Posted by Dinah on November 6, 2002, at 0:11:57
My pdoc has suggested adding a low dose of Risperdal to my Klonopin and Depakote to attempt to reduce the frequency and/or severity of my meltdowns.
I'm kind of reluctant to take an antipsychotic when I'm not actually psychotic.
First of all, I like who I am and how I think the 95% of the time I'm not having a meltdown and I don't want to lose myself. Has anyone noticed a change in their thinking while on Risperdal? I'm quirky and I know it, and I don't really want to change that. Does Risperdal affect creativity or intelligence?
Also I really can't afford to feel thickheaded or sedated. Does Risperdal have that effect?
Does it make you feel emotionally flat, blunted, or apathetic the way SSRI's do?
I am of course doing a search on this board and it's 1791 hits on Risperdal. :) But I was just wondering if I could also get some feedback on the issues that concern me most.
By the way, I was on thorazine (50-100mg) as a teenager for what the psychiatrist described as sleep terrors (?) for a year. I remember having insomnia, phobias, severe anxiety, and suicidal depression, but not sleep terrors. But that's what in his notes. Anyway, I had no problems with TD or anything from it. And honestly I don't remember it having a major effect on how I thought. It did help some with my sleep, but I don't remember it doing much else. But that's a different type of antipsychotic.
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