RISPERDAL Reviews (RISPERIDONE)Average Rating: 2.3 (788 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare RISPERDAL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR RISPERDAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Manic depression | HORRIBLE immediate weight gain. Numb state, shaky grinding teeth, get cold easily. | F | 42 | 2 weeks 1/2 mg 4 x | 7/29/2014 | 2 | used to get rid of my anger | i am a transgender male and it made me more worser. i was told to stop taking risperdal because it possibly made me gain weight if i were to take pills with food. | N/A | M | 21 | 3 weeks 0.5 mg 1X day | 7/25/2014 | 5 | Bipolar II | Lactating, weight gain (although I gained at 13 years old have since lost the weight), vivid dreams | My doctor has been surprised that I can be on Risperdal on a very low dose - 1mg once a day. He says I qualify for Abilify because of lactating (since I was 13) but I like Risperdal, I know what to expect and it works. I don't mind lactating and the weight gain is now weight loss - since I work out 5days a week. I have taken numerous drugs - trying new ones when they come out but always go back to Risperdal. It just works. I'm able to function although I have periods where I can barely get out of bed and I'm completely irrational when I'm angry. Usually I go into a depression mode twice a year - my anger stages are rare and may last for about 2 hours. Depression stages last all winter ( doesn't help that I live in NJ - might be better if I move to FL for the lovely yearly weather). So that might last about 5 months. I try to work out more and do activities to help keep me going strong, but I usually just want to stay home. | F | 27 | 13 years 1mg 1X day | 7/15/2014 | 4 | Bipolar II Mania | My mania has gotten worse over the past month. I quit the benzos due to me abusing them and having drug dependancy. So I didn't have a "chill pill"! It was to the point that I was almost arrested for threats I made and being violent. I was even having homicidal thoughts. I was so manic I wanted to die. Dr gave me respirdal 3mg at night. OMG! I can live with myself now. My hubby said I was acting better too. I am not at all agitated like I was. I'm much more chill and relaxed without feeling "drugged"! This is my new best friend. It is supposed to help me go to sleep. It has not worked for that. But I can't complain. I have not had Any adverse side effects so far! I would definatly recommend this drug to people who are having a manic episode! | F | 35 | 3 days 3mg | 6/1/2014 | 1 | Paranoid Schizophrenia | lethargy, depression, suicidal thoughts, lost fantasy and creativity, bad memory, lost ability to feel deeply, lost ability to connect with others, probably permanent brain damage, dependency from risperdal | A drug from hell describes it very good. I wish I would never have taken it. After all this time, withdrawal will be hard and I don't know if I will succeed or suicide. I have no psychotic thoughts but this drug is reason enough not to live anymore. It's like a progressing dementia, depression and suicidality when I'm only 28 yo. | M | 28 | 9 years 2.5-4 1X day | 5/31/2014 | 1 | Schizophrenia | Shaking, Horrible Nightmares, Restlessness, Lactating | Risperdal did not work for me whatsoever, and when I started lactating - I stopped taking it cold turkey and had HUGE withdrawl symptoms which lasted for over a month. | F | 24 | 1 years 5 mg 1X day | 5/15/2014 | 5 | Amphetamie psychosis | Weight gain at 1st but the after a while it levelled out | M | 46 | 10 years 8mg | 4/12/2014 | 4 | Schizophrenia | Weight gain, very bad stretch marks, feeling numb tired | F | 29 | 2 years 2mg | 4/11/2014 | 5 | phycosis | lack of emotion,not bothered by anything,tired most of the time! | this drug works against phycosis,have a normal life,side effects have dulled me though! | M | 47 | 6 months 2 1X day | 3/2/2014 | 3 | moody | Erectile dysfunction until dosage was lowered. It flat lines my testosterone levels, so I have to also take T injections, or become fatigued. It helps me sleep so I take it before bed. Psycotic thoughts from what I can best figure out to be from withdrawals from stopping cold turkey. | I have clinical depression, aspergers (autism), insomnia, life threatening food allergies, OCD, ADHD, IBS, mood grumpy disorder, I can straight up be an asshole without this drug. Cognitive disorders, the state recently declared me disabled. Learning disability. anxiety, chronic back pain, meniere's disease. tinites, vertigo. memory problems, hypogonadisim. and I'm not malingering. God dealt me a shit sandwich without the bread. I take 9 meds and one injection for the aforementioned but only 3 of them work. | M | 47 | 4 years 1-4 mg 1X day | 2/9/2014 | 3 | Paranoid Schizophrenia | Weight gain, lowered libido, higher cholesterol and blood sugar levels, memory is effected a little, mellow mood | I think I may have been misdiagnosed so I can't tell you I have less paranoid thoughts because I didn't have any to begin with. However I can tell you that this drug has a mellowing effect on me (not mad or sad). I do think for me the negative side effects outweigh the positive effects on me so I am tapering off this drug. | M | 35 | 2 years 3 MG 1X day | 1/18/2014 | 1 | Asperger syndrome | Took in combination with various SSRI's over the years. Made my symptoms worse, It led to serious introversion and near complete self-imposed social isolation. My weight gradually increased to borderline obese on the BMI scale. Within 3 months of discontinuing, my weight was down to normal, and my social life is better than ever. | My doctor aggressively pushed me and my parents to continue taking it. Once I became an adult, I fired him. | M | 33 | 17 years 1 1X day | 1/16/2014 | 1 | anxiety | My mom and doctor put me on this when I was 12 and it helped but it made me lactate the whole time I was on it and I didn't tell anyone bc the med helped and I was too embarrassed. Well I just had to stop it cold turkey bc I started developing tartive disconesia. I took prozac with it for years and did fine too. Withdrawls were horrific. And now i can't take any ssri or snri without severe muscle spasms.i even tried a tricyclic which made my heart rate go to 147. I can't take antipsychotics anymore bc they all make me lactate and start getting symptoms of td. ever since risperdal I'm irritable my anxiety is worse and i get akathesia a lot and it's changed something in my brain to where no other medicines will work for me. I'm still looking for a medicine to help me but Im running out of options. i also have permanent muscular and ligament problems and stay in constant pain now. DO NOT PUT YOUR KIDS ON THIS IT WILL EVENTUALLY RUIN THEIR LIFE! | F | 25 | 10 years 1 mg | 1/11/2014 | 1 | Anxiety | Weight gain, tired | Withdrawal from this drug is terrible | F | 43 | 9 months 1X day | 1/8/2014 | 3 | Paranoid Schizophrenic | I began on 2 mg and found I could actually sleep, but noticed an almost immediate increase in weight. When I ran out of medication, the weight almost instantly dropped off, just as fast as it appeared. | I have been trying to determine why I am experiencing night sweats, although I don't know if this is a side effect of the drug or not. My dosage has been increased to 3 mg, and without cogentin (?), my speech is affected and I have a weird twitch to the mouth. Other than that, I sleep fine now. | F | 46 | 45 days 2 mg 1X day | 1/3/2014 | 2 | Schizoaffective | Loss of creativity, I'm an artist too. No desire to be around people. Loss of memory short term. Can't remember why I left a room. Less interest in people I love. Giant appetite, easy to gain quickly on this med even if I skip a meal. Very very tired. I sleep 10-11 hours a night and could sleep more, sometimes take a midday nap. Always drinking coffee. Shaky muscles. Blurred vision. Twitches. Eye jiggling noticed when trying hard to get into art. Abdominal discomfort and swelling. Itchy burning skin, swelling in hands and feet. Still depressed, increased suicidal thinking, still schizoaffective-- still getting messages from the ether. I refuse to increase it more. Still self mutilation desire. Cotton mouth, cotton throat, cotton eyes. Contacts less comfortable. At my wits end because I've run the mill on meds. So I will camp on this one for a while, nothing else is any better. Been taking meds for almost twenty years so that's life. | F | 33 | 2 years 4mg | 1/3/2014 | 1 | Clinical Depression | Suicidal Thoughts, Rapid Heartbeat, Uncontrollable Muscle Spasms, Loss of Hope for Humanity | Was put on Risperdal after switching mental health doctors. Never again. Not even an hour after being in my system I wanted to go on a psychotic rampage. My mom noticed my reaction immediately and called my doctor who said to get rid of the rest of the pills and to comfort me while I "rode it out". Went to school that day in a complete fog and I saw two of my law teacher. I would not recommend this medicine to my worst enemy. | F | 20 | 2 days 25 MG 1X day | 12/18/2013 | 1 | Looking for help the wrong way | Smelly under arms. Near heart attack panic attack induced by Mary Jane and never ever had had a problem in the past. Heart rate above 100 easy for four hours or more. Chest pains. Ruined me who I was my stimulating mind. Have maybe permanent damage. Gave me stomac pains chest pains bad tastes in my mouth complete hunger out the window. Life is spiritual and fixed by re expression and love Joy being. And choices and people who care. Oh the ones who will Love and help. No drugs are needed. This drug ruined my brain my thinking. Hair falling out. Foggy memory. Seeing colors lights and even studied and learned about it so I am aware awake and not a sheep It's awful. Depression is the most contagious thing. Be happy. Passion for living and life. Cannot change one thing without changing everything This drug suppresses thought. Hurts the body in a painless low level way working around you availablity to notice. Thank god I stopped it ASAP after forced to take it even court not Decide in my descion. Three doctors. Screwed me over. Dogs !!! I cannot say from pure happy unhurt to hurt I am. Some part will glow if you take this. Anything that brings its symptoms to the front could kill you. Do not smoke Mary Jane w or one this drug. Near heart attack. Heart rate will go up but nothing as close to what happens when it gets metabolized suddenly and effects are full blown experienced. Like a jinga tower do not tip. Bruce lee I think was killed by a reaction similar to this. | M | 25 | 2 months 2mg | 10/19/2013 | 2 | Breakdown | Zombie suicidal sad God pleaes don't give these to your kid. Love them instead. For once listen....just cause I am a kid do not discount me. | My young life has been hard traumatic and sad. My break down was bad scary and had all the signs of any major psyc disorder after all they all sounds similar ...look into it. They all sound the sam as do the r x companies...no studies prove they work long term n. My family took me to 4 psycotic docs they should be called all said something different...were was the science there? Well the one thing they said that matched was take meds. Then me and my family prayed a lot and the break down became a break through I accepted responsibility and worked hard in lots of therpy to love me. Got off the meds started back in school and feel like a new blessed me. Stay away from any drugs ..sleep good...don't listen to hate music. Let go of that ..that haunted me. You can do this drug free find the faith and work for it. Ask your parents to believe in you..they might surprise you and you them. | M | 16 | 3 days 3.5 none 1X day | 10/18/2013 | 1 | Not explained | crushed my genius mind. I could create scenerious in my head and place them all around myself. I could hallucinate but control my hallucinations. My mind was genius, a mind that comes in 1 in a million. It was permanently destroyed by psychiatry. Antipsychotics, Antidepressants are all the same, they work purely by suppressing thought. This drug will cause permanent brain damage, so if you have any thought, emotion or will to live then please do not take this drug! I was 9 when I took this. Genius mind I had at the time is still damaged. Be careful, very careful. | M | 16 | 60 days 1mg 1X day | 10/13/2013 |