Day 8 of New medication~

So day 8 of my new medication " Fanapt"

This Medication is marketed for schizophrenia I know most all meds cross over to all kinds of mental illness.

Its just weird because this is the first medication in the arsenal that have been tossed at me ,,, that I can actual " FEEL" something changing in my brain( I dont know if its a change for the good or bad ,, yet ) , I know... I know sounds weird but I honestly feel my brain changing.. I do know I feel very stupid and sluggish ,,I know my IQ has dropped 50 points .

So far I have just noticed I have absolutly NO ambition to do anything at all. I have spent the entire day in bed ,, not always sleeping but just laying here looking out the window or lost in my own mind. I have been this way about 4 days out of the 8 days on the medication so far . I know it will take my body time to adjust and to seee if it will beat back all the bipolar problems im having.

I also have noticed on this medication that Im losing entire chunks of time ..Yesterday I had a Dental appt at 1pm .. I know after that we had to go to the bank then stopped by my pdocs office to drop off some papers ,, i do remember getting back home and taking my dog out.. then all at once it was 2am ! ( ihave no idea what happened between about 4pm and 2am) and I was going to bed. I got up this morning about 730 and took my dog out ,,came back in and fell asleep woke up about 930am and took my dog out a few times today but I didnt actually get out of bed until 630 AT NITE!!!!!! I really have no damn idea where all this time goes but its scaring me that I cant remember soooooooooo much .

I havent drive in 5-6 months due to chronic lack of sleep , medications and hallucinations ..I hate being dependant my husband he has to drive me anywhere I go .. I KNOW its not safe for me to drive so for now I have no choice but to deal with it.

I see my T tomorrow OH I hope I do .. He told me last week he got a summons for jury duty ..Im so hoping he doesnt get choosen ..I reallly need my weekly T sessions ..

I really wish I could go without medications ((( sigh )))

Wow. I hope that is something that goes away as your body gets used to the new drug. It must be incredibly frustrating to feel like you are sleeping away your day like that.
Good luck with your appointment today.

morethingswrong! I hope this side effect goes away for you!
My BF started a new med and just as he was starting to think the side effects weren't going to go away, they did. It took 2 full weeks, but it's working and all is well. They're sure annoying in the meanwhile and make it feel like time is taking forever, but here's hoping it's soon!

Thanks everyone .. I saw my T today. we did more hypnotherapy ,it has really helped me. I was very leery about it at first But it honestly it has helped me alot with my severe fibromyalgia pain,, today we worked on other issues I have..Im hopeful it will help me .

I just want this bipolar roller coaster to stop and let me off for a day or 2 .

Thanks for the support

Hang in there Christina! Hopefully you will adjust and the side effects will subside..