Deirdre Geraghty

When I was on depo injections for many years I couldn’t function very well at all and most people kept their distance. Then I asked to be taken off these. My new psychiatrist wasn’t very happy but took a chance on me. I was put on 10mg of Risperidone. Quite a massive dose but still an improvement but there was so much l still couldn’t do but I did my upmost to do my best. Still people kept their distance. Now decades later I am still on 4mg of Risperidone – quite a hefty amount of strong mind altering antipsychotics and I manage extremely well despite it and people would rather l didn’t mention it. Much better not discussed. But I try my hardest to have a life worth living despite this handicap. And I am proud of it but I am not back to normal and probably never will be!