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 | Bi polar | Restlessness, hunger eased off over time, itchiness, poor concentration, no libido, weight gain, low self esteem, depression, no motivation, feeling flat, no emotion, can't cry, no pyschotic symptoms. | I don't like it. Feel depressed, Very hard to get motivated to go to work. I am very slow, dull response, poor memory, sleep ok but interrupted. Don't get pleasure in anything anymore, used to be very active passionate person with no problems in motivating. I would n't try it. Have come down to 2.5mg daily from 6mg over 19months and intend to be of it in the next 6 months and I hope the depression clears. Find living on a day to day basis very hard. Most of the docs don't seem to listen. Will be on 2mg next week. Can't wait to get off it. | F | 39 | 19 months 2X day | 12/3/2010 | 3 | Bipolar Type I | I was lethargic for weeks after I started the medication. I also noticed that I was slowly gaining weight. I gained about 35lbs within one year. Also, this medication causes akathisia and other problems. I suffered from sexual dysfunction and my cholesterol was through the roof! | I quickly stopped Risperdal cold turkey because I was sick of the side effects, mainly all the weight gain. Since I stopped the medication two months ago, I have gone down 15lbs. I felt numb and could not experience emotions. All I felt was "calmness" for an entire year. No sexual arousal, nothing. The good thing is that I was extremely productive and could think clearly. My speech was clearer and I was able to get my point across easier. And best of all, this stuff puts you to sleep! | F | 21 | 1 years 2mg 1X day | 11/19/2010 | 1 | "moody" | for the first year or so I felt stupid. I couldn't think as quickly as I used to be able to, and I had always been in gifted and accelerated classes but once I started to take this medicine it took me a while to form sentences in my head before I could even say them out loud. I gained weight, became very tired, and of course that just led them to put me on antidepressant medications. | medicine isn't the cure for everything and putting a child who is just "moody" on this medication is the worst choice ever. I have been on it since fifth grade and hardly knew what was happening to me. Now, at 17 I have looked at the risks and what people have ignored as being "mild side effects" and I have seen how awful it is. How can someone put their child on a drug that it is not even made for, and now I have been messed up inside from who knows what complications and there's nothing I could do to control this. sweet. counting down the days til I'm 18 and don't have to take this medication and zoloft for something I don't even have. | F | 17 | 7 years .25 mg 1X day | 11/11/2010 | 2 | Bipolar II/Mood disorder | I was put on a very low dose of Risperidone every night .5mg because I only weigh 110lbs. I was hoping this would help me fall to sleep and give me a break from all the racing thoughts that sometimes ruin my day. NOPE. Things got worse. At night, dry mouth, felt like I needed to drink tons of water. Although it did make me fall to sleep faster, I woke up constantly to drink water b/c I felt so dry. Annoying nose bleeds woke me up also, but Doc says this isn't a related side effect. During the day I turned brain dead, super forgetful, slow and unresponsive.I had blurry vision, weird facial tics, headaches...I was more of a mess than where I started. Doc kept saying that most of these effects would go away with time, so I gave it another week. These side effect decreased, but then it got even more weird. I started lactating from both breasts. I do not have kids, I am sure I'm not pregnant. I am on birth control, I haven't had sex for about 3 months or so, and just to make sure, I took a | PLEASE DON'T GIVE THIS TO YOUR CHILDREN OR TEENS. | F | 26 | 2 weeks 0.5mg 1X day | 11/3/2010 | 4 | Schizophrenia | I have achieved great things on this drug. Before I was unable to work or leave the house. I went on to do a college degree. The weight gain is the biggest thing. I went from being underweight through not eating with the illness to being 120 kgs. I am now 100 kgs and still losing. It is a lot of work to lose weight but can be done. I am unable to drink and even a sip of alcohol such as wine or beer makes me drunk and wanting to vomit. I am well but still prone to anxiety and nervousness and at times have trouble remembering every day things and find it hard to process and move on. | M | 30 | 14 years 2 mg 2X day | 10/30/2010 | 1 | diagnosed with schizo-affective | Weight gain, impotence, erectile dysfunction, fatigue, general fogginess, general malaise, hopelessness, lack of will, numbed emotions, zombie-like state, prediabetes symptoms, nose bleeds, gynecomastea, stilted creativity, dysphoria, dulled thinking, sleepiness | This may work for others, but for me this is one of the worst things that has ever happened to me in my life. My doctor is a bad person on the inside who smiles and drugs me on the outside. I don't think many of these medications should be used on humans. | M | 22 | 2.5 years 25mg injec 2X M | 10/25/2010 | 1 | Psychosis | Deep depression, inability to follow conversations, apathy, pain in the eyes, headaches, focusing problems, concentration problems. | Please, don't take this drug. You will feel hell in this world. | M | 23 | 11 months 3mg 1X day | 10/24/2010 | 4 | OCD, hypomania, insomnia. | drowsiness, slowed speech and thoughts. | this med at low dose it's fondamental to eradicate OCD when symptoms are too important. i take it at night, it is the solution at insomnia too. do not take never alone for depression, it could give you despair and lack of hopeness. i take it in combination with Cymbalta 60 mg daily and Bupropion 100 mg a day. | M | 24 | 1 months 0.5 mg 1X day | 10/20/2010 | 5 | anxiety, depression, OCD, insomnia | I've gained a lot of weight and used to sleep 12 hours a night unless I set my alarm clock. I get muscle tightness when walking too fast and sometimes tight facial muscles. | I got on this medication way back in 1997 when it was new. I'd tried just about everything else before this. For over 6 months this was the only medicine I was on and I felt happy and was sleeping really well. I would take something like .5 mg to 1 mg every other day or a few times a week. In 1998 my OCD returned and I got overwhelming anxiety. I did the tour of psych units that year and even had shock treatment. The risperidone was upped to 2 mg a day and celexa, hydroxyzine, and klonapin was added. I finally stabilized. I felt very calm and stable, but still had some depression. In 2003 my partner was diagnosed with lung cancer. I was able to be there for him emotionally like he was there for me when I had the breakdown in 1998. I'm so grateful I was able to remain stable emotionally through the 3 and a half years of his illness and after he passed away. It is now 2010. Several months ago my sleep became disrupted for no apparent reason. I would wake up after a few hours, stay up for a few hours and then try to get a few more hours of sleep. I could deal with this, but the last couple weeks the anxiety has once again kicked in big time after being stable for over 10 years. So I'm going up to 3 mg of risperadone and it seems to be helping. I'm also still taking the other medications I listed above. I read a lot of the reviews on here that were frightening and I'm really glad the risperadone worked so well for me. It along with the other meds saved my life. | F | 51 | 13 years 2 1X day | 10/15/2010 | 3 | bipolar | abnormal and heavy period starting two weeks into prescription and lasting one week, extreme fatigue, dizziness, weight gain (approx. 10 lbs.), difficulty getting warm and cooling down, forgetfulness | It's the only thing that's ever helped this much with my moods; both with the depression and the mania. Overall I feel much more level-headed and even happier. The side effects are extreme, but a blood test showed that I am physically very healthy. My doctor said to keep taking it and hopefully the side effects will level out soon. I was thinking of switching to Abilify when I can afford it, but am wondering if another medication change is more trouble than it's worth. | F | 26 | 25 days 1 mg 1X day | 10/15/2010 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder/Depression | Severe weight gain (approx. 60 lbs.) Loss of interest in sex Forgetfulness | This medication helped me feel close to normal again...it stabilized my moods so I can maintain a good relationship with my family and friends and keep a job...I've been working full-time for the past 3 years now and only have bipolar issues once a year on average...I tend to forget certain events more than most people but it doesn't seem to affect my life too much... | F | 38 | 10 years 0.5 mg 1X day | 9/28/2010 | 2 | Depression and paranoia | Lactation, no more periods, flatness, anxiety | Really, there weren't MANY side effects, I just couldn't handle the ones I did have. It didn't really help with my paranoia and I got so depressed on it that I had to add an antidepressant to my cocktail. I hated not being able to enjoy anything, and the breast milk was disgusting and disturbing. | F | 21 | 2 months 3 mg 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 1 | Having a big mouth | gained 40 lbs, slept all day, was lazy, tired... just a zombie. | M | 29 | 3 months 1X O | 9/26/2010 | 3 | M | 30 | 6 days 4 2X day | 9/24/2010 | 1 | phsycosis | zombie-like feelings, stretchmarks on arms and hips, weight-gain, fast heartbeat | dont take it, ask for a safer solution to our problem | M | 18 | 2 months 5 MG 1X day | 9/20/2010 | 1 | - | Loss of focus, apathy, complete loss of sexual desire, erectile dysfunction, cognitive dysfunction, loss of ability to produce or feel emotions, impairment of personality, etc. | Simply put, taking this medication can have disatrous consequences. I was only on it for two months total (nine weeks rounded down) and three years, nine months, and eighteen days later I'm still experiencing negative effects from taking the medications. Something is certainly wrong with this picture. Let the consumer beware. | M | 35 | 9 weeks 1-3 mg 1X day | 9/19/2010 | 5 | Supplement OCD medication | Appetite has increased somewhat so you must watch what you eat. Overall, no adverse effects. | Very good supplemental medication to fluvoxamine to reduce anxiety and obsessive thought patterns. | M | 47 | 15 days 4 mg 2X day | 9/8/2010 | 5 | Supplement to OCD medication | You must watch what you eat because Risperidone will increase your hunger. A good diet program like Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers will help immensely. | Very good drug choice to reduce anxiety and assist your SSRI to reduce obsessive thoughts. | M | 47 | 15 days 2 mg 2X day | 9/8/2010 | 2 | psychosis and delusions/anxiety | Weight gain 18lbs, tiredness, lethargy, lack of motivation, mild to heavy depression, loss of sense of self, extreme hunger, zombie like feelings, irritability, confusion, mask face!! | Initially really helped my paranoia and delusions, yet straight away I felt doped up under its influence. I kept taking it for fear of becoming paranoid, yet it was making me more and more inept at doing much, really felt like i was in slow motion and a massive weight hanging over me, very odd sensations indeed. It does the job but with SEVERE side effects that almost become addictive. Keep away from this stuff unless you are in a real bad place and make sure you try to change it if you feel depressed. I am now on seroquel and I feel better alreasy | M | 27 | 3 months 2mg 1X day | 9/2/2010 | 1 | psychosis | Main side effect was hyperprolactinaemia basically this means your prolactin levels go through the roof. For me this meant no libido and no ejaculate, sore nipples and worst of all bad stretch marks on arms and hips which have caused me to be very self conscious. Also felt like a zombie. | Avoid this drug as a maintainence drug as it ruins your life, i no longer have the problems with prolactin since coming of these pills but the stretch marks will probably never fade, they are a permanent reminder of this poison. | M | 20 | 2 months 3 1X day | 9/2/2010 |