Upped my risperdal to 4mg bcz of outside paranoia and no more paranoia now. Its been 1.5 years I havent seen my friends since I stopped Abilify bcz of addiction issues. Risperdal gave me more negatives but they are now slowly improving after 1.5 years.
I almost gave up on taking meds which is suicide in my case before increasing my dose. Now after 1.5 years of staying home, I drove and picked up a friend for the first time, we walked and drank coffee in a shopping mall. I feel my negatives are finally slowly improving after 1.5 years of staying in bed all day everyday, only getting up to eat.
There’s a long lineup on every store especially Apple store and not all stores are open.
My psychiatrist told me I have to push and force myself into going out with my friends and not only only rely on meds. He referred me to a social worker.
@everhopeful Next day I improved to be precise.
I never wanted to visit family b4 but I did the next day I took 4mg. But also my psychiatrist pushed me by nearly yelling at me lol He said stop playing and relying on meds, be yourself, push and force yourself. I need both meds and someone that pushes me into acting.
I feel similar. I barely get out of bed. But lately I have been pushing myself to get up and go for walks. I also do a bench press almost everyday. Just light weights but at least it is something. My negative symptoms suck! Don’t go off your meds! I did and I was fine for 4 years then I had an episode where I could have killed someone and it almost landed me in jail. I swear by meds now but the side effects are terrible.
Nice. Those look like heavy weights. Just a little bit of exercise can do so much. I have all this pent up energy from not doing anything all day. Feels good to get some of it out. Hope you feel motivated more than you were. Hang in there!
I was in a similar situation, too, where I would have no energy, no emotions, no speech for two months. But then I was put on celexa, which helped a little bit. The real game changer was antipsychotics, which helped me a lot with my negative symptoms. And while I’m not up to my fullest strength on 4mg of risperdal, I’m certainly getting there again. There really is a huge difference between 3mg and 4mg of risperdal, at least in my case.
I was on 2mg of risperdol before getting the Invega injection. I can’t tell if I feel better or worse. I think my weight is more under control. Takes a lot of will power not to eat everything in the house.
Yea we only have heavy weights but I think its the same if you do less repetitions with higher weight.
I haven’t trained in 1.5 years. I did biceps 2x15 and back 2x15.
