Today was a productive day. Lesson planned, read, cleaned, went to the dog shelter, and did laundry. Irritability is still present and I got my now typical burst of hypomanic energy this evening. But, I actually feel tired right now so maybe that means I'll be able to go to bed/actually fall asleep faster than I have these past two weeks. I have to get up in the morning for an IV appointment so falling asleep quickly would be nice. I've realized that I have been having very vivid dreams since my meds stopped working (I normally don't wake up with memories of dreams). They are so vivid that, when I wake up from them, my brain doesn't feel like it's slept even though I know it was a dream.

I'm starting to wonder if I will need to increase my risperidone more than 1 mg. I don't think 5 mg is an option with what the pills come in so I think I'd have to try 6 mg next. I need to see how being back to school impacts my mood before making any final decisions, but my gut is telling me an increase to 4 mg isn't going to cut it because it hasn't gotten me stable as fast as a proper dose increase normally does.