Comments: When Eli Lilly Spins
Even though the newer meds are evidently far better than the older ones, there is one side effect of the atypicals that for me is unbearable: Restlesness.
Acute restlesness is the worst feeling in the world yet the most difficult to describe. It's like you want to explode, crawl out of your skin, jump into freezing water...ANYTHING to escape.
When I first got on Risperdal, the restlesness was unbearable -- I'd cry and scream, crawl on the floor, tear around the room, run up and down the hallways...but nothing could ease my outstanding discomfort.
Eventually, I got on a med that counteracted the restlesness, and then over time, my body adjusted to the point where I didn't even need it anymore.
But still, even though I'm not like I used to be, restlesness is still with me, ALWAYS.
One time, a bunch of my friends were going to get together and head off downtown just shop or walk around and stuff. I couldn't go with them.
Another time, my family was going to take a trip to Hawaii. I made them cancel.
Yet another time, I had such a profound urge to pick up my laptop and hurdle it across the room. I had to lock myself in the bathroom to keep myself from doing so.
Restlesness is HORRIBLE.
Has anyone else suffered from it?
Posted by Gwen Davis at December 23, 2005 01:08 PM