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 | 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 |