Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

And it isn't the cheese.

Last night I took my first raised dose of Risperdal. This morning I woke up feeling like parts of my body had been burned (extremely sensitive to any kind of touch), as well as crampy, slightly nauseated, and persistantly confused.

I dragged myself out to my mother's doctors appointment this morning, but I'm sure not up to doing much else, notwithstanding a Starbucks venti sugar-free vanilla latte (double vanilla) that I got to try to keep myself awake for the Art Gallery curator's visit this afternoon. (Fortunately she's seeing George, not me, as I figure I have the approximate conversational skills of a soybean right now.)

All I want to do is lie down and pass out. However, unless I can get in touch with sammelsadvocate before 6 pm, I'm going to have to go out to a nearby restaurant to meet with him... not the best situation, since I'm in a foul mood from the pain, more inclined to avoid food than approach it, and thoroughly disgruntled. In short, pretty bad company.

On a pleasant note

Oh, and dark_puck, I picked up your gift from the post office today. Thank you so much! A three-book series, The Halfblood Chronicles, by Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton -- plus a lovely little dragon pendant that I'll have to take a photo of when I'm feeling a bit more energetic. Whee! Now I have reading material, which I was sorely lacking.

I'll probably be going to bed early tonight, so I'm looking forward to curling up and starting the first book. :-) What a pleasant surprise to arrive on such a generally shitty day.

Risperdal? Er, maybe not

( Cut for medical TMI )

So I think I'll step down to my old dose tonight and call my psychiatrist tomorrow for a little heart-to-heart. Since things have been getting worse all day, I don't want to risk taking another increased dose and possibly ending up in very hot water tomorrow.

However, I DID manage to get some MM done today, so my mood seems to be improving, even if my energy levels and desire to actually move are very low. Exercise was right out of the question. I'm not very happy about that, but if my muscles feel better tomorrow I'll give it a go then.