Proper med, and commitment will make you feel better,more stable, but risperdal is an anti-psychotic not a mood stabilizer, your pdoc may have to look further into what he or she prescribed. Sometimes just a change in meds or other added have to be tried, be patient, things will work.
It is also useful when recently DXed to include seeing a talk theripast in addition to pdoc for meds and med monitoring, kind of well rounds the treatment, till yoou get settled. Keep the faith, and know there are others that have been through this, and good can happen.