am so sorry, Im just concerned and I want you to feel good again.
|
|
Posted by roe
on 2008-06-02 17:27:39
|
|
|
|
|
That's ok, I probably deserved a lecture, and believe me I get enough of them from my wife, sister and parents.
|
|
Posted by Tony51203
on 2008-06-02 20:25:47
|
|
|
|
|
|
