Posted by fiftylager on April 28, 2006, at 5:26:28
Hi everyone. I was just diagnosed with bipolar and started on lamictal. The dr was going to start me on risperidal too but I'm sensitive to meds and med phobic so he told me to take it as needed. I started the lamictal yesterday and noticed no side effects but I had a cruddy sleep (just didn't sleep very deeply) and I woke up before 6 am.
I'm feeling a little anxious this morning and I know it's probably just in my head and not the lamictal but I feel it none the less. I'm going to try to ride it out and if I don't get better I'll take a klonopin.
My question is has anyone taken risperidal? I'm scared too because it is a powerful med. I'm soppose to take it if I get overwhelming anxiety/agitation or racing thoughts. From what I've read though it can cause anxiety. I'm scared if I take it I'll get severe anxiety and feel like I'm going nuts and basically take 10 steps backwards because I've been starting to stabilize after 3 months of pure hell (possible mixed episode). Anyways, I'm just looking for anyone's experiences out there. Thanks for listening to me ramble.
Crissi
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