Same effect from my night dose as on Wednesday: didn’t sleep sooner, but did feel more quiet while trying to get to sleep. Did wake up more tired than Thursday though, but the tiredness went away quite quickly. Afternoon dose had no side effects aside from the usual dulling. Can’t judge positive effects.
Called prescribing doctor [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Risperdal Diary Day 5
Posted in Medication, Personal, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Vacation and Disability: My Challenges
Posted in Memories, Vacation on July 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s the season to go on vacation. I won’t go this year, of course – I’m too busy doing stuff for Nijmegen -, but I rarely go. Vacations are supposed to be relaxing, but for me, they’re extremely stressful. I remember one particular vacation, which is the worst-ever vacation I’ve had. I’m speaking about a [...]
Risperdal Diary Day 4
Posted in Medication, Personal, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare on July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Called the prescribing doctor today to ask about the risperdal and what happened on Friday. She believes the panic attack or whatever was not due to the med but actually a symptom I’d been prescribed this med for. If it’d been the med, she said, I would’ve had these symptoms before. She asked about my [...]
Risperdal Diary Day 3
Posted in Medication, Personal, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare on July 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Last night after taking my risperdal, I had something that felt like a panic attack: fast heartrate, anxiety and such. It lasted for about an hour in full force, then decreased but didn’t go away completely. I slept at about 4:00 AM (took med around 12:45 AM) and had a fairly unquiet sleep, but don’t [...]
Risperdal Diary Day 2
Posted in Medication, Personal, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare on July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Did sleep quite well last night, and actually felt rested this morning at about 9:00 AM when I woke up (went to bed at 1:00). This is contrary to what Amanda describes, where she would sleep for 20 hours a day and feel very lethargic the remainder of the time. I at this moment [...]
Autistics and Antipsychotics: An Issue of Really Well-Informed Consent
Posted in Autism, Medication, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare on July 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So, why do I take a neuroleptic when I usually get into an opinionated rant whenever a parent talks about asking their doctor to prescribe risperdal to their child? It’s very simple: it’s an issue of informed consent. I know all possible side effects, including all the ones that are unusual but common in autistics, [...]
Risperdal Diary Day 1
Posted in Medication, Personal, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Took 0.5mg risperdal last night before bedtime. The doctor had said that it would make me feel drowsy and she sort of hoped that’d help me with sleep (which is strange, since sleeplessness is a possible side effect). Well, it didn’t help with sleeping, but it did make me feel more quiet. Consequently, while I [...]
If Your Doctor Prescribed a Neuroleptic, What Would You Do?
Posted in Autism, Medication, Personal, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare on July 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Neurodiversity is a philosophy, or, some might say, a religion. But like any philosophy or religion, there are practice implications of that philosophy. I just violated one of them this afternoon, which is the rule that you should never, ever let anything remotely close to a neuroleptic enter your or your child’s system. I had [...]
