I want you all to know that I was hospitalized on Monday, September the 1st. I was having severe anxiety. Since I've never had anything like that happen before I was extremely scared and worried. I put off going to the ER for three days prior to my admission. I suggest to anyone if you're feeling not right, seek help. I was admitted involunarily. I'm stranger to being an inpatient. I've been hospitalized many times over the course of sza years. My pdoc, after discussing what I thought was wrong, said I may be having side effects from the Risperadol Consta shots. He suggested I try Cogentin. About an hour after I took my first dose of Cogentin, the anxiety subsided. I was released for from the hospital on Friday. Saturday was good. I hung out with my son (Kyle) and had a good time with him. Kyle and I told jokes and laughed. This morning I woke up at 3:30 am. The voices and music in my head was loud, fast. I was hard to push em out. I put on some Beethoven. About 4:15 am my anxiety rose again, so I took a Cogentin. An hour and 1/2 later I felt fine. I had a wondeful person that helped me out of it. Thank you Margo. You helped save me. The lesson I learned is that I can't do it all alone. I need support. I need to ask for help when needed and not feel guilty about it. Many of you have offered. I will ask when needed. It's nice to have people that care. Thank you all. live, love, laugh, learn, listen, David
