Update

For those of you who saw my post about deciding to go to the hospital, I went, was there for 6 hours with my boyfriend. The psych doctor started me in risperdol until I have my appointment on 04/26 I took it last night, and today all I want to do is sleep, but no more racing thoughts and my head is pretty clear.

Again, thank you everyone!

Risperdol brought me out of mania quickly. I felt like a zombie for a few days, but the fogginess wore off eventually. I'm glad it has helped slow things down for you until you can see your new doctor.

Thanks for the update, kstella95! I'm glad you sought help at the hospital, though I know those long hospital ER waits are really sucky.

I found Risperdal to be very helpful for curbing my manias and mixed states. Being initially sleepy is a very small price to pay for moodstabilization. I don't recall Risperdal making me sleepy long-term. Maybe you'll get past that quickly.

BirdDancer, I hope so, today just dragged at work, all I wanted to do was nap; but I know from previous experience with Seroquel that it made me feel like that the next day only, so, I’m hoping this is the same.

It wasn’t bad at first, just sitting in the waiting room with “5 people” ahead of me it felt like it was taking forever, then once I was in a room it took an hour for the psych dr to video call me to talk to me.

It was long, but I’m glad to have gotten help.

I was hoping they were going to give me something Monday night, but they didn’t; and I had to wait until last night in general to start it. So the past couple of days were not fun. Today was better.

Thank you so much for the update, kstella95! I'm so sorry you've been through all of this I'm glad you've decided to go to the hospital and ask for help! I'm really happy that you're going to see your new doctor soon! I hope you'll be able to get the help you need and deserve! Please keep us updated if you can! Keep fighting! You're a strong, wonderful person! You're awesome! You're strong! You're a warrior! I believe in you! We all believe in you! We're all rooting for you! Keep fighting! Remember that we're here for you if you need it! Feel free to PM me anytime! Let me know if I can do something to help you! Wish you good luck! Let us know how it goes! Sending many hugs to you, kstella95! You're a strong, wonderful person! I'm sure you'll be able to get through all of this! Things CAN and WILL get better at some point! I promise you that! You can do this! We all know you can and I'm sure you know it as well, at least deep inside of you! Keep fighting! Remember that you're awesome! You don't deserve to suffer at all! Nobody deserves to suffer at all, including in this world!

Glad your ok ... the sedation will wear off a lot once your body adjusts.

So glad ER was able to stabilise you without needing many days of IP. Back to work so quickly! Go you. There can be side effects to Risperidol after a while so keep an eye out and tell your pdoc when you see him/her on the 26 th April. I hope this stability continues to strengthen.