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 |
| 2 | BIPOLAR | WHERE DO I BEGIN? DOPY HEADED, FUZZY FEELING, SLEEPY, SLOW REACTION TIME WHEN DRIVING, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST.....UNCONTROLLABLE MOUTH AND TONGUE MOVEMENTS (TD). | MAYBE THIS WORKS FOR SOME PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW?? IT DOPED ME UP PRETTY GOOD!! | F | 37 | 3 years | 3/12/2009 | 4 | Bipolar with psychosis | WEIGHT GAIN!!!!, sleeping too much, low sex drive, trouble getting an orgasm, constipation, no menstruation (yipee!) | Incredible weight gain uncontrollable and hard to deal with. I started smoking to control my weight and now I've switched to nicotine patches which works to stablize my weight. I hate being dependant on it. I'm a much calmer and nicer person on this drug. | F | 29 | 5 years | 3/10/2009 | 1 | bipolar / anger management | i felt stoned all the time, everything felt slowed down, paranoia, hallucinations which to this day as a shadow ghost, i did not feel any type of emotion on this drug, i could not converse with people easy, not even good friends, i felt watched, threatened, suicidal, after i stopped taking this drug everything got worse for about a year, i then began to dream in color for the first time and launched into a massive depression for about 6 months, since then i believe the drug has altered me permanently, i those two months felt like i was in hell trapped in an altered state | fuck this drug seriously fuck it the people endorsing it the parents that put there kids on it to mask problems, this drug is the high road, im in a better place now i can ramble my testimony for hours and hours and hours, the experience changed me for the best but in only in taking the highest road... you can email me if you would like to compare anything that you find absolutely bizarre about this drug | M | 19 | 2 months | 3/8/2009 | 1 | depression, anxiety | paranoia, anxiety, abnormal thoughts. | I have been taking risperdal .5mg for 4 days. Last night I was convinced there was a monster under my bed and I couldn't get off of my bed because of it, and I am 19 years old. At the moment I have every light on in my house and two televisions on due to nervousness and I am experiencing extreme paranoia and anxiety. I am stopping this medication immediately and do not recommend it. | F | 19 | 4 days | 3/6/2009 | 1 | Psychosis | Go to this website http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/psychiatric-drugs/antipsychotics/areford-neuroleptics/areford-neuroelptics-harm/ Before you even think about touching it or already are takeing it | You will be glad that you went to that website if you are taking or planning to take risperdal or any antipsychotic | M | 23 | 8 months | 3/3/2009 | 2 | manic/psychotic episode | restlessness at first. About a month into taking it became depressed. demotivation, lethargy, depression effect of a chemical lobotomy | Was on 3mg. Good for reducing the positive symptoms of the psychosis but made me lethargic and demotivated. A month after starting taking it became depressed. 4 months after starting taking it switched to aripiprazole and added citalopram, depression lifted. | M | 23 | 4 months | 2/24/2009 | 1 | bipolar depression | agoraphobia, ocd worse, horribly intense cramps w/ my period | nothing positive about risperdal. Every dr. told me that risperdal would not cause my agoraphobia but I didn't go out of my house for 2 months straight and the one time I did I ran out for the mail with my dog and panicked the whole time. Horrible medicine. I don't care what the drs. say, I was agoraphobic and my OCD was so much worse along with my menstrual cramps which no one seemed to care about even though I already had endometriosis. | F | 35 | 3 months | 2/24/2009 | 5 | bi-polar | The only real side effect that I'm concerned with is the weight gain. I gaind 40lbs in less than 6 monthes. But I still have manic flare ups. | Worked great but if I quit taking them for mor than 3 days I get real manic and pretty much go nuts until I go back on them. | M | 27 | 3 years | 2/23/2009 | 3 | paranoia and psychosis | a feeling of great boredom...lost interest in all my hobbys and just felt empty and blank inside... | I found the tablet form gave me restlessness but the depot didnt. | M | 39 | 3 years | 2/16/2009 | 4 | schizophrenia paranoid | weight gain(gained 30lbs in 6 months), muscle tension, lack of energy, delirium (brief periods-random), stopped periods | after the initial adjustment period the effects tend to smooth out. weight gain is the biggest concern. I think it's a combination of the drug and increase in appetite. It's best to combine drug with workout regime. Still hard to find the energy to move. Not as flexible. | F | 24 | 18 months | 2/11/2009 | 5 | paranoid schizophrenia | Gained 5 lbs a month the first 6 mos. at 37.5 dos now on 11 mg a year and half later akithesia lessened and restlessness. no sex drive or menstrual cycle. still working my way down to 1 mg. Injections twice a month. Period is coming back. | Miracle drug except the weight gain the first six months but now I have no symtoms of schizophrenia and I am living a productive life and If you can get through the initial adjustment phase | M | 45 | 1.6 years | 1/30/2009 | 1 | Anxiety/Agitation | Hard time getting up in the morning, depression, head movements, memory loss, lack of motivation, tiredness, loss of excitement, absent mind, not so happy, and dont feel my age anymore, nor myself anymore. | I am calling my doc on Monday, and getting OFF this medication. The side effects are getting worse, not better. I am getting depressed, and am having a hard time typing this, because my mind is playing tricks on me! I see that at least 300 people on this site alone HATE this drug! I have seen only about 1 in 150 or so people actually like this med!! I dont recomend it at all. | M | 15 | 9 months | 1/11/2009 | 2 | Psychotic symptoms | Severe constipation, Bladder infection, severely stuffy nose that turned bloody. Slightly larger breasts | Just another way for the pharmaseutical companies to make more money off of you. Prescribe you with this and you'll need a laxative, some meds for your kidney and some vicks to clear up your nose, and a box of tissues for that bloody nose you now have because you could not breathe normally through your nostrils. This medicine sucks and I've only been on it for a week. And I don't notice any difference as far as my manic/psychotic problems go. Still the same in that department. The only good side effect of this drug is I notice my breasts are slightly bigger. | F | 23 | 1 weeks | 12/22/2008 | 5 | Bipolar anxiety, anger | Sleep glorious sleep! | I have been on all the antipsychotics and all have worked in some way or another but this is the best by far for reducing symptoms and comparing the side effect profile. I take 0.25mg three times a day, a low dose but effective for me so far. Sleep is the best I have EVER had, yet it does not knock you out like seroquel or the others- nor do you feel hung over. I was shocked that people actually want to get out of bed in the am!!! Anger dissipated in less than one week of use, anxiety took a little longer. I would recommend that if you are going to use any antipsychotic you ask your Dr to supplement it with Metformin to PREVENT diabetes and weight gain. This is done fairly often with children on anti psychotics. Not a perfect solution but it might prevent big issues for you. | F | 52 | 2 months | 12/19/2008 | 3 | psychotic delusions | Made me gain a lot of weight. I became less aggressive because I was completley numb. I became dopey and lacked any feelings or motivation. I still have the same thoughts as I did before I just cant be bothered any more. I still havent left the house for nearly two years now. | M | 17 | 6 months | 12/5/2008 | 3 | Schizoaffective disorder | Nothing the Holy Spirit cannot overcome. Nothing is immune to change or set in place. Believe and your Will acheives. | Certainly sad how the "people" who run this sham of a health industry treat the people and the conditions people put up with because some sadists thinks having money is more important than a human life. Maybe not quite how it is but it seems that way - way up their. | M | 28 | 2.5 years | 11/29/2008 | 3 | I wasn't, my child was. Want info. | He says it makes him too sleepy. | M | 20 | 3 months | 11/12/2008 | 4 | Schizoaffective Disorder | Started at 2mg for 4 days. By day 4, was completely numb, physically and emotionally. Blurred vision, difficulty swallowing (b/c of numbness), no appetite. After a 2 day break, switched to 0.5mg, everything was OK, then increased to 1mg- now feeling very apathetic and appetite is again nonexistant. | Works very effectively for psychosis, from the first dose the psychosis went away completely. In the 2-day gap between the 2 doses psychosis came back worse than ever. Having difficulty finding a balance between an amount that works but does not cause too many side effects. Hopefully side effects are not starting again. If anyone wants to get in touch by email: | F | 21 | 17 days | 11/3/2008 | 3 | medical staff advised me that it raises the content of alcohol in your body when anyone taking risperadal drinks alcohol. i'm concerned of my alcohol level when i drive the next day if i was blood tested.i like to be a responsible driver. | thank you i think. it helps me sleep. it doesn't stop my addiction to smoking and alcohol i've needed at least two weeks at a health farm to set me in the right direction since i was knocked off my pushbike 12.10pm, 10th august 1998 on noosa parade queensland australia | F | 49 | 900 days | 11/1/2008 | 4 | psychotic delusions | Forgetfullness, breast growth, weight gain, slowness, extreme bouts of anxiety | I switched from Abilify to Risperdal. I feel like it has made me dumber, but it is better than being on Abilify for me, which gave me the shakes. It was worse than the shakes, actually. It was frightful akasthasia and I couldn't stand being in one place for very long. I can definitely feel how much dumber I am on Risperdal. But it's worth it. | M | 4 months | 10/29/2008 |