Has anyone had experience with risperidone tablets? How long does it take to get better?

This is my fourth night of taking risperidone tablets, and my first night of upping the dose. I'm supposed to take it at bed time, but I'm too anxious to sleep right now.

The first night it made me really sleepy. The next day I woke up groggy and had a hard time keeping my eyes open for the first couple hours. Everything I touched felt like fun fur (and it was only a 1/4 mg dose). I had a controllable panic attack on the highway (I am not good in cars) and it seemed I could feel it wearing off in the late afternoon, when I got suddenly hyper and silly/happy. Except for mild sleepiness later I was pretty normal.

When I took it again at bed time that night, I didn't seem to feel very sleepy. Waking up on Sunday wasn't as hard, and I felt almost normal all day.

Last night was a different story. Does it build up in your body or something? It could have been the situation I was in at the time (something with my boyfriend), but I got panicky after taking it, paced and rocked a bit, had really sweaty hands, and a bout of vertigo sitting at my computer, but it passed after about an hour.

Today at work I had a hard time reading things, couldn't seem to focus on anything words or numbers occasionally, and was fidgety. I felt sort of numb or separate from my surroundings, like I wasn't really there for a few hours. Had to pee way more often than usual.

I told my foreman that I would rather not drive my stacker at work tomorrow just in case the double dose doesn't go well.

I'm hoping that this medication will make my head quieter, stop the music and noise, and also hopefully help me control the bad thinking that makes me pace at night. So far, aside from the "interesting" side effects, I haven't noticed a great improvement. In fact, it seems to only slow the music down. I'll get one bar stuck in my head that will repeat for an hour, impossible to make it stop.

Can anyone share their experiences with risperidone? Am I going to feel 'normal' soon?