RISPERDAL Reviews (RISPERIDONE)

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RISPERDAL  (RISPERIDONE):  Risperidone is used to treat certain mental/mood disorders (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, irritability associated with autistic disorder). This medication can help you to think clearly and take part in everyday life. Risperidone belongs to a class of drugs called atypical antipsychotics. It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 1993-12-29 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 2  Bi polar/psychosis apathy, not talking, just staring, sleeping constantly, tongue movements,loss of sexual function this is a very BAD DRUG. i had bi-polar for 20 yrs and was on Depakote. then i got violent and the doc put me on Risperdal. i went downhill fast but my wife says, take it, because i have MOOD SWINGS and a BAD TEMPER! so here i am in a mental straight jacket. plz, DO NOT put children on this drug!!! its poison. M 67 10 years
6mg 1X day
9/1/2010
 4  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. little spaced out, mild headache. I take Risperdal oral solution at very low dose to fight CFS due to Zoloft. it calms my mind, relax me, allow me to stay up on study, and improves symptoms of depression and anxiety in combo with SSRI antidepressant sertraline. at this dosage it's worth to try. i think it's better than Abilify taken so. Best wishes to all. Always waiting for Geodon oral solution. M 24 2 weeks
0,10 2X day
8/31/2010
 5  schizoaffective disorder restlessness, inability to lose weight but not really weight gain,frequent urination, headaches, mouth twitching, shaky hands Risperdal gave me my life back. It took a while to find the right dosage but once I did my hallucinations have stopped, and my paranoia and delusions have lessoned. My weight and restlessness have been my biggest complaints but for me it's well worth it. Before medication I had paper on my windows and wouldn't get out of bed for fear of being watched. Now I have a social life and a job. I've read some of the other comments and am surprised at how much it seems to be hated, but I guess everyone is different. I can't recommend it enough and hope to never go off it. F 23 6 months
2mg 2X day
8/25/2010
 2  anxiety/paranoia extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, cognitive dysfunction, brain fog, headache, dizziness, restlessness, irritability, insomnia, muscular twitches, increased heart rate, sexual dysfunction, dry mouth, sore muscles, allergies, increased appetite, stomach upset Unfortunately, the side effects of this medication did not outweigh the positive effects. It relieved some of my anxiety related to a panic attack, but it came with a hefty dose of side effects that really outweighed any benefits I received. I had trouble driving, typing, even speaking. I felt "retarded" on this drug, which is not good, because I'm supposed to be looking for work. My muscles would become sore for little or no reason, sometimes keeping me awake at night, and the fatigue was insane. Waking up in the morning was a struggle, staying awake an even bigger struggle. I lost interest in sex and had trouble achieving orgasm. Being an athlete, my normal workout routine suffered due to the muscle weakness. I was supposed to take this drug for 10 days, but could only manage 5. The side effects lasted 6 days after I stopped. I couldn't fathom taking risperdal long term. I couldn't even make it a whole week on this stuff. F 30 5 days
1 mg 1X day
8/13/2010
 3  OCD with psychotic features emotionless, lowered sex arousal, a little depressed. yes, you've read well: the dosage is 0,05 mg. i took it with an insulin syringe and threw it into a glass of water. but it works well against the sensation to be watched and for sense of guilty feelings. if you've to take Risperdal, do not raise up dosage immediately. it may be very disastrous. M 24 7 days
0.05 mg 1X day
8/12/2010
 2  misdiagnosed schitzophrenia bad skin tone and texture,acne,loss of feeling in the private parts,drowsiness,insomnia,unable to orgasm I was taking risperdal consta for a mental illness i dont have,i may get affected by people who say mean things to and about me that is the only thing wrong with me.i have people who invoke ghosts on me and my family have heard the ghosts.but they wont say to the drs that they are ghosts for some reason.so i hate my family,they wouldnt even tell the drs when i was suicidal from them,risperdal did absolutely nothing to make me feel better.my neighbours were definitely out to get me they were involved in getting people out to say mean stuff to me,i had people on my phones voice recorder.so i know what was happening was real.no amount of pills will numb the pain of people saying mean stuff to and about me.i will get more people on voice recorder and prove those know it all drs and nurses wrong.a psychic told me that someone is using the occult to hurt me and i know that.maybe i should use the occult to hurt them seeing as i cant hurt them any other way.im just sick of the shit i have to put up with just because my ex is a sore loser.thats the reason he wont leave me alone.i live next to his rellos house and i dont think he likes it one bit.thats too bad because i have lived here longer than his rellos and im not being pushed out.i will go when im good and ready.if they dont want to be next to me then they can leave.things have quitened down a bit since i was hospitalised from the jerks 6 months ago,i think they have realised that i am not as strong as they thought,there is only F 29 5 months
12.5 1X O
8/6/2010
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 1  antipsychotic I have great muscle pain, trouble finding words,feel anxious and drugged F 62 2 months
60 1X day
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 day
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 day
7/11/2010
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 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 day
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 day
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 day
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 day
6/26/2010
 3  manic depression no longer have halucinations that I had with haloperidol F 69 4 years
2 mg 1X day
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 day
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 day
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 day
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 day
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 day
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 day
5/25/2010

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