My medicine is driving me crazy. First the akathesia which the benadryl did help a bit, but now I have no feeling or sex drive. It’s becoming too much to bare. I’m just waiting to see my psychiatrist now, but it isn’t 'til next Thursday. How can I find relief?
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Go read some stories in AO3? That’s usually my go to if I’m sick if having no sex drive. Doesn’t usually work, but every once in a while it’ll get me horny enough to get through.
It’s only a week. You can make it a week.
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I’ll try that then. Thank you! 
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How are you doing LED?
You might look into propranolol for akathesia if it’s still an issue.
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I might have to, because I can feel myself tense up like I need to be moving.
It might not work for everyone, but it’s the first drug I ever took that actually relieved that horrible feeling of not being able to sit still. That was the side-effect that bothered me the most, that and dystonic reactions (Benedryl helped with that). Sometimes I had to take a lot to deal with the restlessness after it came on. I eventually found that taking the dose recommended by my doctor at regular times each day prevented the akathesia as a whole and when it did come on, it wasn’t as bad. When it did, I just took a little more until I felt better.
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Trying to decide if it’s worth it to take Klonopin so I can sleep or if I’ll eventually sleep on my own or if I’ll take the Klonopin and then it won’t work anyways and I’ll just feel drowsy all day tomorrow. Or if it’ll stop working at 1am and then I have to decide if I just want to be up for the day at 1am or so I take another dose. But then if I wait too long that decision is made for me and I’ll probably get sleepy at 5am, right before I have to get up.
I’m sure you don’t care about any of that. But that’s about how I’m doing. The extra haldol doesn’t seem to be helping (yet).
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No, you’re fine. All that sounds exhausting. I wouldn’t know what I’d do if I worked while on these meds. I know I wouldn’t be up in time that’s for sure.
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I know what you mean. I can barely function as is. No way I could hold down a job, too.
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My psychiatrist wants to take me off risperdal all together. That’s what he mentioned my last appointment. Im just afraid ill be stuck with the akathisia after Im off.
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Can you resist until then? 
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I’m trying to. It’s hard though.
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