Question:
How to get over the blah feeling risperdal gives me?
I can't stop taking it because there are more pro's than con's with this medicine. I take 6mg for schizophrenia, and sometimes it makes me really emotionless (especially when I only get like 5 and a half hours of sleep.) This experience is happening today. I leave a bad impression on people when they are talking to me because I can't feel the way they feel and give a good response. Example: If someone is talking about going to visit there boyfriend. I can't respond in a happy tone I can't say "omg thats awesome, I'll come with you to get a present for him since his birthday is coming up" with a smile on my face. I'm more like "oh, cool" then left blank on what to say. I would like to say that but it's like I don't have any energy and I am just blah even with eating healthy and taking vitamins. I can no longer have a piece of chocolate or a desert because it adds on to that blah feeling, too. I try my best getting up for classes, going to the gym, and having a normal eating schedule and I still feel blah, and I have people asking me why am I so blah. It bothers me because I do everything right, don't drink, don't do drugs, eat healthy, and I still give the impression that I am stoned. My friend told me a couple of weeks ago that I looked stoned. I know for a fact I look different when I am on medicine. I don't look healthy, I watched people on Youtube who are on risperdal, and they look the same way if not worse than me. I've been like this for 2 years now, and it's getting worse because I'm constantly raising the dose of my medicine.
Answers:
I take olanzapine (12.5mg). I feel depressed because I'm tired all the time, but don't sleep properly. I tried coming off it, but got really ill. So I get what you are saying. You just have to keep on fighting that low feeling. It's a continual struggle, but that's all you can do. Have you thought of trying some other medication? That might work for you. Didn't for me, but they say that we are all different.
Well then, it looks like you are stuck. But look at it this way... At least you can sleep. When I came off the olanzapine I had voices so loud that it stopped me from sleeping and not only that, I was too scared to sleep anyway because I thought someone was going to steal my soul if I did (if I did sleep). Yeah, pretty crazy, but that's schizophrenia for you. Or the long term effect of being on anti-psychotics for years on end, and then trying to go cold turkey. Take your pick. But let me say that now I am back on the stuff, at least I can get some sleep (even if it is erratic). So I 'll settle for that.
maybe you should change medicines ,i was once on this too, but it made me gain too much weight.
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