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 | Bipolar Manic Insomnia | Weight gain to point of obese, severe memory loss, numerous bouts of severe muscle cramps, impaired motor skills (dangerous walking down stairs or driving), blinding headaches in middle of night, Restless Leg Syndrome, involuntary muscle twitching (sometimes lasting up to five minutes at a time), frequent hiccups, difficulty swallowing, severe psoriasis outbreaks, frequent bathroom runs in middle of night (up to four), severe paralyzing muscle spasm in right arm, social anxiety, attention deficit disorder,. | It actually is a chemical full frontal brain lobe lobotomy. | F | 54 | 14 months | 10/30/2009 | 4 | Depression with psychotic disorder | Lactation, no period, acne | Well, it cured my unreal thoughts and made me able to function. I actually felt normal and "integrated." But I'm not happy about the pizza face. | F | 32 | 3 years | 10/29/2009 | 5 | post-partum psycosis | fatigue (which was good, was not sleeping well before taking this), absence of menstrual periods, decreased libido, difficulty finding words I wanted, spaced out feeling | This drug saved my life. The hallucinations stopped (not right away, but after the right dosage and after my periods stopped), lessened my anxiety, boosted my anti-depressant (am also taking Effexor). This is my 4th month weaning off risperdal. My period has returned without psychotic episode. Other side effects still felt, but I'm guessing they'll ease with time too. This drug worked exactly how it was suppose to for me. | F | 36 | 1.5 years | 10/27/2009 | 1 | Nightmare episodes | My son has gained over 100 pounds, the doctors keep pumping the drug inside of him for the past 8 years. He was an excellent student, received a doctorate and now cannot even remember what he studied, he sleeps all day and cannot work a job. His quality of life is NIL. His mouth twitches and he has no control over it. I HATE PSYCHIATRISTS, they are PILL PUSHERS with medicine they know nothing about. Medicine that causes MORE PROBLEMS. God help them on Judgement Day. I HATE RISPERDAL. There has to be a better way to treat these poor souls, this is NOT THE WAY!!! The Psychiatrists should take a sample of the drugs they prescribe and give to their patients so they can have a taste of what it does to the body. | I have to find a way to get my son off this drug. It is like a legalized cocaine or Acid for the brain. I had a beautiful educated son that they misdiagnosed and now after 10 years of all kinds of medicine, they give up on him. If anyone out there knows how to get off this drug naturally, please tell me. HELP!!!! WHAT a TRADE OFF for a human life when they say the benefits outweigh the risks, this is a bunch of BULL!! I do not believe in anti psychotic drugs that are only making the drug companies and politicians rich. My son is DESTROYED by this drug. IT is like taking a dose of legalized poison every day. THe last time we tried to get him off the drug, he went into a semi comatose state. Is that normal for a drug. Where is the Food and Drug Admin. when you need them?? This is a LIFE WASTED AND RUINED, a brilliant mind destroyed and tortured. As a mother, it rips out my heart everyday. He cannot even enjoy the little things in life when just 10 years ago, he wrote a DOCTORAL DISSERTATION!! I regret the day I ever took him to a Psychiatrist. I am searching for a method to get him off of this drug that is poisoning his body every day of his life. He already has lost the best years of his life from misdiagnosing. | M | 30 | 8 years | 10/23/2009 | 5 | psychotic tendencies | nausea at first, headaches went away after 6 months | son takes this med has been miracle drug, stops his hallucinations and nightmares. Less weight gain than Zyprexa. He's taken it 2 different times stopped initially because of headaches. worked well for hallucinations both times started with 3 mg a day at age 4 | M | 10 | 5 years | 10/17/2009 | 1 | misdiagnosed | Galactorrhea. Painful swelling and redness. Bad dreams and thoughts. | DON'T TAKE THIS MEDICATION! The side effects I've been experiencing are severe. This is a horrible medication created by sadists. | F | 40 | 4 months | 10/9/2009 | 1 | paranoia | i am having very bad insomnia while taking 6mg of risperdal. has been hospitalized for 3 times. | i have tried unsuccessfully to go off risperdal for like 3 times. still want to get off this drug. Dont know what to do. Every time when i go off, i have very bad insomnia. | M | 28 | 6 years | 10/8/2009 | 1 | | 10/1/2009 | 1 | doctor recommened | Those suffering from side effects of the drug please read!!! In order to heal from psychological injuries one should put their faith in a higher power. One should pray and meditate and change their focus away from themselves in order for healing to begin. An important ingredient is that you must have courage that you will get better. Do not let the constant negativity (which may be reinforced by the internet and other discouraging sources that you refer to) override your path to positivity and remember the one who is most critical and most negative about yourself is yourself. Hopefully these words will set a new course in the road to your full recovery. Its easy for someone to say it but I experienced it. This is my recipe for full recovery. Don't forget this recipe can be adjusted for your own individual needs. Good luck! | M | | 9/24/2009 | 1 | Depression | Depression, lethargy, paranoia, suicidal thoughts, inability to connect with reality, loss of sex drive, paralysis of facial muscles, and severe weight gain (30 pounds in FOURTEEN DAYS). | Risperdal was a miserable and crippling experience, and I feel completely betrayed by my doctor. Those in the medical profession need to be very, very careful with this drug. | F | 20 | 2 months | 9/23/2009 | 1 | schizophrenia/delusion disorder | lethargy,weight gain, panic attacks, sleeplessness, lack of concentration | steeer clear of this one. it lobotomizes you. cant work totally disabled now. pdoc and gp won't listen they read the crap janssen puts out | M | 41 | 3 years | 9/6/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | Lack of sex drive, menses came two weeks early and in small amounts, muscles twitching, slight difficulty urinating | F | 23 | 13 days | 9/5/2009 | 1 | Anxiety | SEVERE dizziness, Akathisia, depression, very rapid heartbeat, chest pains, muscle twitching, trouble swallowing, numbness in arms/legs. | PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! This is a drug of last resort, unless you have schizophrenia or some other disease it was intended for, and have tried every other drug do not use it for other "off label uses"...Most people experience severe side effects. Stay away from this drug, IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE! | M | 28 | 4 weeks | 8/22/2009 | 5 | Emotional Unstability | Increased appitite. | Very effective. Our daughter rarely has emotional outbursts. She is able to recover from them. They are now mild emotional shifts. | F | 9 | 180 days | 8/19/2009 | 1 | Depression, ADHD | Weight gain - no matter how much I eat I never feel full, dizziness, total lack of motivation, an "I don't care" attitude, peripheral neuropathy in hands and feet, insomnia with a weird sensation of falling while trying to fall asleep, worsening of depression. | I'm very angry this medication was ever approved. I have treatment resistant depression so my Doc added this to Effexor. Nasty, nasty medicine. | F | 54 | 6 weeks | 8/19/2009 | 3 | psychotic disorder | at 3mg loss of period, greasy hair,at 2mg periods coming back but i realise i also have depression, difficulty conversing, generally feeling very slowed down, memory retrieval difficulties, not being able to think on my feet as i used to which is very important for my job | clinical symptoms ie not being able to work out what was/ was not real disappeared almost instantaneously but then paranoid thoughts set in | F | 39 | 9 months | 8/16/2009 | 3 | Schizophrenia-BiPolar | Very tired when I first started taking it. If I got up at night to use the bathroom, just standing made me feel sick to my stomach so I had to hurry to lay back down. Seroquel did the same thing to me. Now, almost a month later, no problems at all | I dont really see a change from taking this. Maybe its there or maybe my symptoms would be worse with out it, I dont know. I see and hear shit constantly just like before. No direct orders though from auditory hallucinations. What I like is I feel no side effects anymore and its been less than a month. | M | 20 days | 8/14/2009 | 1 | schizophrenia | Intense back cramping along spine, general ill feeling mentally, neck pains | The back and neck pains are like a charlie horse popping up and down the spine, I was on the floor flopping like a fish out of water. Get Geodon intsead and deal with mild back and neck cramps while getting on it (about 2-4 weeks) then those all go away when taking it twice a day at same time with meal. | M | 36 | 2 months | 7/23/2009 | 1 | some sort of psychotic disorder | Akathisia, agitation, paranoia and insomnia. | Another one of these so-called antipsychotics that make me feel WORSE than I do without drugs. Some of these drugs actually have PSYCHOTIC properties. Thank you so much, Janssen-Cilag. | M | 34 | 5 days | 7/14/2009 | 4 | OCD, depression | i was prescribed .5 morning and night. initially i only took 1/2 dose in the morning because i knew risperdal's reputation. if i take a morning dose, i feel really awful and cannot function well. i get easily winded, a little confused, and a big headache. i feel my blood pressure throbbing in my head. i have developed a little cough. one day i had to leave work because a headache became so awful. i switched both doses to night time. i feel a lot better since then, but initially i had some insomnia with the night dose. my doc does not know i moved the doses yet, and im not sure if it is ok to do. | im excited about some of the changes im experiencing. i notice i have higher frustration tolerance. i have begun to realize some things about myself that i might not have been able to deal with before. it really did boost my antidepressant and im not obsessing about suicide anymore. the point of the med is to stop hoarding. i dont know if that is quite treated yet, or if it will be effective for me, but im more than willing to give it a good try. | F | 47 | 2 weeks | 7/5/2009 |