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Old Aug 13, 2025, 11:24 AM
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Seems Vraylar takes a month to fully kick in! I started it on 7/30. Friend stopped talking to me. To much of a “truth serum “. I didn’t mean to hurt anybody. At least the risperdal has helped with sleep and psychosis. I feel bad! I may have lost my good friend of 21 years! 😩
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 01:04 PM
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When i started taking psych drugs, my t/pdoc didnt warn me of stuff like loosened inhibitions because he said they could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Butt. Yes, MUCH better for me to think that the meds were improving my mind. Butt. Very bad results.
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 03:03 PM
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When i started taking psych drugs, my t/pdoc didnt warn me of stuff like loosened inhibitions because he said they could become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Butt. Yes, MUCH better for me to think that the meds were improving my mind. Butt. Very bad results.
Ugh! I hope he understands. He hasn’t replied. But he is at work so…..
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Propranolol 40 mg
Benztropine 1 mg
Vraylar 4.5 mg
Risperdal .5 mg
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 04:17 PM
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I asked fwb about this and he said he didn’t know how to answer.
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ingrezza 80 mg
Propranolol 40 mg
Benztropine 1 mg
Vraylar 4.5 mg
Risperdal .5 mg
Gabapentin 600 mg
Klonopin 1 mg 2x daily
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 04:21 PM
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This is really starting to worry me.
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Propranolol 40 mg
Benztropine 1 mg
Vraylar 4.5 mg
Risperdal .5 mg
Gabapentin 600 mg
Klonopin 1 mg 2x daily
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 04:34 PM
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I went to nutrition class today. She said my portion sizes are too big. And I eat too much fish. But I did do my laundry. Clean clothes- a great thing!
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ingrezza 80 mg
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 05:54 PM
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Now I can’t stop watching the videos I made of N3 and his dad singing at church!
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 05:58 PM
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Is this hypo or have I flown past it to true mania?
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ingrezza 80 mg
Propranolol 40 mg
Benztropine 1 mg
Vraylar 4.5 mg
Risperdal .5 mg
Gabapentin 600 mg
Klonopin 1 mg 2x daily
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 06:27 PM
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How do I make it another 13+ hours until I can contact my case manager to get a message to my psych Np that I’m feeling sooooo revved up mentally and a bit physically?? After-hours just wants to send you to the ER.
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ingrezza 80 mg
Propranolol 40 mg
Benztropine 1 mg
Vraylar 4.5 mg
Risperdal .5 mg
Gabapentin 600 mg
Klonopin 1 mg 2x daily
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 07:08 PM
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All I’m doing is listening to the videos I made Sunday at church over and over.
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Qui Cantat Bis Orat - He who sings prays twice
ingrezza 80 mg
Propranolol 40 mg
Benztropine 1 mg
Vraylar 4.5 mg
Risperdal .5 mg
Gabapentin 600 mg
Klonopin 1 mg 2x daily
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 07:40 PM
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Try to take your meds tonight and if you have any extra Consider taking more of an antipsychotic If you take one.
It could help you sleep.
I am not a doctor and I think you know your self best. How are you feeling?
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Is sedation a good or bad thing for you right now? How do you feel about it?
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 08:22 PM
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Try to take your meds tonight and if you have any extra Consider taking more of an antipsychotic If you take one.
It could help you sleep.
I am not a doctor and I think you know your self best. How are you feeling?
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Is sedation a good or bad thing for you right now? How do you feel about it?

I need risperdal to sleep but I’m on .5 mg only. Vraylar 4.5 mg is my AP. Supposedly it takes a month for full effect and I’m like 2 weeks in.
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ingrezza 80 mg
Propranolol 40 mg
Benztropine 1 mg
Vraylar 4.5 mg
Risperdal .5 mg
Gabapentin 600 mg
Klonopin 1 mg 2x daily
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 09:01 PM
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Took the risperdal and the Vraylar.
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ingrezza 80 mg
Propranolol 40 mg
Benztropine 1 mg
Vraylar 4.5 mg
Risperdal .5 mg
Gabapentin 600 mg
Klonopin 1 mg 2x daily
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 09:28 PM
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I thought risperdal is an AP?
how much sleep are you getting?
I hope you can get a good nights sleep.
Maybe take an extra risperdal????
thinking about you. you can also call the 988 to talk with someone
there. Have you ever used them before ?I think they have been in existence for maybe a year? not sure.

I hope you sleep.
((((HUGS)))))
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Old Aug 13, 2025, 10:15 PM
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I thought risperdal is an AP?
how much sleep are you getting?
I hope you can get a good nights sleep.
Maybe take an extra risperdal????
thinking about you. you can also call the 988 to talk with someone
there. Have you ever used them before ?I think they have been in existence for maybe a year? not sure.

I hope you sleep.
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I hope I sleep too. Never used 988 but I know of it. I woke up at 4 last night and was just falling back to sleep at 7:30 after taking my 7 a.m. meds when my phone rang. It was my Starbucks buddy wanting to meet up. I had water. He had coffee. If I don’t sleep I’ll take the extra risperdal but I had a problem with high prolactin on a higher dose which gave me dryness and the prescribed estrogen cream which gave me a raging yeast infection that no kit could cure for a month! Finally we tried clotrimasol and that cleared up the infection. So yeah- don’t want to increase the risperdal.
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Old Aug 14, 2025, 02:30 AM
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It’s 3:24 am. Dang! Five hours until I can call my case manager! And now I’m hungry!

My friend said I posted the videos of N3 and his dad singing too many times and she knows I need my meds straightened out. She is a friend I see quite a lot so she’s seen me in various bipolar states. It doesn’t bother her except when I send her umpteen links on Facebook!
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Old Aug 14, 2025, 03:11 AM
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Found this lullaby. I love this singer!
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Old Aug 14, 2025, 03:25 AM
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Short documentary about this singer.
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Vraylar 4.5 mg
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Old Aug 14, 2025, 03:33 AM
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Ugh! I hope he understands. He hasn’t replied. But he is at work so…..
He replied. He gave me an emoji hug. Best we can do from across the state.
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Propranolol 40 mg
Benztropine 1 mg
Vraylar 4.5 mg
Risperdal .5 mg
Gabapentin 600 mg
Klonopin 1 mg 2x daily
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Old Aug 14, 2025, 06:46 AM
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Perfect! My son sings way better now at 23 than he did as a kid and he started at 7 in a boy choir and age 5 in the church cherub choir. Cormac is a rare gem. I like his prepubescent voice better than his changed voice but he is only 16 now. N3 is 23. Way different type of mature voice.

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Qui Cantat Bis Orat - He who sings prays twice
ingrezza 80 mg
Propranolol 40 mg
Benztropine 1 mg
Vraylar 4.5 mg
Risperdal .5 mg
Gabapentin 600 mg
Klonopin 1 mg 2x daily

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Old Aug 14, 2025, 06:57 AM
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Here’s N3 (23, bass) and his dad (53, tenor) singing on Sunday.
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Old Aug 14, 2025, 07:30 AM
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I texted my case manager just now. The office opens at 8:30 which is now.
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Klonopin 1 mg 2x daily
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Old Aug 14, 2025, 08:22 AM
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I counted. I’m halfway through the Vraylar 4.5. That’s about 2 weeks left before it’s fully in my system! Ugh!!
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Old Aug 14, 2025, 01:44 PM
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No text from my case manager and it’s 2:45. Meh.
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Propranolol 40 mg
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Risperdal .5 mg
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Klonopin 1 mg 2x daily
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Old Aug 14, 2025, 02:49 PM
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Now it’s 3:45!
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