235 and counting!

Well I've reached 235 lbs thanks to Risperdal (my antipsychotic). I'm working with my new doctor on the Brockville ACT team to move me over completely to Haldol as it doesn't cause weight gain or make you drowsy. I'm going to start on the pills then go to the injectable form which is only required every 4 weeks as opposed to every 2 weeks for Risperdal Consta. In order to do this as safely as possible (not put me in a psychosis), I'll be taking Haldol orally until we reach what my doctor says is an optimal dose of 5mg then he'll reduce my Consta to 37.5 as my last injection. It should take another 4 weeks before I'm completely off the Consta and at what hopefully is the right dose for Haldol.

I have one concern in that my doctor said that taking all of both types of medication will likely cause me to have side effects such as shuffling like an old man instead of walking and a lot of hand tremors but I'm presently on 4mg and I haven't experienced any of that. Not that I want to either it's just I've generally required to be on the higher end of the spectrum of doses for most medications (must be the way I metabolize them or something) and I'm concerned that because I haven't had any side effects, that the Haldol dose will potentially have to be much more than 5mg. This I will take up with him next week when I see him next.

I'm going to make an appointment with a dietitian as they have a free consultation available at the Superstore. I've tried many different diets but with me being the type that expects instant results, I've never really stuck to them. Hopefully the dietitian can help me out in deciding on a diet and sticking to it.

I know I haven't written in this in over a month - I guess I've just forgot about it but I do intend to continue to write in it as things happen. My son's hockey team did really well in the playoffs coming in second place. The last game (the deal breaker) for first place was so close - they just needed an extra couple of minutes. I bought him a spring/fall coat that has his name on it as well as the team logo. The only problem is that he's going to want to wear it in the Fall when he'll be playing for a different city :-). I guess I'll deal with that when the time comes (let's hope he grows exponentially over the summer).

Anyways, I'm outta here. TTFN