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Originally Posted by tc2012
My son was diagnosed with bipolar 2. He has been having symptoms of psychosis for several months. He has been taking Risperdol for 2 months. He seems better to me. He says he is not, he can just supress his feelings better. He says he feels like he is in a video game. Is this common among people with BP?
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I am also on riperdol and can relate to those feelings. I can say though that it is quite helpful and those out-of-body feelings did go away for me. Maybe if your son spoke with a therapist about how he feels that he's "suppressing" his feelings more now, he may come to realize that he's not actually suppressing anything. For me, meds have helped me filter through what old or new feelings were valid or not. If he's still feeling the things that he used to be feeling...it would be defeating the entire purpose of being on them.
Hopefully that makes sense? Good luck and stick with it. This too shall pass.