Friday, June 01, 2012

Purple Flamingo's Posts

Can't Quite Make It, hiding in the background.

Summer vacation is finally over and I have the computer back.  So the question is, why didn't I try to report back here for so many months?  Truth is, I couldn't tell you.  All of a sudden I emotionally fell to my knees.  I struggled out of bed, I dragged my feet, I spent the summer taking the kids to their psych appointments... Read moreChevron

And did I forget to mention that she's bipolar, too?

My oldest daughter, now 15, was finally "officially" diagnosed and medicinally treated as Bipolar back in August.  Yes, I realize it has been months before posting the announcement.  I just got sidetracked with my own pharmasudical roller coster.  I think her sickness started years ago.  When she was 5, she convinced... Read moreChevron

End of the line for Invega; Running back into the arms of Risperdal

Invega is an endangerment to me.  My apathy was a waving red flag to an already stressed bull and fights have ensued for the last two weeks.  Big scarey fights, teetering on the verge of out of control.  And I have to say it wasn't all that terrifying to me.  Just confusing.  But the fact that I should have been on the... Read moreChevron

9mg Invega, and I can't find my Self

I had a dose bump from 6 to 9mg Invega for nearly month now.  I feel exhausted most of the time, I'm procrastinating on important things like doctor appointments and grocery shopping, and I lost my vocabulary.  I thought I just lost my creativity ( I really, really miss my creativity) but I'm stumbling over words and I'm nearly in... Read moreChevron

Returning to my Self; could drug change affect sleeptalking? (Risperdal to Invega)

I'm still here. I didn't want to be, not in June. Everything went wrong in June.  I'm just getting back on my feet, and on my computer. I've missed you guys.   So, I talk in my sleep.  I'm told the conversations get weird.  But sometime back in May I was getting past weird and into hurtful, unconventional, and out of... Read moreChevron