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Bipolar just doesn't seem to describe what I go through emotionally adequately. This isn't 2 moods swinging back and forth, this is mood Whack-a-mole, where any mood, separate and distinct from each other, can pop up at any time, maybe more than one at a time, and the pills are the hammer that pounds them back down. But they keep coming back up again! I really don't want to play this game anymore. The prizes suck, like weight gain and flushing and possible liver damage. It's also expensive, between ℞ costs and doctor copays.
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What a completely perfect description (from my point of view).
I want to print this out, frame it in a huge, ornate, bought when manic frame and hang it on t/pdocs wall.
As for the med side effects, I didn't experience anger/irritability on risperdal, but I definitely have on other anti-psychs. I knew it was a big problem with my last one when t/pdoc asked me "has anyone ever prescribed anything to help with irritability before?" and I got a whole new pill just to make me less b****y.
Now I don't need it as my most recent anti-psych (Geodon) works much better for me with very minimal side effects. (though I'm sure there are times when those around me would still like to shove one of those anti-b**** pills down my throat).
Thanks for your eloquent description. It made my night.
