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Originally Posted by raider26
I don't know if it's my meds or just my circumstances or am going through a depressive phase but I can't shake this numb blank feeling. Like nothing matters. If anyone has advice for me that would be greatly appreciated. I've had two manic episodes and now I guess I'm in the depressive phase, but I'm wondering how much my medication is helping or hurting me. I'm taking depakote, trazadone, respiradone and hydroxyzine.  |
Risperidone is the generic name of this medication and Risperdal is its brand name in the US. It is a major downer that would cause low energy.
Trazodone is sedative. it is used as a sleep aid.
Depakote is a major downer.
Atarax (hydroxyzine) is used as a sleep aid and against anxiety.
What did you do during your two manic episodes to frighten your psychiatrist so much that he or she put you on 4 medications all causing low energy?
Your combo can put a jumping colt into a catatonic state. I don't think that anyone on this board has been on that many downers and sleep aids at once. What is surprising is not that you cannot shake the numb feeling, but that you managed to write this post!
If you got into major trouble with the law or something similarly disastrous while manic, one can see that the psychiatrist is trying to overinsure against repeats. Still, the psychiatrist is overdoing it. If you just had manias without major negative consequences, then it means that your psychiatrist prefers to have the patients subsist in low grade depression forever because such patients have no energy to come pound on the psychiatrist's door and demand a better treatment.