Second night of taking Saphris

 

I've just put my 2nd Saphris wafer under my tongue; the first was last night.

Tingling feeling, a bit burny, like the lozenges you get for smoking cessation.  Not a totally foul taste as has been described by others; certainly unpleasant though.

It's a sort of intense bitter along with chemicals.  Catiously I have been swallowing my saliva as it says not to swallow the wafer direct, so I am careful to see that it has dissolved.  A bit numb in my tongue.  Otherwise, so far, so good.

The only other effects I felt last night were:

                     - I felt a bit drowsy about an hour after taking it
                     - my limbs felt a bit heavy and sore an hour or so afterwards (hence I took it at 10pm like                        
                     tonight)
                     - I had some crazy vivid dreams
                     - my legs felt a bit restless, not twitchy; just felt a need to eg: jiggle them, walk etc
                     - I awoke to see my dog on the bedsheets away from the doona which was wrapped up in my
                      legs; I must have thrashed about a bit in my sleep
                     - I felt a bit more clear-headed by mid-morning than I usually do.

I have reduced the Zyprexa from 15 to 10mg at night, along with commencing the Saphris 5mg at night.  The plan is to go into hospital for a week or so on Wednesday.  Hopefully I won't get leg twitching, which would rule out Saphris for me as it did the Lamictal a few years back.  If my driving accelerator leg twitched, it could be diabolical.  Hence I can't have twitches.

I have to wait another 5 minutes before I can eat or drink anything; there has to be a clear 10 minute window after putting the Saphris under the tongue to allow for full absorption.

I'm a little concerned about hospital as I tend to be vulnerable to being bullied (happened last time) and people in hospital tend to act a bit like gang mentality in my experience.  I'll just keep my head down and not buy into anything best I can.

My Psychiatrist will hopefully lower the Zyprexa further once I'm in hospital and bring up the Saphris levels.  I see most people on crazyboards.org take their Saphris morning and night.  I hope I don't have to do this as it really makes you drowsy for a while.  We'll see.