| Key to ratings for risperdal: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 1 | antipsychotic | I have great muscle pain, trouble finding words,feel anxious and drugged | F | 62 | 2 months 60 1X D | 7/25/2010 | 4 | Autism/PDD-NOS | none yet | My son was constantly hitting and biting me and one of his sisters. He's not doing this nearly as much, and it's only been 9 days. He still irritates his siblings, but don't all boys do that? | M | 7 | 9 days 0.75 mg 1X D | 7/23/2010 | 5 | Bipolar/Mania | Increased hunger - which I don't complain about since my son has always been a picky eater. | My son has been diagnosed with Bipolar since 7 and Risperdal is the only anti-psychotic (coupled with a mood stablizer like Depakote) that controls his rage, anger, violence, and irritability to a better degree than the other meds. It is not a cure all and I think all parents should know that no medicine is going to cure all symptoms of bipolar, but Risperdal, to me, allows my son to be a social boy and takes away the worst effects of mania, which is the rage, violence and psychosis. We have tried Zyprexa, Seroquel Abilify, Lamitcal, and even ADHD medications and none of these control his rage and irritability better than Risperdal. I noticed that my son had worse side effects on the other anti-psychotics such as involuntary body movements. Risperdal does wear off in the afteroon so it is important to have the right dosage and as a note, Invega, the longer-lating version of Risperdal was awful. Until something better comes out, we are sticking with this anti-psychotic. | M | 10 | 3 years 1 mg. 2X D | 7/11/2010 | 5 | bipolar 1 | weight gain | this, for me, is a life-saving wonder-drug, with very few side-effects. I am sane because of it--I can have a good life. I am a very successful artist, and it doesn't affect my creativity. I actually feel it enhances it, like my craziness is all under control except when I need it. Great drug for me! | F | 40 | 10 years 2 mg 1X D | 6/30/2010 | 1 | resistant OCD. | complete rigidity of my body. | no one positive things. gone after 2 days. do not try it. use Zyprexa, it's really better. | M | 24 | 2 days 0.25 mg 1X D | 6/29/2010 | 1 | Possible Bilpolar Disorder | I have chronic neck, shoulder, and right side pain caused by Cymbalta. Risperidone makes my hands tingle, face tingle, nose hurt, teeth hurt, eyes hurt, skin itch, increases agitation, makes me wide awake. It also causes the neck, shoulder, and right side pain caused by Cymbalta to hurt a lot more. I have asked my Dr. for B12 injections which were given to me when I was younger and only cased me to feel great. So far, today's Dr.s are dumb and would rather prescribe drugs which cause problems and not solve problems. | M | 33 | 4 days 3 MG 1X D | 6/27/2010 | 1 | Depression, Psychotic Episode | Headache, weight gain, increased appetite, sleepiness, dizziness at times, and lack of motivation. I started at 6mg but it got reduced over time and is now 1mg. | I first took this about 2 years ago because I smoked marijuana once, did not get enough sleep from studying for exams in college, and problems dealing with my parents(father especially). I volunteered to go into the hospital because I had these problems and that's a mistake I regret for the rest of my life. This medication did the above things mentioned. I used to exercise and lost some weight, but now I exercise and am gaining some weight. I am currently on the 1mg tablet, but everyday I feel restlessness and more depressed which I never felt before taking this pill. The doctor said he will take me off the medication, but after who knows when. I will feel better once I stop living with my parents instead of taking this awful pill. | M | 25 | 2 years 1mg 1X D | 6/26/2010 | 3 | manic depression | no longer have halucinations that I had with haloperidol | F | 69 | 4 years 2 mg 1X D | 6/25/2010 | 1 | missdiag ADHD/ASD (gvn4 stzoaftv) | tourettes, Near complete inability to concentrate, Throwing up, incontinence, leaking itchy anus. for 1.5 years. (ever week or two throwing would be every couple of minutes for 24+hrs severe stomack pains, like food poisoning.) Serious addiction problems. (have removed any possible side effects whilst the addiction was narcotic). Extrema acute emotional responses(all emotions, environmental not bi-polar) IQ dropped by 15POINTS Psychosis after waking. Mismatch between body and mind waking up. Strange pains and sensations. | Basically this drug is a tranquilizer, ADHD is sorted by stimulation. All my symptoms went to the extreme. also walked around with arms in odd positions. didn't complete a single piece of work in the 4 or so years I was actually in employment whilst on meds. started smoking again. at some point or other became addicted to pretty much every drug (in isolation), or binging, or going out all the time (seeing people), or going down the pub (not you I'm going out for a drink at the weekends, real agitation and complusion got nasty if anything delyed me). Food addiction, put on more than 1/3 of my body weight (up to 19 stones) Concentration and inability to think was so bad I didn't even realize that the meds were the problem, especially as the doctors didn't mention it either. Also cos the ADHD constant thinking side of things turned into a not thinking it kinda seemed okish. Only stopped because I was having psychosis still dispite having quit any narchotic addiction for some time. I'd never had psychosis before. When I did think it was chronic, dissorganised, obsessive, for years. Emotional states became so bad that the became physical responses and I wasn't cognitivly aware of the emotion at all a lot of the time. Effects or noticeable effects of other drugs were significantly reduced. Codine aided vomiting and diorear problems at 60mg for a short period after taking it. Probably due to releaving the anxiety that was the cause and not due to constipation effects of th | M | 33 | 4.5 years 6 1X D | 6/17/2010 | 2 | bipolar/borderline (mood disorder) | increased prolactin levels, even with low dose [as a man, growing breats is not attractive, usually]; brain fog; mood swings increase; emotional flatness. | I originally liked this med. It is calming. It can promote sleep, and I use it for that. 0.25mg is better, but I'm stuck with 0.5mg [Rx error]. Prolactin level alert! I think it causes mood swings if you go on-off it. Flat emotions can create a lethargy that leads to a depression that's drug-related. Most people end up taking some form of a stimulant, even caffeine to make an antidote to the sedating effects. It is really best for people who have no other options: those who hallucinate or have other [really] serious illnesses. This drug is given too frequently at high doses, rather than dealing with the root problems. | M | 46 | 5 years 0.5 mg 1X D | 6/15/2010 | 1 | Depression, anxiety and psychosis | Period totally stopped, I have been off them for 2 years and my period has still not come back Weight Gain-- I put on loads of weight | I would definetly not take this. now I am struggling to get pregnant and there might be a chance that I am infertile | F | 22 | 5 years 2.5 2X D | 6/9/2010 | 4 | Asperger Syndrome & Anxiety | Weight Gain, thirst | Was taking 2 hrs to get my 10 yr old to sleep at night due to a myriad of anxieties. Didn't matter what strategies we tried (and we tried many), the anxiety was very bad. She was also expressing suicidal thoughts particularly when having those awful "meltdowns". Since she's been on Risperdal, she falls asleep within 10 minutes of going to bed. Risperdal hasn't fixed everything but it's definitely improved her (and our)quality of life. Hopefully she will be able to come off it eventually - I wasn't keen to commence this type of medication on a child but things were bad & rapidly deteriorating. As for the weight gain, she now goes swimming 3 times a week & has recently started yoga. The weight has stabilised & she has even started to lose some of the excess weight. All is good for the moment. | F | 10 | 7 months 1mg 1X D | 6/4/2010 | 1 | schizoaffective disorder | I gained 30 pounds in 30 months - weight gain. | My doctors forced me to be on this drug and wouldn't let me get off it until a couple of days ago. I put on 30 lbs. almost immediately and it is really hard to get to go down. Like a previous poster said, "doctors and practitioners that prescribe this by force should be forced to take it themselves." | F | 30 | 9 months injection 1X D | 5/29/2010 | 1 | Schizophrenia | It raised my prolactin level like 7 times what it's supposed to be and as a result; I gained like 30 pounds back that I had previously lost, I had dry orgasms (which didn't feel nearly as good) and a decreased sex drive. I also had horrible constipation, I was tired all the time, I couldn't express myself, I felt very suppressed and dumbed down and just felt like crap all the time. The side effects subsided as I decreased my dosage but they didn't completely go away until I got off the medication. | The only good thing I can say about it was that it took my paranoia away but when you look at all the negative things that it caused me, it's evident that the bad outweighed the good. I really don't know how I stayed on it for as long as I did except for the fact that the doctors kept telling me that I would relapse if I got off it but the way that Risperdal made me feel and the side effects I had on it- I would rather have took the chance at becoming paranoid again because it made me feel THAT bad and I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy. I was switched to Abilify, which was better but not great and then I just got off medication completely and now I feel better than I've felt in a long time. I haven't had any problems off the medication and I honestly feel that I never should have been prescribed Risperdal in the first place- I don't deny that I have schizophrenia but my disorder was only bad when I was smoking weed and I didn't have the characteristics that most schizophrenics have (hallucinations, hearing voices), I had paranoia, delusions, and ideas of reference but I've found that as long as I stay away from pot, I'm good and don't need medication. | M | 20 | 10 months 5-2 MG 1X D | 5/25/2010 | 4 | psychotic thoughts | none | Risperidone has put an end to my thoughts that people were out to get me and my suspiciousness of other people. For me it's worked wonders. | F | 27 | 2 years 1 mg 2X D | 5/20/2010 | 1 | drug induced psychosis | increased appetite, lethargy, sexual dysfunction, slight weight gain, some acne. nothing as serious as what some other people have mentioned. | was a healthy college kid and did large doses of lsd&mdma several times in a week(not the appropriate way to do them, if there is an appropriate way to do them), followed by continual partying and completely lost my shit and ended up hospitalized on 3mg. have since had to do the ring around with psychiatric care providers who want to keep me on medication. risperdal doesn't make me feel like myself. a general feeling of lethargy. the medication has some psychotic properties in of its self. the shutting off the dopamine and serotonin in the front of your brain is a contributor in the paranoid creations of the mind in rebound from the heavy use of cocaine, risperdal acts as a continual block on these receptors. also, halperdoal has been shown in one study to increase the number of dopamine receptors in the front of the brain, a marker of the schizophrenic brain. could this also be the case with risperdal?... drug companies will stop at nothing to turn a buck, and medical providers are complicit to a disgusting degree. i no longer have any psychotic symptoms(had a brief lapse from excessive cannabis use), but have gone to a minimal dosage(<.5mg), well below the(and my) prescribed therapeutic doses and plan to continue tapering myself off. | M | 20 | 8 months .5-3mg 1X D | 5/18/2010 | 1 | mine came with addional problems with goverment on failer of taxes great for subduing into sleep for tramatizing helps with that zombie feelings of falling back into that sleep mode | not to bad for brainwashing or coherseing emoional playing cant wake to zombied out cant sleep people harrassing you and well for getting away with the excuse of deiusional of lawlessness and rapes fair | M | 39 | 6 months 1-3 1X D | 5/15/2010 | 1 | for a family problem | i feel like im in a dream like i cant wake up and feel like im not there i hate this feeling | i would not recommend taking this becuase it is not good at all makes you feel like a zombie no concsious no feelings no anything | M | 26 | 2 months 1.0mg 2X D | 5/14/2010 | 1 | Bipolar 1 | Absolutely horrible med. Stay away if you want to live again! This is good if you want to transform your worst enemy into a zombie. Shame on you for prescribing that evil pill. | M | 43 | 2 years 6mg 1X D | 5/13/2010 | 3 | OCD/Anxiety - Aspbergers | Inability to focus, spacey and increased self-talk. | My son was prescribed this to replace a trial of Prozac and weaning off Abilify. He had a horrible 6 wks. of Prozac and became out of control with anger and anxiety - they said it "activated" him. So far it has tamed his out of control suicidal chat and threats to harm others, BUT he is now tanking in school and so lost in his with his inner thoughts - we have to YELL at him to get his attention. I am not sure at all if the cost/benefit ratio is worth it. | M | 14 | 6 weeks .05 2X D | 5/10/2010 | 2 | anxiety with tics, jerking | So far, just drowsiness. | My son has just been prescribed Risperdal, on top of Zoloft and Tenex, for anxiety and a "tic disorder." They are hesitant to call it Tourettes, because it doesn't meet all the criteria and there is no clear cut test or diagnosis. I would love to hear from anyone who has a preteen (mine is 11) and who has similar body tics (head jerking, eye blinking, head shaking quickly back and forth....some other OCD tendencies, but more on the ANXIETY level or originations. Extreme nervousness. He is going in for a second EEG this weekend. I am sure they will find nothing structurally wrong again, but I have read horrible things about this medication. An antipsychotic? OMG! Will this medication really alleviate tics? I am hoping the Zoloft will help with the anxiety. If there is anyone out there that can help, I am at a loss. Please contact me. | F | 38 | 5 days 1 mg 1X D | 4/26/2010 | 1 | Swearing and misbehavior | drowziness, non creativity, personality loss, depression, confusion, motivation loss, memory loss, emotion uncontrolling, uncontrolled movements, eyes blurr, increased heart beat, anger, powerlessness, horror | It's easier to get it than candy, psychiatrists enjoy your life ruined while presribing you it | M | 18 | 3 years 25 3X D | 4/21/2010 | 3 | schizo/bipolar | My sister tolerated this drug very well and it was very helpful. Even though she didn't feel as creative and it caused her to gain a lot of weight, the drug put her on an even keel for many years. It practically eliminated her delusions and other schizo/bipolar characteristics. Her major objection was the weight gain. Over the years, the increased weight caused her to feel rejected and unloved. She was still single at 50 years old. Last year she stopped taking the drug to lose the weight. Shortly afterwards, she went into a psychotic state and committed suicide. | Other than the weight gain, this drug was effective and helpful to my sister. | F | 50 | 20 years 5 mg 3X D | 4/16/2010 | 3 | Major depression + psychosis | Gained a lot of weight (45 pounds in 4 months!), felt like a zombie (really flat emotionally), no creativity at all, huge decrease of sexual interest, weak orgasms, low motivation. | In spite of all the secondary effects, it made me happy again, feeling good and not anxious at all. Helped me regained a normal life. A good med for a temporary issue, in my case. I am now stopping it slowly and so far I only experienced sligh insomnia. I also regained energy which is great! | M | 30 | 6 months 2 mg 1X D | 4/8/2010 | 4 | psychosis | extremely hungry, slow mental function, reduced energy | It's helped to slow my thoughts and stop delusions. | F | 41 | 29 days 4 mg 1X D | 4/7/2010 | 4 | paranoid thinking | At first I experienced having dry mouth and being very tired. But now I don't have this side effects | M | 24 | 3 years 37.5 mg 2X M | 3/27/2010 | 1 | anxiety and personality disorder | weight gain 120 lbs to 207 in four years. stopped the drug when the tardive dyskinesia/dystonia set in. td worserned for several months after stopping then improved to the point where its almost a non issue after a little over a year off the drug. | not recommended. drug gave me tardive dyskinesia and dystonia as well dangerously elevated cholesterol and massive weight gain. | M | 41 | 4 years 1mg 1X D | 3/26/2010 | 1 | psychosis | Huge depression, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, shaking (even with some drug for Parkinson's disease side effects), no motivation, no creativity, no thinking, no confidence, NO NOTHING. | I was on Risperdal twice, once in 2004 and another time in 2007 for about 3 months each time. It was the worst experience of my life. I do not know how I did not kill myself. I would wake up every morning in despair, crying like a baby with no mother. Huge depression, lack of everything: motivation, creativity, life. A zombie in a human form. I went from Risperdal to antidepressants to recover from it. It took me a few months on antidepressants and a few other to chemically balance my brain back to normal. This all just motivated me to study Psychology/Neuroscience. I hope there is hope in the future for all. | F | 31 | 6 months 1X D | 3/24/2010 | 1 | depression & med induced paranoia | Oh please do not take this drug. It has ruined my life. zomie for 3 years. couldn't even get dressed. Lost motivation completely, couldn't follow a conversation, had zero emotion, EXTREMELY reduced cognitive functioning. Lactation, memory loss, increased suicidal, caused severe OCD and obsessions. Been off the drug for 2 months. Can laugh again, cry, feel, TALK (I hardly ever spoke in 3 years). However, OCD is still awful, still have exptreme cognitive impairment. Can barely work because I am so confused and scattered with memory loss. RUINED MY LIFE. Look at the rating on this drug. Obviously something is wrong with that! Furious with the doctors and myself for trusting them. I told them how I was feeling and the kept increasing the dose. | F | 33 | 3 years 2 mg 1X D | 3/21/2010 | 4 | anxiety depression | weight gain | i've tried geodon and abilify. THEY SUCK! they are worthless, the reason why i tried them instead of risperdal or seroquel was because i didn't want to gain weight. risperdal does wonders for me. the only reason it doesn't get a 5 is because i've gained 10lbs on it, but i recently started wellbutrin so i've lost some of that weight. | M | 25 | 1 years 1 3X D | 3/7/2010 | 2 | Personality Disorder | Sexual Side effects. loss of feeling in the genital area, major loss of libido, weak erections - cant maintain, sometimes cant ejaculate and very weak. Sorry to be so up front! Gynecomastia and Ive also experience dandruff (bad!!) and dry skin. | I have read some of the comments on here and I am so worried. It has been around a week since discontinuing this medication and these side effects are continuing. I was never told about this. Please tell me they disappear!! | M | 32 | 14 months 3mg 2X D | 3/5/2010 | 3 | Schizo Affective | Poor memory couldn't for the life of me remember things and I used to be alert. Blunted emotions the only things I feel are worry and stress, couldn't even get angry on this mediation. For the life of me I can't get drunk or tipsy. Periods stopped. Low or non existant libido. My passion and creativity died. Gained 55 pounds. Initial akathisa but that went away, didn't even know what it was to begin with but was restless and had to do things to keep myself occupied. | For the schizophrenia it helped immensely. But in the beginning I felt like a zombie and had disorganised speech couldn't put a sentence together, that passed over time. Slowed reactions initially, driving was bit of a challenge. Felt tired all the time and would sleep 16 hours with ease. Couldn't even become suicidal over this because I couldn't feel a thing. Helped with my anxiety with people immensely. Craved to be an emotional being again. | F | 33 | 3 years 6mg 1X D | 2/3/2010 | 1 | Bipolar I | Ravenous hunger, 40lb weight gain, breast enlargement & lactation | I see risperdal work wonders for many people. I took it for 3 or 4 months and I could eat & eat and still be famished. I gained about 40lb in this time (possibly due to constant eating & being depressed & psychotic; possibly due, in part, to the medication). My breasts went from an a/b cup to a D cup and began to lactate (just a little - enough to freak me out), at which point I stopped taking it. | F | 27 | 4 months | 2/3/2010 | 3 | Mild psychosis | Flatness, depression, trouble with libido and not getting erections much, a feeling of emptiness. Constipation early on ok now. | Not hearing voices so much and can sleep better but I worry about other effects. Am on 2mg would prefer lower dose I started with...Ideally would prefer not at all | M | 41 | 3 months | 2/1/2010 | 1 | depression /anxiety | MY PSYc doctor prescribed this to augment my anti-depressents. I was taking .5mg morning and .5 mg night. I felt so tired, yet couldn't lay down and rest.I felt like a zombie. I kept thinking I would adjust to this med ,but that didn't happen on the sixth day I developed a tick, around my mouth, so when I told him at day 14 he wanted me right off of it. I was glad to quit it. It is called tartative something, and can become a permanent involuntary twitching. He said at that low dose I was taking it should not have happened but it did. It did stop once I stopped the med. I went back to Perphenizine, 2mg 3x per day for a total of 6mg. I feel ok on that . It makes so sense to take something which makes me scared of the side effects. It will never help if your scared of the med before you start. I would have to say this was the worse drug I ever tried, but remember it was for depression , and not other mental disorders. | F | 48 | 12 days | 1/23/2010 | 1 | depression with psychotic features | weight gain, sleep disturbance, worsening diabetes, strange body twitches including eyelids, lips and many other parts of the body, vision changes, a feeling of being dead inside, having no emotions, loss of all creativity, no sex drive and very weak orgasms, nipple secretions, vision problems, hair loss (I think this is being caused by the Risperdal, memory problems | I've been having many side effects and started weaning off this medication about a year ago. It seems that as the dose gets lower I've been experiencing worse symptoms. I think this is a drug from Hell. | F | 44 | 3 years | 1/22/2010 | 3 | bi polar/schizoaffective | 20lb weight gain, sleepiness, irritability, drowsiness, apathy, lack of motivation | Medication works as intended but the side effects make me not want to take it anymore after the court order is up and go medication-less again. I hate the weight gain as I was an aspiring basketball player, I feel the need to drink an energy drink/supplement to have any real get up and go about anything. Frustrating to say the least. | M | 20 | 5 months | 1/15/2010 | 1 | "Anxiety" | Major disruption in menstrual cycle, slight weight gain, memory loss, irritability | When I was 12, I experienced a bit of OCD and anxiety disorder and so the psychiatrist decided to put me on respirdal (keep in mind I've never been to a mental hospital and never broke down. The psych was at the office where I went for regular counseling as a child, and my mother thought she could help the anxiety issue.) When I got older and did some research, I was appalled to see that this pill is meant for people with much more severe medical difficulties than the anxiety and OCD that I had, which I got over anyway, mainly because I was tired of driving myself nuts by worrying all the time. Like I said, started at 12 at 5 mg and was not allowed to get off of it, I was under 18. Over the years the dosage went down to about 1 mg late teens. When I hit 18 I was too frightened to get off of it. at 19 it was down to half a miligram. Last year I said eff it, I want off. My doctor (not psych-my PCP, I had long stopped seeing the psych) agreed that I had been alright for years and so he started weaning me off in May of 2009-half a miligram one day and then .25 the next. I actually had more difficulty with the increasing and decreasing levels than I did with getting off of it, and even then I consider myself lucky. I would get emotional and a bit of acne, but that was it. I was on the "every other day" dosage until August. Once down to .25 every day all the emotional crying stuff went away. I finally got off of it 3 weeks ago after 10 years of this crap, at 22 years o | F | 22 | 10 years | 1/7/2010 | 1 | "Anxiety" | post 2 of 3, see my last post | (con'd 2 of 3) So far, very good. Only withdrawal effects were very tired the first week and a half (I slept A LOT) and sometimes would get clammy skin. All that went away and I feel good, hopefully it stays that way. I've been a good student for years (I'm talking the Dean's List type) and the respirdal never affected that side of me. Sometimes I forget what I'm going to say mid sentence, or what I'm about to write, but it's nothing horrible and doesn't happen all the time. Let me explain the side effects: Being started on this as a child, it took until I was an adult to realize what was normal and what wasn't for my body, if that makes any sense. My period was literally non existent (I could go up to 5 months with out one, and I wasn't having sex.) My memory is very, very patchy. On one hand I soak up and remember everything, but then weird things, like a trip to Disney World at 15 or friendships I had at 18, can barely be recalled at all. I was also very irritable while on this medication, with some belly fat but not much. Of all the pills they forced me on (that I got off of, cold turkey, when I turned 18-I could tell you HORROR stories, like how Effexor fucked up my life and mental and physical well being considerably) this one had the least amount of side effects but the ones I did have were significant (the period problem was the main reason I've put off sex-there is...con'd next comment of mine | F | 22 | 10 years | 1/7/2010 | 1 | "Anxiety" | post 3 of 3 (sorry!) see first post of mine | ...con'd 3 of 3: opportunity, but physically it would be stupid to have sex since I had no way of knowing whether or not I was ovulating, and did not want to take the chance on getting pregnant.) On the .25, my period started getting normal. Now off of it, it has been "on time" since August, more or less. Bottom line: I never needed respirdal or any other damn meds my psych put me on. I stopped seeing the psychiatrist when I was 18, as I mentioned before. It was my PCP who weaned me off-even he knew I never needed any of this stuff. I did not have bipolar, schizophrenia, etc. I was not depressed. I was sad, which is normal for a kid with home issues, but I was not clinically depressed. The minute I woke up and realized I did not get out of bed depressed every morning, but that it was my home life and the shit going on there which made me sad (when I was away from home I was fine) I realized the difference between normal sad vs. depression. Depression I do not have and have been working hard to get my life to where I want it to go. I wish all of you luck getting off this drug; I did it and am very proud. But please, talk to your doctor about getting off your meds if you want to get off. Do not do this alone, especially if you ARE really clinically depressed, bipolar, etc. I was scared at first, but found a very nice pharmacist who gave me the confidence to go through with getting off the drug. I'll come back and update in the next month or so. | F | 22 | 10 years | 1/7/2010 | 3 | delusions | the first time they put me on it , 3 years ago, Igained 10 kilo, and I felt like a zombie,and very bored,could not get motivated to do anything at all, just staring at the clock. then I went off it for a year,until delusions came back,now I gained another 10 kilo, Im constipated,menstruation stopped, this happened already 2 years ago,when I was first on it. My eyes are teary,and I have sore heels,but I dont know if that is caused by the med. I feel emotionally better, because they put me on the lowest dosage,still, I dont feel super active either..... | it stopped the delusions,but I think the delusions would have stopped anyway, | F | 53 | 2 years | 1/3/2010 | 1 | They said I was paranoid LOL | The Risperdal Zydis caused extreme, incapacitating long and short term memory loss. | The nurses gave me the dissolving tablet in jail. I noticed extreme and debilitating memory loss, I almost forgot my name. In fact, my name was the only thing I could remember. This lasted all night. Shame on Pfizer, Lilly, and the rest of these psychiatric terrorists! | M | 24 | 1 days | 12/29/2009 | 1 | resistant OCD. | weord headache, palpitations, depressed mood, zombie and hungry all time. | it is the worst atypical antipsychotic drug ever tried. it was killing me. try, if lifely, in very low dose ( 0.25 mg. ). good luck. | M | 23 | 2 months | 12/28/2009 | 3 | Bipolar II | lethargy, increased appetite, sinus pressure, insomnia (difficulty falling asleep; waking 3 hrs early), constipation | Prescribed very low dose (0.25 to 0.5 mg) for SHORT-TERM USE to "confirm the diagnosis" of bipolar disorder. (New doc, new approach.) I've always had my doubts about the effectiveness of psychotropic meds... until now. With low-dose Risperdal, I've experienced a TREMENDOUS improvement in mood stability. However, 3 weeks into treatment, I may be edging towards hypomania. [History: Initially thought to have recurrent major depressive disorder with bipolar on the differential, I was treated for 11 years with various antidepressants (augmented for 4 years with Depakote, lithium, and very short-term use Zyprexa). I experienced no significant improvement. Mood lability has increased in past few years while treated solely with Wellbutrin.] Low-dose Risperdal has provided me mood stability I haven't experienced in over a decade. Doc does not intend this for long-term use; I'll be switching to Seroquel next week. | F | 27 | 23 days | 12/16/2009 | 2 | Major depression, PGAD | dry and itchy skin, ravenous appetite, weight gain, inability to concentrate, forgetfulness | My symptoms did not go away. At all. The only changes this medication brought about in me were the side-effects. | F | 24 | 1 months | 12/16/2009 | 1 | psychosis | Inability to concentrate; dizziness; choking on liquids at 3mg dose; severe constipation; akathisia; zombie-like mind while feeling extremely agitated at the same time. Muscles hurt so badly that I was literally crawling up the stairs. Blurred vision. Excessive apetite - always hungry. Badly messes up your body systems. Causes very excessive prolactin secretion, which is a serious disease. Get them to check your prolactin levels if you're on it (though I'd advise coming off it if you can) - elevated prolacin may among other things cause tumours on pituitary gland, male infertility. | I found this to be a terrible drug. Side-effects may linger after coming off it. | M | 39 | 4 months | 12/13/2009 | 1 | Psychosis | Constipation: 10 or more days between bowel movements, Insatiable appetite: feelings of having to eat all the time even when the stomach is full, Headaches, Zoning out into a Zombie like state, Somnolence: sleep 12-14 hours a day, Sexual side effects: Inability to ejaculate as well as decreased libido, decreased confidence and decreased feelings of well being, and drug cravings which are to the point of near daily abuse (The drug cravings are not there to the point I'd actually use drugs [recovering addict so to speak] when I'm off the medication) (Example stimulants i.e. adderall, ritalin, etc. mitigate the horrible feelings this drug creates at the price of ones self respect and the respect of others.) In short stay away from this awful crap. | I take the 37.5 mg consta injection biweekly and I feel like crap when I am on it, yes the voices and other symptoms go away but a what price? The last time I came off the medication I lost over over 55 lbs, 270 lbs to 215 lbs and I felt great first few months until the psychosis came back. I feel like the only way to live with my illness is to learn how to manage the eccentricities of my life with minimal or no medication like John Nash. Taking this medication is no way to live ones life. | M | 28 | 13 months | 12/10/2009 | 1 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Severe weight gain (in excess of 100 pounds in first six months--killed my love life), suicidal impulses (I was only suicidal once briefly in the past, over a girl no less, but after two years on risperdal was ready to kill myself over changes to course syllabi), twitching (common side-effect of antipsychotics), intense anger (which I concealed--I'm a pacifist-- and justified by giving TONS of money to homeless dudes each week). Mood swings were unbearable on risperdal. Having drawn avidly for years I was unable to produce even simple drawings, drawing had been one of my tricks for meeting girls, lost ability to fantasize about sex-love-whatever (cue pornography), all capacity for free thought quashed. For years I would dream the future as it would happen, and mystical dreams and fantasies would come to me and guide my decisions for the better, risperadol made my dreams flat and cartoonish, increased frequency of nightmares, and made me feel like a soulless zombie. Hallucinoid experien | The schizophrenic mind does not heal on antipsychotics, and disease will only go into remmission if you can wean yourself off them safely while maintaining supports. Going off Risperdal you will go through phases of difficulty--for me it involved reliving an earlier experience in which I was violently sexually assualted repeatedly--but these phases will pass with time. Antipsychotics redefine your brain structure in a deleterious manner, and like all hard drugs are difficult to come down off of because of how your brain has been hardwired by the substance. I suggest cannabis and a sense of perspective to relieve mental anguish when coming down. DO NOT TAKE RISPERDAL UNLESS YOU WANT TO COMMIT SUICIDE OR CONTRACT DIABETES!!! | M | 22 | 2 years | 12/7/2009 | 4 | Shizoaffective disorder | photosensitivity, a few nervous tics, sleep too long. | As bad as the side effects can be, this medication almost instantly snapped me out of a dangerous psychosis. Usually within a day of receiving an effective dose I began to realize that my preoccupations were 'wrong' and that I needed to be on some type of medicine in order to stay out of the hospital. I've been on both thorazine and haldol and I have to say risperdal is much better than these as far as side effects. While some of the other nureleptic drugs being offered are 'new' and 'improved', I like risperdal because it's been around long enough to tell what some of it's long term effects are. I'm glad this medication doesn't induce such horrifying disorders as Tardive Dyskinesia. | M | 33 | 9 years | 12/5/2009 | 1 | anxiety | dont take these they will wreck your life. my girlfriend doesnt even remember running with the olympic tourch! complete memory loss from her earlier years 9 years of her life wasted. risperdal will give you perminate brain damage be warned!. also made her lactate alot. and makes her aggresive | Evil drug used to control people by making them so confused they cant even think. | F | 27 | 9 years | 12/2/2009 | 1 | Antidepressant Assistance | On a half of a .5mg pill the very first night was just dizziness. Doc told me to do that dosage at night for 7 nights then we would move up to a total of 1mg a day. Tea, I didn't make it to night 7. most all of my body broke out in an itchy rash and became harder to swallow, it feels like my throat has closed a little and won't go away. night 2 and even until now, very weird, pointless elaborate dreams. also feeling like someone would put headphones over my ears and I had to listen to songs that popped into my head or whatever else "it" chose for me. I also now have some freaky, "your being watched" feeling such as a shadowy ghost figure or things falling on me. I have actually even felt like I could hear my friends thoughts but it was all mummbled in their voice. I hope that just .25mg only 6 times doesn't leave me like this forever. I even get confused or just forget, that's not like me!!! what the hell is up with this stuff? all I wanted was just something to hel | If you even hear "RISP..." come out of your docs mouth you just say it better be RESPIRATORY you mean!! | F | 23 | 6 days | 11/28/2009 | 3 | agitation | increased appetite, and in excess of 5 mg, a good deal relaxed, horny, sexually driven and calm, the gf liked me on it (was also on ativan 2 mg, ambien cr, and and wellbutrin) | M | 24 | 3 months | 11/27/2009 | 1 | intrusive thoughts w/depr. + anx. | insomnia, restlessness | I never had any trouble sleeping before starting/stopping this medicine. I was prescribed 2mg, then bumped up to 4mg after the first night; on my fourth night, I had a dystonic reaction to it and the muscles in my neck tightened so much I couldn't breathe and had to go to the E.R. VERY SCARY - thought I was going to die. Immediately went off this medication. For the last 4 nights, I have only been sleeping about 4 hours per night, and I am still a little restless, but it seems to be lessening everyday. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW LONG THE INSOMNIA WILL LAST? I only took it four times. | M | 30 | 4 days | 11/20/2009 | 3 | Psychotic illness | Shaking (at beginning), weight gain (2 stone/1 year), sedation (sleeping 10-14 hours a day), lactation (for three years - had to stop because of this). | It helped. It did the job of removing voices and gave me large amounts of motivation. I had to let go of it eventually due to weight gain, lactation and sedation and have now started Aripiprazole, which supposedly has none of these. However the short half-life of risperidone means that if you skip a dose, you're in trouble, and start experiencing withdrawal symptoms within the day. These involve shaking, nausea and restlessness. My thoughts immediately start to speed up and become less and less rational. Don't skip. Had to take it at night because of the sedation, and I'd always miss the first lecture the following night. Now that I'm withdrawing from it, I have mild insomnia (a big relief). The transition to aripiprazole is difficult but I think it will be worth it. | F | 19 | 3 years | 11/18/2009 | 1 | Bipolar Manic Insomnia | Weight gain to point of obese, severe memory loss, numerous bouts of severe muscle cramps, impaired motor skills (dangerous walking down stairs or driving), blinding headaches in middle of night, Restless Leg Syndrome, involuntary muscle twitching (sometimes lasting up to five minutes at a time), frequent hiccups, difficulty swallowing, severe psoriasis outbreaks, frequent bathroom runs in middle of night (up to four), severe paralyzing muscle spasm in right arm, social anxiety, attention deficit disorder,. | It actually is a chemical full frontal brain lobe lobotomy. | F | 54 | 14 months | 10/30/2009 | 4 | Depression with psychotic disorder | Lactation, no period, acne | Well, it cured my unreal thoughts and made me able to function. I actually felt normal and "integrated." But I'm not happy about the pizza face. | F | 32 | 3 years | 10/29/2009 | 5 | post-partum psycosis | fatigue (which was good, was not sleeping well before taking this), absence of menstrual periods, decreased libido, difficulty finding words I wanted, spaced out feeling | This drug saved my life. The hallucinations stopped (not right away, but after the right dosage and after my periods stopped), lessened my anxiety, boosted my anti-depressant (am also taking Effexor). This is my 4th month weaning off risperdal. My period has returned without psychotic episode. Other side effects still felt, but I'm guessing they'll ease with time too. This drug worked exactly how it was suppose to for me. | F | 36 | 1.5 years | 10/27/2009 | 1 | Nightmare episodes | My son has gained over 100 pounds, the doctors keep pumping the drug inside of him for the past 8 years. He was an excellent student, received a doctorate and now cannot even remember what he studied, he sleeps all day and cannot work a job. His quality of life is NIL. His mouth twitches and he has no control over it. I HATE PSYCHIATRISTS, they are PILL PUSHERS with medicine they know nothing about. Medicine that causes MORE PROBLEMS. God help them on Judgement Day. I HATE RISPERDAL. There has to be a better way to treat these poor souls, this is NOT THE WAY!!! The Psychiatrists should take a sample of the drugs they prescribe and give to their patients so they can have a taste of what it does to the body. | I have to find a way to get my son off this drug. It is like a legalized cocaine or Acid for the brain. I had a beautiful educated son that they misdiagnosed and now after 10 years of all kinds of medicine, they give up on him. If anyone out there knows how to get off this drug naturally, please tell me. HELP!!!! WHAT a TRADE OFF for a human life when they say the benefits outweigh the risks, this is a bunch of BULL!! I do not believe in anti psychotic drugs that are only making the drug companies and politicians rich. My son is DESTROYED by this drug. IT is like taking a dose of legalized poison every day. THe last time we tried to get him off the drug, he went into a semi comatose state. Is that normal for a drug. Where is the Food and Drug Admin. when you need them?? This is a LIFE WASTED AND RUINED, a brilliant mind destroyed and tortured. As a mother, it rips out my heart everyday. He cannot even enjoy the little things in life when just 10 years ago, he wrote a DOCTORAL DISSERTATION!! I regret the day I ever took him to a Psychiatrist. I am searching for a method to get him off of this drug that is poisoning his body every day of his life. He already has lost the best years of his life from misdiagnosing. | M | 30 | 8 years | 10/23/2009 | 5 | psychotic tendencies | nausea at first, headaches went away after 6 months | son takes this med has been miracle drug, stops his hallucinations and nightmares. Less weight gain than Zyprexa. He's taken it 2 different times stopped initially because of headaches. worked well for hallucinations both times started with 3 mg a day at age 4 | M | 10 | 5 years | 10/17/2009 | 1 | misdiagnosed | Galactorrhea. Painful swelling and redness. Bad dreams and thoughts. | DON'T TAKE THIS MEDICATION! The side effects I've been experiencing are severe. This is a horrible medication created by sadists. | F | 40 | 4 months | 10/9/2009 | 1 | paranoia | i am having very bad insomnia while taking 6mg of risperdal. has been hospitalized for 3 times. | i have tried unsuccessfully to go off risperdal for like 3 times. still want to get off this drug. Dont know what to do. Every time when i go off, i have very bad insomnia. | M | 28 | 6 years | 10/8/2009 | 1 | | 10/1/2009 | 1 | doctor recommened | Those suffering from side effects of the drug please read!!! In order to heal from psychological injuries one should put their faith in a higher power. One should pray and meditate and change their focus away from themselves in order for healing to begin. An important ingredient is that you must have courage that you will get better. Do not let the constant negativity (which may be reinforced by the internet and other discouraging sources that you refer to) override your path to positivity and remember the one who is most critical and most negative about yourself is yourself. Hopefully these words will set a new course in the road to your full recovery. Its easy for someone to say it but I experienced it. This is my recipe for full recovery. Don't forget this recipe can be adjusted for your own individual needs. Good luck! | M | | 9/24/2009 | 1 | Depression | Depression, lethargy, paranoia, suicidal thoughts, inability to connect with reality, loss of sex drive, paralysis of facial muscles, and severe weight gain (30 pounds in FOURTEEN DAYS). | Risperdal was a miserable and crippling experience, and I feel completely betrayed by my doctor. Those in the medical profession need to be very, very careful with this drug. | F | 20 | 2 months | 9/23/2009 | 1 | schizophrenia/delusion disorder | lethargy,weight gain, panic attacks, sleeplessness, lack of concentration | steeer clear of this one. it lobotomizes you. cant work totally disabled now. pdoc and gp won't listen they read the crap janssen puts out | M | 41 | 3 years | 9/6/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | Lack of sex drive, menses came two weeks early and in small amounts, muscles twitching, slight difficulty urinating | F | 23 | 13 days | 9/5/2009 | 1 | Anxiety | SEVERE dizziness, Akathisia, depression, very rapid heartbeat, chest pains, muscle twitching, trouble swallowing, numbness in arms/legs. | PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! This is a drug of last resort, unless you have schizophrenia or some other disease it was intended for, and have tried every other drug do not use it for other "off label uses"...Most people experience severe side effects. Stay away from this drug, IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE! | M | 28 | 4 weeks | 8/22/2009 | 5 | Emotional Unstability | Increased appitite. | Very effective. Our daughter rarely has emotional outbursts. She is able to recover from them. They are now mild emotional shifts. | F | 9 | 180 days | 8/19/2009 | 1 | Depression, ADHD | Weight gain - no matter how much I eat I never feel full, dizziness, total lack of motivation, an "I don't care" attitude, peripheral neuropathy in hands and feet, insomnia with a weird sensation of falling while trying to fall asleep, worsening of depression. | I'm very angry this medication was ever approved. I have treatment resistant depression so my Doc added this to Effexor. Nasty, nasty medicine. | F | 54 | 6 weeks | 8/19/2009 | 3 | psychotic disorder | at 3mg loss of period, greasy hair,at 2mg periods coming back but i realise i also have depression, difficulty conversing, generally feeling very slowed down, memory retrieval difficulties, not being able to think on my feet as i used to which is very important for my job | clinical symptoms ie not being able to work out what was/ was not real disappeared almost instantaneously but then paranoid thoughts set in | F | 39 | 9 months | 8/16/2009 | 3 | Schizophrenia-BiPolar | Very tired when I first started taking it. If I got up at night to use the bathroom, just standing made me feel sick to my stomach so I had to hurry to lay back down. Seroquel did the same thing to me. Now, almost a month later, no problems at all | I dont really see a change from taking this. Maybe its there or maybe my symptoms would be worse with out it, I dont know. I see and hear shit constantly just like before. No direct orders though from auditory hallucinations. What I like is I feel no side effects anymore and its been less than a month. | M | 20 days | 8/14/2009 | 1 | schizophrenia | Intense back cramping along spine, general ill feeling mentally, neck pains | The back and neck pains are like a charlie horse popping up and down the spine, I was on the floor flopping like a fish out of water. Get Geodon intsead and deal with mild back and neck cramps while getting on it (about 2-4 weeks) then those all go away when taking it twice a day at same time with meal. | M | 36 | 2 months | 7/23/2009 | 1 | some sort of psychotic disorder | Akathisia, agitation, paranoia and insomnia. | Another one of these so-called antipsychotics that make me feel WORSE than I do without drugs. Some of these drugs actually have PSYCHOTIC properties. Thank you so much, Janssen-Cilag. | M | 34 | 5 days | 7/14/2009 | 4 | OCD, depression | i was prescribed .5 morning and night. initially i only took 1/2 dose in the morning because i knew risperdal's reputation. if i take a morning dose, i feel really awful and cannot function well. i get easily winded, a little confused, and a big headache. i feel my blood pressure throbbing in my head. i have developed a little cough. one day i had to leave work because a headache became so awful. i switched both doses to night time. i feel a lot better since then, but initially i had some insomnia with the night dose. my doc does not know i moved the doses yet, and im not sure if it is ok to do. | im excited about some of the changes im experiencing. i notice i have higher frustration tolerance. i have begun to realize some things about myself that i might not have been able to deal with before. it really did boost my antidepressant and im not obsessing about suicide anymore. the point of the med is to stop hoarding. i dont know if that is quite treated yet, or if it will be effective for me, but im more than willing to give it a good try. | F | 47 | 2 weeks | 7/5/2009 | 3 | psycotic disorder | My husband takes this medication, he still hears voices sometimes, he has lost of memory, his body feels weird, he's always tired, it has increased his appetite, there is still times where he still doesn't make sense when he talks, he feels as if he never knows what words to say or how to answer questions. | I can say that he was way worse before he had started this medication, he still has his bad days but there not dangerous like they were in the past. He has some control over himself now. I know its only been 3 months but I hope it does more than what it is doing at this time so he can feel normal again. | M | 26 | 3 months | 6/30/2009 | 5 | voices anxiety depression | i produced milk due to the anti-depressant i was on | i like this drug no weight gain, voices disapeared, | F | 38 | 6 months | 6/25/2009 | 1 | psychosis | SEVERE AKETHISIA- I had to walk out of the class room daily and skip class because I COULD NOT SIT STILL TO SAVE MY LIFE i felt like something was inside me trying to come out...my mind could NOT control my body, SEVERE WEIGHT GAIN (20 pounds in one month...and I used to always be thin) made me OBSESSED with food...I would do anything to get to food and i would eat and eat and eat uncontrolably. Never have I been suicidal, but I wanted to die just to get rid of the akethisia it was LIVING HELL. I have permanent side effects... i'm way slower in the head...memory loss...stuttering... I would lie down and not be able to get out of bed I was SO tired at times. | This crap should be illegal... it's murder to give someone this medication. TRUST ME IVE BEEN THERE...don't take it! | F | 19 | 1 months | 6/18/2009 | 4 | for insomnia/pain/anxiety | i think it caused some anxiety initially but cant be sure it was down to the drug. also had a slight abnormal gait. my teeth felt kinda numb. mid-afternoon i get a sort of slump where i could possibly go to sleep if i lay down. it maybe due to the drug wearing off. | i suffer from CFS/ME and was initially prescribed this for sleep. i tried it in 2000 but felt like a zombie on it. this time round i dont have the zombie feeling; yet take more of the drug. i have found that risperidone has really lifted my mood/depression. ive read its used in treatment-resistant depression; i never been diagnosed as having this. im much calmer and anxiety has decreased too. i rarely take painkillers now. i used to have IBS-D but now my stools are formed more often. id read that the SSRIs work for constipation so i am at a loss why my diarrhoea has not become worse but better given that risperidone increases serotonin. i read that in low doses risperidone is a potent serotonin antagonist. im surprised i can tolerate this drug as i cannot take any of the SSRIs. i take and tolerate nortriptyline that mainly works on noradrenalin. Im on 1.5mg of risperidone at night. i get a better sleep but only about 5 hours where as before i woke every 2 hrs throughout the night. i think i get a deeper sleep as risperidone enchances stages 3 and 4. i hope i dont suffer from any of the side effects others on this site have experienced. I think its worth a try. | M | 43 | 2 months | 6/3/2009 | 4 | paranoid schizophrenia | i have experienced wieght gain, put on 6 stone (from 12 to 18) in about 1 year, i get headaches also. i have no other side effects and have been takin a 37.5mg dosage of the drug for 9 and a half years, i have not missed one of my injections which are home visits from a cpn | i think rispedal is a very good drug it helps keeps me calm and stops my thoughts racing, i now dont think that i am in several places at once infact now i dont think this at all and relaise that most of my other thoughts/conclusions are untrue i very rarely think of these particular thoughts/conclusions anymore too through the drug. i think inittially i went through the hypomania and mania stages | M | 28 | 9 years | 6/3/2009 | 4 | anxiety/major depression | I am experiencing no periods,appetite loss,cramps in legs&feet,off& on weight loss(no weight gain) | I really like this medication,overall.I had severe anxiety that caused my depression.I have bipolar disorder&my anxiety was really acting up worse than ever had but riperidone only at .5 mg really helps.I took 1 mg and was too much.caused severe muscle spasm in legs&feet at bedtime.I would recommend this for anxiety&depression.started in late March 2009 | F | 33 | 2 months | 5/28/2009 | 2 | bipolar | weight gain, akathisia, weakness, tired, hungary | the fda has approved Risperdal Consta the injection for bipolar | F | 38 | 2 years | 5/18/2009 | 3 | 'Classic' schizophrenia | From the beginning of treatment I experienced amenorrhea (later found to be due to hyperprolactinemia), also galactorrhea and high cholesterol. Increased sleep duration; I now sleep 12 hours per night and am often tired during the day. Also, I experienced weight gain of about 20 kilograms. | Am currently 25, first began hallucinating at nine (that I remember) and didn't start long-term antipsychotic treatment until aged 23, in which time I had two hospital admissions for psychosis. In many ways to be lucid and able to close to my family was a huge blessing, and I appreciate it every day. But my dissatisfaction with the drug is increasing due to the evidence that therapeutic doses are also quite toxic; I've decreased my dose from 4 to 2mg daily and still find no relief from side effects. Would ideally like drug-free treatment; I recommend anyone considering taking this or any antipsychotic to weigh up the pros and cons of medication (with all its horrendous side effects) versus other treatments, and only take medication if absolutely necessary, or as a last resort. | F | 25 | 2 years | 5/16/2009 | 1 | anxiety | i have gained weight, my appetite has increased a lot, i have symptoms of tardive dyskenesia, i can't concentrate, i am emotionally flat, i have no motivation, i have leg spasms, i have uncontrollable hand tremors, and am lethargic. I also have increased anxiety | I have been on Risperdal for 5 months now. I am only 14 years old. I was always a high achiever at school and my attendance was perfect all until I started taking risperdal and 4mg of the drug! This is way too high of a dose for a 14 yr old kid, and it ruined my life. I can't go to school anymore because i am constantly in fear of going back, I sleep all day and I have so much trouble concentrating. I even wrote a letter to my psychiatrist (because i could not tell him verbally, he intimidated me) begging him to take it off and switch to something with less side effects like Abilify. I am yet to find out if he will. But if he doesn't my GP will. | M | 14 | 5 months | 4/29/2009 | 4 | Autism/aggression | my son seems to have more up and down mood swings since atarting the dissolvable tablets he was great on regular tablets so we will switch back | He smiles more. Makes good eye contact now. sleeps through the night. Appetite has increased alot but no signifficant weight gain. | M | 5 | 6 months | 4/28/2009 | 3 | Bi-polar | Tired all the time, "numbed" emotions, yawning a lot, no sex drive at all, | I'm not sure how I feel about this drug. It has helped with my thoughts racing at night, but I don't like how it makes me feel "jittery" and numb feeling most of the time. After I finish with this bottle, I may stop. | F | 34 | 2 weeks | 4/28/2009 | 3 | schizophrenia | hair loss, flat emotions, boredom, absent minded, low libido, memory loss, weight gain | There are not that many options if you are schizhophrenic. The drug does its job at the cost of the side affects I mentioned for my particular case. It's barely worth but i'm scared to go off of it. | M | 22 | 8 months | 4/23/2009 | 4 | anxiety/PTSD | the first night I took it, I took half of a 2mg pill, and my legs were VERY twitchy (like severe restless legs), they would NOT settle for a good two hours, my mind was wide awake. But after about 4 hours of dozing in and out, my limbs became REALLY heavy, even going ot the bathroom I could NOT squeeze my muscles to stop the flow of urine. I woke up the next morning feeling tired and drugged and in a BLIND panic. The next two nights, the horrible drugged feeling in the morning lessened and then stopped, but the restless legs continued, and my anxiety was through the roof. So I called my doctor, and he lowered my starting dose to just a quarter of a 2mg pill and these side effects disappeared altogether. | be very careful about what drugs you take with this. Cold medicine is supposed to be okay, according ot the pharmacist, he actually warned me they might make me MORE sleepy, but said they should be okay (sudafed and alavert) but some of the above side effects were because I had also taken a cold medicine with it (had a really bad cold, the kind where your nose drips down your face, you know). Apparently the cold medicines can make the side effects WORSE. But this drug has made the PTSD voices I hear go away, and it helps me sleep better at night. in fact, I wasn't even aware just how little sleep I was actually getting until I began to take this medication. now I'm out cold for hours at a time, and I actually wake up feeling refreshed and raring to go in to the morning, not tired. The anxiety is lessening as well. this medication is a godsend so far for me. The last two mornings I haven't been waking up quiet as groggy either, so I say if you're waking up groggy and you're having those severe restless legs, you need to call your doctor to adjust your dosage. Adjusting mine helped tremendously. | F | 36 | 1 weeks | 4/11/2009 | 2 | bipolar | weight gain akathisia | this medicine has gone generic and is much cheaper as risperidone | M | 30 | 2 months | 4/9/2009 | 1 | - | Two years and three months off this medication. Still experiencing "side effects" which started ON the medicaton, one month into "treatment". Was only on the medication for two months total. Was on NO meds prior to starting this med. Have not been on any med in this class for spproaching two years. Have been on klonopin for one year, which helps with some of the "side effects" which initially started with Risperdal. | Risperdal has caused long-term damage to myself and others. Probably, the number of people suffering, or with the potential to suffer from, long-term effects of taking this medication is very small compared to those who won't suffer, or haven't suffered from, long-term consequences after taking the medication. Still, long term consequences ARE possible. Be aware of this fact, from someone who is suffering this undesirable possibility. If you ask your doctor and he or she denies the possibility of long-term damage from the medication, he or she is incorrect. Quite so. Email me with doubts or questions if you wish. | M | 34 | 2 months | 4/7/2009 | 2 | mood swings, depression, anxiety | GAINED 60 LBS. IN A YEAR!!! SLEPT 10 TO 12 HOURS A DAY, EVERYDAY!!! WAS IN A NUMB STATE OF MIND ALL THE TIME, NO SEX DRIVE...THAT'S CRAZY!!! | It was not for me! Was on lexapro and risperdal both, but now off both and on cymbalta | F | 33 | 13 months | 3/24/2009 | 5 | psychosis | No side effects other than sleeping an extra 2 hours a night when I get a chance.. I can get by on 6 hours but will sleep up to 12 hours when I have time off. Moderate lowering of libido... occuring during psychosis and not cured by Risperdal. | Cured my racing mind. Allowed me to sleep regularly and continue my life. | M | 28 | 3 years | 3/21/2009 | 3 | psychotic disorder | diarrhea, severe sexual dysfunction, memory problems, increased appetite resulting in over 100 lbs of weight gain | I feel more stable on this medication but it's side effects are horrible. Long use of this drug can cause some serious problems, take this drug as a last resort. | M | 27 | 2 years | 3/20/2009 | 2 | Bipolar Mania | Increased appetite, upset stomach, lethargy | Minimal benefits from this medicine. | M | 29 | 2 months | 3/20/2009 | 4 | Bipolar I with severe psychosis | 100 lbs weight gain in 2.5 years, binge-eating, insatiable hunger, compulsive eating, loss of motivation, sleepiness, loss of energy, loss of period, complete cessation of all psychosis, loss of emotion, decreased sex drive (but not a totally dead sex drive...once to three times a month maybe) | It saved my life as far as stopping my eternal mixed state but the weight gain is just as detrimental to my sex life as the psychosis was. | F | 30 | 2.5 years | 3/12/2009 | 2 | BIPOLAR | WHERE DO I BEGIN? DOPY HEADED, FUZZY FEELING, SLEEPY, SLOW REACTION TIME WHEN DRIVING, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST.....UNCONTROLLABLE MOUTH AND TONGUE MOVEMENTS (TD). | MAYBE THIS WORKS FOR SOME PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW?? IT DOPED ME UP PRETTY GOOD!! | F | 37 | 3 years | 3/12/2009 | 4 | Bipolar with psychosis | WEIGHT GAIN!!!!, sleeping too much, low sex drive, trouble getting an orgasm, constipation, no menstruation (yipee!) | Incredible weight gain uncontrollable and hard to deal with. I started smoking to control my weight and now I've switched to nicotine patches which works to stablize my weight. I hate being dependant on it. I'm a much calmer and nicer person on this drug. | F | 29 | 5 years | 3/10/2009 | 1 | bipolar / anger management | i felt stoned all the time, everything felt slowed down, paranoia, hallucinations which to this day as a shadow ghost, i did not feel any type of emotion on this drug, i could not converse with people easy, not even good friends, i felt watched, threatened, suicidal, after i stopped taking this drug everything got worse for about a year, i then began to dream in color for the first time and launched into a massive depression for about 6 months, since then i believe the drug has altered me permanently, i those two months felt like i was in hell trapped in an altered state | fuck this drug seriously fuck it the people endorsing it the parents that put there kids on it to mask problems, this drug is the high road, im in a better place now i can ramble my testimony for hours and hours and hours, the experience changed me for the best but in only in taking the highest road... you can email me if you would like to compare anything that you find absolutely bizarre about this drug | M | 19 | 2 months | 3/8/2009 | 1 | depression, anxiety | paranoia, anxiety, abnormal thoughts. | I have been taking risperdal .5mg for 4 days. Last night I was convinced there was a monster under my bed and I couldn't get off of my bed because of it, and I am 19 years old. At the moment I have every light on in my house and two televisions on due to nervousness and I am experiencing extreme paranoia and anxiety. I am stopping this medication immediately and do not recommend it. | F | 19 | 4 days | 3/6/2009 | 1 | Psychosis | Go to this website http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/psychiatric-drugs/antipsychotics/areford-neuroleptics/areford-neuroelptics-harm/ Before you even think about touching it or already are takeing it | You will be glad that you went to that website if you are taking or planning to take risperdal or any antipsychotic | M | 23 | 8 months | 3/3/2009 | 2 | manic/psychotic episode | restlessness at first. About a month into taking it became depressed. demotivation, lethargy, depression effect of a chemical lobotomy | Was on 3mg. Good for reducing the positive symptoms of the psychosis but made me lethargic and demotivated. A month after starting taking it became depressed. 4 months after starting taking it switched to aripiprazole and added citalopram, depression lifted. | M | 23 | 4 months | 2/24/2009 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |