I am very restless today. I actually think it might be akathisia from the vraylar. It’s giving me the jaw spasm as well for sure. It happened twice yesterday and at some point during the night I bit my tongue in the same place I always bit it when I was on haldol with the jaw spasm. I want off it ASAP. It’s not helping very much and I do not want to develop TD. My roommate at the hospital had it (she was in her 60s and had been on APs for decades) and her mouth moved constantly. I don’t want that. I at least want to reduce my dose.

I’ve been on cogentin a couple of times and I’m pretty sure it gave me blurry vision but it could have been lamictal as well, when I got new glasses I was fine. But still, if vraylar is not even helping then why take yet another med to control the side effects?

I took a Xanax to control the restlessness and I feel better now. I’m in a better mood so far.maybe a bit below Baseline, I’d say. So maybe vraylar is helping? It’s hard to say, it’s been a wild ride with light switch changes. Hopefully I can maintain this mood today through tomorrow and maybe beyond.

I was going to go to the tattoo shop and make an appointment to get my tattoo finished, and I was planning on getting a new ear piercing as well (tragus). But I’ll go tomorrow after php. I’m actually closer to the shop so it’ll be easy to just cross the bridge and go there.