Drug Ratings for RISPERDALAverage Rating: 2.4 (622 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR RISPERDAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | schizotypal personality disorder | Severe weight gain (about 80 lbs. over the course of a year), which later contributed to me developing type 2 diabetes. Some tardive dyskinesia. | [continued from above]gh I'm still on medication for both) and my schizotypal personality disorder is no worse than it was while I was taking risperdal. I'm sorry I don't remember the exact dosage I was on but I want to say 2 mg daily. I figure not everyone will have the same experience I did, and it may help some people, but if you start gaining weight on this drug I would recommend you get off of it immediately, and I also would recommend you regularly get a full blood test to measure your cholesterol, kidney functions and A1C hemoglobin levels while on it. I did have some tardive dyskinesia at the time I was on this drug, which I no longer have, although I never directly attributed it to risperdal (I was on four different psychological drugs at the time, and now I'm just on one (Wellbutrin, for depression)). | M | 29 | 4 years | 10/21/2006 | 1 | Depression, Generalized Anxiety | Memory loss, drowsiness, breast enlargement, lactation, Emephilia, nerve damage, weight gain. | I went from a typical, flat chested teenage male, to obese with a B-cup breast. I GREW TITTIES!!! I also lost most of my memory and manual dexterity due to "Long term side effects" (By that, my shrink meant "Permanate Brain Damage"), I was misdiagnosed and over medicated with 6mg of the medication (The safest maximum is 5mg). To date the only side effects that actually have gone away are the drowsiness, lactation, and weight gain. I have to wear overly baggy clothing to hide my bustline, which mind you I shouldn't have because I'm a 20 year old man. I personally vindicated myself from the medication, and I've never been happier. Omega 3 acids and Vitamins B3 and B12 are a safer and more efective cure... No, wait! I didn't say that! I meant... I mean treatment! Yeah... Treatment. | M | 20 | 6 years | 12/7/2006 | 1 | Psychosis involved with depression | Extrapyramidal symptoms (Tremors), Weight gain, Decrease in Libido | I took Risperdal for 5 months, having just gone off of it within the past month. The medication caused me to gain 30 pounds and i suffered from twitches, normally in my eyes, but also occurred throughout my body. | M | 18 | 5 months | 12/24/2006 | 1 | SAD and mood swings(so i thought) | weight gain after 1 month of use, fat face | i still take the prozac but i quit this stuff after a month. after researching SAD, the mood swings i thought i had weren't mood swings. they were up and downs, good and bad days of SAD. having a bloated feeling and eating more than i did when i used to get stoned is not for me. i am starting to look like a little buddha. no thanks last night was it. i will take the prozac by itself and see how it works. do research on your own in addition to therapy because doctors don't know everything going on in our minds. good luck and watch out for the munchies | M | 26 | 1 months | 2/6/2007 | 1 | Bi Polar Disorder | Lack of motivation, loss of emotions, weight gain, severe fatigue, premature ejaculation. | This stuff just made me a zombie, my family suffered, I can not get enough sleep, I gained 40 pounds. I have no desire to do anything, not even care for my kids. I no longer do things that interest me. I would rather be bipolar and be happy half of the time instead of having no mood all of the time. This drug is OK if you don't want a life and just want to be a docile sheep. I wouldn't recommend this drug to anything other than a manic depressed convict on death row. | M | 27 | 7 months | 2/8/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | Side effects while taking risperdal: drowsiness, decreased speech and word retrieval problems, stiffness. Side effects while tapering off risperdal: jaw (chewing) movements, tremors, panic attacks, facial grimacing, ringing in ears, abnormal movements in arms and legs. Side effects started calming down toward end of taper but jaw movements have still not gone away. | Risperdal did not help reduce my anxiety. It initially caused insomnia but at higher doses just the opposite - hard to stay awake. This is a nasty drug to withdraw from - I started quitting after only four months on risperdal from a dose of 1 mg per day. I was tapered off by ten percent weekly increments over ten weeks, and the withdrawal side effects, especially the movements, have been frightening to me. | M | 17 | 6 months | 6/28/2006 | 1 | schizophrenia | Risperdal linked to Tardive Dyskinesia or Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome. | M | 29 | | 6/30/2006 | 1 | Schizophrenia | Took only one 3 mg pill. Severe acathisia (could not sit still for a min), thight chest, brutal palpitations, feelings of doom and death, vision problems (like I was looking through plastic wrap), loss of peripheral vision, nearsightedness, blurred vision | Took more than a week to get back to normal. I would not wish this to anyone! | M | 1 days 3 mg 1X D | 4/4/2012 | 1 | various reasons, mostly aggression | acute tightness and panic if given too much at once; confusion, loss of ability to speak; depressed mood, loss of motivation, anger; blurred vision, zombie stare; constipation, difficulty controlling urine; swelling and weight gain; unwanted movements, difficulty starting movement; tremor, restlessness; muscle stiffness, muscle pain, weakness, difficulty with coordination | My son is the patient in question. He called this the HELL DRUG. It and others of similar type contributed much to ruining his life and denying him the future he might have enjoyed. At VERY LOW doses it can help with depression or tics but past a certain point it bites back viciously. Unfortunately well-meaning doctors can be so eager to solve the 'case' that they overlook the suffering of the patient, especially if he is a handicapped minor. This med is also a favorite PRN--basically used as punishment for bad behavior or to increase the drug load without having to admit how much to parents. Unfortunately nobody in the 'system' dares to think outside the box (there are cheaper, safer alternatives) or to question medical authority. I believe that administration of any antipsychotic to people under 18 should be illegal; they can be as dangerous as some of the street drugs. | M | 16 | 2 years 0.5-2 2X D | 5/9/2012 | 1 | Phycosis | Tired all the time, wanting 14 hours sleep, loss of focus, no interest in life, major depression. Not feeling happy at all | M | 26 | 3 months 5 | 6/11/2012 | 1 | Asparger's related anxiety | Very bad memory, increased appetite, tiredness, slept 12 hours, anxiety, lost my personality, thoughts suppressed, no imagination and feeling stupid | I was subscribed on taking this medication by my Pdoc mainly due to the severe social anxiety issues I had (and angry burst issues) . He put me on this drug since I seemed to him a bit paranoiac and also it would reduce the suffering from noise.. So I started with 1/2 mg and went gradually up.. I thought it was helping cuz I was more calm and didn't get into fights with my brothers over TV noise always bothered me.. And it blocked my thoughts so when I walked outside on the street It blocked a bit bad thoughts like that people where watching me.. Still it wasn't enough so I increased the dosage.. It was terrible.. I lost my personality and felt dependent on the drug (this and Concerta), while I had repeating thoughts in my head that where very stupid and I couldn't think, but thought it was because of Concerta had worn off.. I needed Concerta just for doing that! Now THANK GOD I'm off this horrendous pill, and I moved to taking Celexa which is MUCH more suited for treating social anxiety. | M | 19 | 3 months 3 mg 1X D | 4/15/2012 | 1 | Post-Traumatic Stress/Depression | More than moderate tiredness, congestion, rigidity, depression, suicidal thoughts, stress, anxiety, irritability, restlessness, slowness of thoughts, constipation, high blood pressure, weight gain, headaches, acne, twitching, and muscle soreness. | I was first misdiagnosed with schizophrenia that was later changed to post-traumatic stress and major depression, after they said they could find no evidence for schizophrenia. It was a very traumatic experience to be forced to take this drug and it took months for the adverse affects to fade, only recently has the headaches stopped. I was prescribed the drug after I left the hospital, but my psychiatrist disagreed with their reasoning and asked me not to take it, told me to go home and rest, only to come back if I felt I needed medicine. If I ever wanted a medicine that could let me be insane enough to hurt myself, this would be it. | M | 24 | 8 days 1 2X D | 4/23/2012 | 1 | Misdiagnosed SchizophreniaPsychosis | Ruined my Brain, My sex life | This is an absolutely Evil Drug, Whoever has profited from this drug has ticket straight to hell.....Only the Most Severe cases perhaps should ever be prescribed this Drug, This drug has taken away almost anything i cared about from my life, A trigger happy Doctor put me on Respirdal Consta.....For two months as part of Cannabis de addiction .... Though i am happy i am not using Cannabis anymore , it is DEFINITELY not due to this drug ,Although i only ever used Cannabis during one Year , and while it was a Terrible terrible habit , i would rather die a weed Junkie, then ever take another shot , of this Absolute Poison, and given the Chance shoot , the Asshole who had me injected with this Venom | M | 30 | 2 months 1X D | 6/25/2012 | 1 | For Bipolar Illness | I got extremely sick; cold sweats, tongue got heavy (slurred speech), twitching of arms and legs, nervousness, headache, clouded thoughts, diarreah. Landed me in the Veterans Hospital emergency room. | This is a dangerous drug, should be taken off the market. I know others who told me to watch it, and they were right. Avoid this drug, i rather be locked up for a while than to experience this again (the bad side effects that landed me in the emergency room). | M | 41 | 1 days 4MG 1X D | 7/5/2012 | 1 | severe anxiety,ocd,social phobia | spaced out,slurred speech,twitching,eyes rolling,couldn't sleep,panic attacks,suicidal thoughts,paranoia..list goes on! | prescribed for my 16 year old son who has complex mental health problems. made him worse than he already was,he looked like a zombie and kept crying,was awful to watch. after 3 weeks and getting worse i took him off this wretched drug and already after 2 days off it he is feeling and looking better. have heard sertraline is very good,avoid this one at all costs!! | M | 16 | 3 weeks 1X D | 8/25/2012 | 1 | Bipolar 1 | Weight gain but nothing serious, zombie-ish feeling, became anti-social and withdrawn, restless leg like always having to rock back and forth. I've been off the medicine for about 4 months now and some of the aide effects have gone away but I don't feel correct yet. I still can't hold conversations properly, I used to be funny, outgoing and someone people got along with, now I feel like my soul has been ripped from my body. Im always tired and fatigued, it takes me around 2 hours to get out of bed. If anyone has found a way out of this hell on earth contact me, my number is 201 674 0653. | M | 21 | 6 months | 8/16/2012 | 1 | Auditory hallucinations | Increased auditory hallucinations, not able to sleep, then chest pains | M | 4 days | 8/18/2012 | 1 | Psychosis | Blunted emotions, no passion, zombie like feeling, frequent urination,25 pound weight gain, slow thinking, loss of sex drive, dry eye, loss of motivation, longer sleep, high prolactin (4x), high cholesterol, low white blood cell, heart arythmia, jaw tightness. Personality became more low key. | I studied this drug alot and recommend it only be taken for short term use. It interferes with your neurotransmitters and causes brain shrinkage in your frontal lobe (animal studies). When you stop taking it there are terrible side effects like restless movement(akisthesia), sleep disturbance, emotional fluctuations, and tardive psychosis. Some people get psychosis because of withdrawing rather than from an underlying condition. The brain has so many additional dopamine neurons, that when you stop it you get extreme dopamine levels (like with psychosis). Be extremely careful and always do your own research. | M | 46 | 10 years 1-3mg 1X D | 2/3/2013 | 1 | A witch that cursed me | weight gain(40kg) 1year Slurred speach, Can`t write, can bearly walk, can`t remember mom or dad or any thing from school, no thought pattern when I speak! | HORRIBLE drug!!! Life has been horror on this. Lost my job. All friends. Welfare. Weightgain, scared of people now,can bearly walk,layed in bed all day for 5 years, Lost my entire life! People were out partying and getting girls while I was in bed!! Gave up on life! Crying all day in bed! Waiting to die! Asking GOD to let me die. | M | 33 | 5 years 37,5 2X M | 4/17/2013 | 1 | Schizophrenia | Unnatural amount of lethargy . total zombie | It's an awful substance. Places you in such powerfully lethargic stupor, you lose all your bearings to function meaningfully in life | M | 42 | 1 months 1mg 1X D | 3/2/2013 | 1 | psychosis | Abnormal walk, Difficulty ejaculating, Impotence, Agitation, Difficulty urinating, Nasal inflammation. | Don' t take risperdal for long time, the effects that i have described are irreversible in me. | M | 25 | 8 years | 9/3/2005 | 1 | Schizzo-Effective disorder | I have gone to the emergency room twice and experienced another time where I had dystonic reactions to the medicine. I could barely talk, and I couldn't keep my tongue from sticking out of my mouth. I had no control over my facial muscles and had to be treated in the hospital with IV benadyl to regain control over myself. I hate this drug and would not recommend it to anyone. | M | 25 | 2 years | 3/21/2006 | 1 | hey | the microbes in the product will make your balls fry | this product has microbes in it and lasts for years with one injection | M | 22 | 12.5 1X D | 10/29/2011 | 1 | Insomnia/Headaches | Brain dead zombie effects. I was given this junk wrongly for Insomnia by a scum bag Psychiatrist.All I wanted was a hard and fast acting drug to knock me out quickly;Instead I was given this.I took it once - never again.Now trying to sue them for giving me a dangerous drug | A drug which turns peoples brains to mush .I give this medication 0 | M | 35 | 1 days 1mg 1X D | 9/2/2011 | 1 | psych ward bs | Well its a painfull experience...kinda feels like an electrical current is running throuhg you from your stomach....then after the 6 days were up its been 14 days since then and i still feel the chemical inside of me...im still on the damn drug....well i assume it will take a month or so till i dont feel the efeects of it.... | this drug makes you stupid, it turns your brain into scrambled eggs....very hard to relax on this chemical.....i always considered it more like torture than medication. ...risparadal is torture and the people who make it arent helping people.....as far as scaring you its a good med at doing that | M | 22 | 6 days 4mg 1X D | 8/9/2011 | 1 | Tourettes Syndrome | The most horrific drug ever. Severe muscle spasms that wouldn't stop. I was in terrible pain. Severe Insomnia. Huge increase in motor tics. Terrible anxiety. If you want to torture someone give them this drug. They won't even know who they are after one pill | M | 24 | 2 days 2MG 1X D | 8/3/2011 | 1 | BIPOLAR | Made me sick to my stomach. Gave me stomach problems along with Consta. My muscles twitch from time to time. I'v switched to Saphris Black Cherry Flavor. | Makes your eyes flicker and muscles twitch. Terrible insomnia on this drug. | M | 25 | 2 months 2MG 1X D | 8/22/2011 | 1 | Manic episode, Bipolar I disorder. | At first no effect at all. At 2 mg/day, I started getting extremely dry mouth and body, despite drinking lots of water. Shortness of breath and rapid heart beat from minor physical exertion. No symptom relief at all. If anything, I felt less in control of my symptoms. | Horrible medication for me. | M | 31 | 6 days 2 mg 1X D | 11/22/2011 | 1 | forced treatment | constant weight gain,depression,tirdness,blured vision,dizziness,abnormal blood tests,poor concentration,how to stop taking this legal poison god ! | join us on facebook we have created un group for risperdal users ! http://www.facebook.com/groups/36775574273/ | M | 39 | 25mg 2xM 1X D | 3/15/2012 | 1 | Paranoid Schizophrenia | Canīt remember mom and dad. Loosing speech and writing. No emotions. Zombie like tv watching all day. No fantasy. (Weight gain 80 pounds). No want for women. Donīt understand what people say. Will never have kids because of the medicine. | Used to have a IQ of 135 before they gave me the medicine. Now I have a IQ of 70. | M | 32 | 5 years 37.5 MG 2X M | 12/28/2011 History | 1 | High-functioning autism? | Depersonalization & derealization, tiredness, rage (that I managed to hold back), irritable constantly, no emotions apart from the 2 I experienced, loss of appetite, dizziness, low blood pressure (I've came close to fainting almost everytime I got up to walk or do something), headaches (constantly), increased sleep, didn't eat as much, slight sickness after eating or drinking certain things, constipation, loss of memory (forgetfulness, I even forgot how much dosage I took after being told so many times) and loss of cognitive skills. | I was misdiagnosed with high-functioning autism, I was diagnosed because I'm shy and wasn't good at the tests he made me do. I was put on this medication twice, once last year and again this year. I know the medication does all these side effects because it done the exact same thing twice now, can't be a coincidence. It literally feels like someone's squeezing on my head and I don't feel like myself. This is hell, I've been put on a drug for being falsely diagnosed with autism. Autistic people want to be alone, I want friendship but I'm just shy and get bullied a lot, they have delayed speech and some of them don't even talk. There's an autistic person in my class and I'm nothing like him, all I am is a shy person and just get bullied a lot. I know I'm not autistic and I won't stop saying that until everyone who surrounds me acknowledges that. I've also been misdiagnosed with ADD and anxiety disorder. This drug makes me feel autistic, fucking hell! I've just got off of this medication but nothing's happening, I'm still experiencing the same side effects! How long does this shit stay in your system for? And if this does cause permanent brain damage then I'm going to go crazy! | M | 14 | 3 months Forgot 1X D | 12/2/2011 | 1 | schziophrenia | So it looks like both risperidone and olanzapine our both cheap generic pills that will help both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It can't get better then that, besides the side effects are terrible for both of these. | I'm glad there both generic, there's nothing like having a cheap medicine. It's about time. | M | 35 | 6 months 2mg 1X D | 10/26/2011 | 1 | Psychosis | I feel just like a zombie all the time, I don't like doing anything anymore, my sexual life is gone, I can't concentrate, I can't even talk to people like I used to, I'm totaly emotionless and I have suicide thoughts witch I have never had in my life | I am taking this as we speak and my dr always minimizes the side effects saying that it can't be the medicine. I don't know what to do, the only thing that keeps me going is the thought of killing myself someday. Please send an e-mail if you are experiencing the same side effects as I have. | M | 25 | 9 months 25 MG 2X M | 3/31/2011 | 1 | psycho | risparadal consta is hell on earth.....i would describe it as living in hell....you get to live your life, butnow its your life while YOUR in hell....wtf was a company thinking...(hmmm lets put all people that end up with this shot in eternal hell on earth).. **** JANSSESNNNNN **** INVEGA tooo thst drug is equal bulls* | Risparadal consta is hell on earth...at the lowest dose it will f* anyone up who tskes it for atleast 6 months they can feel the effect of a 12.5 ml shot ...just one shot it can screw you up for half a year?! | M | 21 | 1X D | 4/7/2011 | 1 | I was diagnosed with 'schizophrenia | I feel tired and down; i feel drugged; i feel the head heavy; extreme drowsiness, I need to sleep more than 12 hours a day, sometimes I get to sleep around 14 hours,otherwise I feel tired, very sleepy and with the need to reset the sleep; sedation, a feeling of sedation; feeling of wanting to leave the skin itself; extremely dry mouth; want to puke but nothing come out; tremor of the hands and arms; muscle stiffness with contractures and facial spasms; arrhythmia; uncontrolled reflexes of the arms and legs; problems of motor control, motor retardation, the legs move in the opposite direction to the desired; in situations of fear or emotional stress as well as euphoria, more intense emotions, triggers a serie of physical reactions ranging from extreme muscle stiffness with contractures and facial spasms; breathing difficulties; chest pain; ringing in the ears; blurred vision; liver pain; pain in the testicles; palpitations (pulsar) in different parts of the body; swollen fingers, mak | I'm living a nightmare, I can not wait to free myself from it to continue with my life, I'm in it for almost a year and I'm always considering suicide. I was hospitalized for about one month and a half (arrested we mean, and the only people who knows this, is whom already passed through the same). I started with the maximum dose, 50 mg and i stayed there for a few months, they lowered me to 37.5, where I stayed for a few months and i am now at the lowest dose that is 25 mg. At the time of receiving the injection i'm in an absolute terror because i know I'll feel bad again and I'm always terrified when the day of receiving it is approaching. Apparently there is a lot more people than the general people think, that is currently in the same situation as me, and know this is terrifying. It seems it is a widespread phenomenon, a witch hunt in the XXI century, 'diagnose' and drugging. Yes, I'm being forced drugging me, if i offer the least resistance, I was warned, I will be hospitalized again, against my will. I had never thought of suicide until i started with this 'treatment'. This is not treatment, is torture, and I think many of them who prescribe this drugs know that.This is all pure merchandising. | M | 22 | 1 years 25 mg 2X M | 4/11/2011 | 1 | fighting | Ok jansen rep answer me this...when you all formulated risparadal consta and they said it was 25mg of risparadone shouldnt they have told the truth that it was actually a mixture of many different chemicals AND 80mg of risparadone! and when they say the drug is eliminated from the system in 8 weeks shouldnt they have said it is eliminated from the system in 8 MONTHS..... | im sorry but your company has created what we "patients" that have been forcefully medicated by the drug like to call poison. It is obvious to anyone that has ever tried the drug risparadal consta that your designers have designed a drug to systematically burn parts of our brain, most humans that take this drug would infact say it is purley psychological torture...it also spays and nueters males meaning if you get a risparadal consta shot it will shrink and ruin your testicles for life if you are a man.....this is a warning to jansesn about lawsuits...you should employ chemical engeneers that design drugs that make people feel better and live better lives, not that control people for months on end inside themselves and burn every single nerve in their body.....risparadal consta also makes your skin turn yellow and will literally burn your sex organs....F U C K you jansen rep i hope you dont ever actually try this drug because you will become nothing...but lets say your dumb enough to try a consta shot....i will say you are about to go to hell | M | 22 | 1X D | 4/23/2011 | 1 | Depression | Could not sleep through the night, even a week after stopping the drug. Nausea. High anxiety. | This drug is not good. I cannot believe people can put this in their bodies. My original condition was nothing compared to the side effects of this stuff. I have been off it for a week and i am nauseous, anxious all the time and cannot sleep through the night. Absolutely miserable. | M | 43 | 1 months .5mg 1X D | 3/7/2011 | 1 | psych ward | Well theyll inject it into you at a mental hospital if you refuse medication and they say you need it every 2 weeks...what they dont tell you is it actually lasts for an 8 week period before it begins to eliminate from the system. | HELL Hated the drug and makes your brain fry. Leaves you impotent if you are a male. lowers your brain function to an all time minimum. The funny thing is jansen parmesuticals only charges 175$ for a drug that has you messed up for 8 weeks! 8 weeks messed up for 175?! yea that is a garbage chemical if you ask me. | M | 21 | 8 weeks 12.5consta 1X D | 1/18/2011 | 1 | substance induced psychosis | Depersonalization, chronic sexual dysfunction, including near total loss of libido and desire, can't "feel" my stomach, feel like parts of my brain have been "shut down" or are not functioning (specifically in brainstem area, limbic system, frontal lobes, and "top" of my brain), difficulty feeling fully awake and present, apathy, chronic feelings of hollowness and emptiness, feel like I'm a bit of a ghost floating about most of the time | Four years and one month OFF the medication..."side" effects (if that's what one calls them), which started while on the drug, persist, although they have admittedly improved quite a bit over the four years since not administering the medication. Was only on the med for nine weeks. | M | 36 | 9 weeks .25 - 3mg 1X D | 2/10/2011 | 1 | insane hell a nightmare in hell hell hell | consta shot put me in hell...every day screaming for someone to take it out of me....ruined a large part of my life | M | 22 | 100 days 1X D | 2/20/2011 | 1 | Autism (PDD) | My son was on risperdal from age 4-8 and at first I thought this was great he was focusing and able get through class without throwing objects.Then I noticed changes occuring the longer he was taking the medication and higher the dosage the more dependant he started to become on it and his behavior changed.He had no emotions or feelings and would sleep most the day and never smiled.I weaned him off the medication four years ago and he does have long term side effects.He is 12 now and stutters every other word,and has headaches on a weekly basis and he still has a hard time remembering the past.I am still not sure what else may arise.I am confident I made the right decision.I now enjoy his morning smile.He plays outside alot and he has never had a behavior problem.This drug is not for children in my opinion. | I would recommend parents trying other options before medicating thier children.My son is doing amazing off all medications.He takes a multivitamin in the morning.I make sure he drinks lots of water.I have him on a daily routine.He eats healthy and gets lots of exercise.I know it sounds unreal but im a single mom and it works. | M | 12 | 4 years 10 mg 3X D | 5/10/2011 | 1 | Delusions | Felt like collapsing a few times (including public places), extreme lethargy, feel like my brain is being physically squeezed. | I wouldnt give this to a rat. | M | 37 | 1 months 2 2X D | 6/18/2011 | 1 | depression | memory problems, PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE, cannot feel any positive feelings at all anymore, this is legalized lobotomia and torturing people | It totally f up my brain; I cannot live anymore, people commit suicides after this chemical torturing by "med proīs" | M | 37 | 3 months 50 IM 2X M | 6/27/2011 | 1 | Supposedly bipolar. | Tardive dyskinesia, diabetes, gained 100 pounds in the first year, was a zombie, thought block, very slow, lactation, high blood pressure, lost empathy, brain damage | I was put on this nightmare drug when I was six. I was forced to take it against my will, and it ruined my life. NEVER willingly take this drug or give this drug to your loved one unless they are actually psychotic. I had outbursts in school, but never lost touch with reality. This is a horrible, HORRIBLE drug, and should be banned. | M | 20 | 14 years 4 mg 2X D | 7/8/2011 | 1 | bipolar | Akathisia | Akathisia | M | 31 | 1 weeks 2mg 1X D | 7/9/2011 | 1 | how would i know? | YOU WILL EXPERIENCE HELL IN THIS WORLD ON RISPARADAL CONSTA IT IS HELL ON EARTH DO NOT TAKE THIS INJECTION OR YOU ARE STUCK ON IT FOR ATLEAST A YEAR! | OMG THIS SHOT IS JUST HELL I CANT BELIEVE ITS EVEN LEAGALLY GIVEN TO HUMANS THIS PIEECE OF SHIT HAS CASUED ME PERMANENT BRAIN PROBLEMS IT FEELS LIKE IT MELTED MY CELLS AND TETICULAR ATROPHY I MEAN IM EMBSRRESSED TO SEE PEOPLE I ONCE KNEW CAS I GOT NO BALLS ANYMORE | M | 25 | 25mgimX1 1X D | 6/4/2011 | 1 | psychosis | My previously passionate and obessive soul has died. Felt like I had a stroke whilst withdrawing. Left side of my head is either numb or in spasm. Unable to focus. Induced dementia. Destroyed my sex drive. I was a master games player now it hurts to think. | POSION DO NOT SWALLOW!! | M | 27 | 2 months 3-6mg 1X D | 7/21/2011 | 1 | Bipolar ? | Heavy nosebleeds, inablility to think (modernized lobotomy), excessive weigh gain, glazed eyes, lethargic, confused, etc. This ia a dangerous medication and should be taken off the market. The doctors who are prescribing should be placed on the medication as well. Doctor was reported to medical board. | M | 36 | 1 days 256 mg 1X M | 7/24/2011 | 1 | Schizophrenia | This drug is HELL...I feel like I've been given a lobotomy. I don't have the words for how horrible this "medication" is! I can't read watch tv concentrate on anything....I hate this drug! | I'm about to switch to invega once monthly injections because my doctor said it cause less sedation (I hope this is true). does anyone out thier have experience with invega? Is it much better? | M | 27 | 37.5 1X O | 7/17/2011 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |