RISPERDAL Reviews (RISPERIDONE)

Average Rating: 2.3 (788 Ratings)

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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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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR RISPERDALCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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 4  Anxiety/depression I felt like I was in slow motion. It was hard to go to work everday. My job is very physical and it was very hard to do my job. I take a very low dose, 1/2 mg twice a day. It keeps me calm. I don't feel the strong anxiety I used to feel. F 46 3 years
6/6/2007
 1  auditories On this medication, I lost my ability to feel emotions, I lost my libido, I lost my drives, and I lost my ability to get an erection BEWARE, BEWARE, BEWARE!!! This medication is Satan in a flipping pill!!! Six months off it and I STILL cannot feel ANY emotions AT ALL (read ZERO, ZILCH, NONE), no emotions, only a weird, spacey empty feeling, no arousal, no excitement, no joy, nothing. I have NO flipping drives, either...again, only a weird spacey empty feeling in my insides. I'm also chronically exhausted, have NO libido, and am impotent...six months off the flipping medication, mind you. Isn't there something wrong with that? I swear, I felt FAR FAR FAR more human before I went on this evil flipping medication. I'ld sue, but I've heard that when it comes to medications, lawyers are only interested in cases that involve serious diseases, death, and birth defects. So I'm left feeling like an inhuman, impotent nothing...thanks Risperdal, thanks a lot. M 32 2 months
6/6/2007
 1  Bipolar/ Schizophrenia I experienced SEVERE akathasia (I felt like scratching my eyes out and my skin off and running into the walls, I could only sleep for a few minutes at a time), suicidal thoughts, I also experienced increased hallucinations, delusions, motor coordination problems, major memory lapses and an inability to concentrate. If you experience any of these side effects it can be VERY Dangerous do not keep taking the drug. Stop immediately and call your doctor. I tried to keep taking them for two more days (a half tab), b/c my doctor said there might be some "adjustment" and not to stop suddenly. However when I called him he had me stop and come right in to see him. This was three days of hell and confusion in which I almost died twice (hallucination while driving and suicide). F 24 3 days
6/4/2007
 5  BIPOLAR WHAT THE HELL IS THE HOLD UP WITH INVEGA.COM WEBSITE THEY ACT LIKE THEY HAVE A PATENT TO COVER UP WITH RISPERDAL OR SOMETHING. NICE PILLS HMMMMMM F 34 12 years
5/31/2007
 4  Bipolar This is for INVEGA, not risperadal because this site doesn't offer a place for INVEGA yet. Great drug. On 3 mg, I had absolutely no side effects. I slept great and wasn't hungry. Unfortunately, 1 week after bumping up to 6mg, I began lactating. I was so disappointed I wanted to cry because this med had made me feel better than I had felt in years. My doc said the drug rep said that INVEGA supposed addressed the lactation but it still messes with the prolactin so apparently it's still gonna make some lactate. F 34 4 weeks
5/31/2007
 1  depression, severe mood disorder over eating, anxiety, muscle twitching, slowness of speech and actions, i feel like a complete zombie. tiredness, lack of interest in everyday activities. They have made my depression worse and have helped with nothing.. i cant do anything anymore i feel as though they have taken over my life. i would not advise this drug to anyone.. it does not solve problems just masks them with drowsiness F 16 2 weeks
5/31/2007
 2  BIPOLAR My doctor prescribes me Risperdal Consta the injection form of Risperdal bi weekley injections. The instructions say only to give shots in the gluteal(butt). My doctor says its ok to give the shot in the shoulder alternating every two weeks. The FDA is working on getting Risperdal Consta approved officialy for shoulder injection Risperdal Consta also got FDA approved for 12.5mg dose. My doctor said Jannsen might take the 50mg of the market because its to powerful of a dose. The doeses are 12.5, 25, and 37.5 A new one month injection is being worked on by jannsen called paliperidone palmitate derived off Invega extende realease. This drug will be released sometime in 2008 M 31 10 years
5/30/2007
 2  Psychosis, Paranoia, Irrationalism Sedation, Weight gain of up to 40 pounds leading to borderline diabetes, Unable to concentrate, Memory loss, Loss of motivation, Loss of drive in educational achievements (I was a straight-A student in honors classes in high school to sleeping everyday in some technical college), Loss of interests, Depression, High anxiety in the first week, general feeling of uneasiness all the time, No sex drive for a while when starting, "Mental block" in matters that require creativity, Feeling like a zombie, Overall disappearance of signs of life I have to admit that it stopped the insulting voices for good, and made me less hostile (and violent) to my family. 3 years later, and the side effects are taking their toll. The blocking of the dopamine, the part that makes it works is the worst, for your brain searches for ways to get a dopamine fix no matter how small, whether it be food, or in my case now, increased thoughts of aggression. While short-term treatment with this medication was necessary, continued use proves to distance one's self from his or her deep feelings, and I am defenitly going to wean off the medication starting early next month. The voices may return for a bit, especially if my brain has grown sensors more sensitive to dopamine, but I now have the key of perception and maturity to ignore them. If they pose no threat, and I return to my feelings of humanity, then I would blame the psychiatrist and pharmacist world for cashing in the recent time period for continuing to push this drug as long as they can. M 20 3 years
5/30/2007
 3  bipolar disorder When I first started to take this medication I had just graduated high school and was just out of the hospital for the first time. The side effects of the drug were horrible. I ate all the time with just an insatiable hunger. I also barely got out of bed with the exception of when I would go to my couseling sessions. I got up to 180lbs. Over the year I went to Jenny Craig and got all the weight off but now I am not working and the weight is all coming back so I am talking to my doctor about switching to ambilify so that i dont backslide. It also causes your thinking to be clouded to the point where I could barely consentrate or answer people when asked a question on the spot at work. Im really glad I found this website because I found that I was not the only one who has these symptoms, and without this website I would not have chosen to switch to ambilify. This drug did work and help me from going absolutely insane in college, however there are some really horrible side effects which are not worth it. I am as of today picking up my perscription for ambilify at the pharmacy because of this website and all the other complaints so similar to my own about this drug. F 19 10 months
5/25/2007
 1  BIPOLAR My doctor informed me that Jannsen will not be offering samples for risperdal effective immedialty. This does not matter to me, because i am appossed to taking advertisement samples from pharmaceutical companies. This new change is because of Jannsens follow up drug to Risperdal called Invega. Hopefully this drug will be better then the current form known as the almighty king Risperdal and Risperdal Consta. Hopefully this medicine won't put a dent in Big Pharma's almighty Antipsychotic Revenues To anyone hurt by the pharmaceutical industry or the over aggressive salesman doctor who cares more about money and less about giving his patient the caring care we need. AKA THE DOPAMINE HATTER M 27 13 years
5/25/2007
 4  depression, halucinations, anger Very tired, uncoordinated I only take .25 mg at bed time, but it seems to be working pretty well. My parents love it, they call them my "nice pills" because I don't yell at them anymore. I have not gained any weight as of yet, in fact I've lost 5 pounds due to being more active and being motivated to become healthier. F 17 1 months
5/24/2007
 4  Paranoia I've got pain all over my body. I feel weak and don't like to stand up, or stand up for several minutes. The most worrying pain is in my back and sometimes I need painkillers and cremes angainst it. At the beginning I had lots of sideffects that were mental and still have them a bit. I am more depressed and suffer more from anxiety and that scares me. Can anybody tell me if the pain will go away and the feeling of weakness? Is a dangerous drug, that works against paranoia and haluzination. My doctor says that I should take it for a bit longer than one year. I count every day. F 44 9 months
5/23/2007
 4  SCHIZOPHRENIA December 20, 2006 INVEGA has been approved by the FDA. Risperdal is old form of the new Invega. All patients should be switched to Invega because Jannssen says its more effective then Risperdal This sounds great M 34 13 years
5/23/2007
 3  Bipolar I w/Mixed Episodes Memory issues, concentration issues, trouble coming up with the "right" word, tiredness, headaches if I didn't take my dose on time, muscle twitches, RLS, amenorrhea, and lactation Actually worked very well while I was on it (for 8 months), though they became concerned about the hormonal effects it was having so they decided to try to take me off of it. Tried stepping down by 1 mg, I went manic, took dose back up. Tried stepping down by half mg, I went manic, took dose back up. Tried stepping down by .25 mg, I went manic and started having obsessive thoughts about killing myself. Put me in the hospital and stopped it cold turkey, I spent 3 days in HELL of paranoia, hallucinations, delusions, and physical withdrawal, but then came off it fine. Only thing we've found to break to break my mania though, so will use again, but will make sure to be on it for the shortest time possible. F 22 8 months
5/23/2007
 5  bipolar w/psychotic features None, except for some amenorhea, (periods came back when I added welbutrin.) My miracle drug. Completely cured my manic paranoid delusions. After repeat hospitalizations this cured me. I take 3 mg. I pray they never take this off the market. F 46 13 years
5/22/2007
 1  Bi-polar/ depression Side effects progressively worsened and eventually led to a complete mental and physical breakdown. Some of the side effects I experienced were: vision problems (I was no longer able to drive at night, or read things in the distance as I could before), difficulty concentrating and comprehending, insatiable hunger (to which I began binging/purging), extreme anxiety, panic attacks, feelings of fear, paranoia (the best way to describe it was that I felt like I was in a waking nightmare). The side effects were so intolerable I had to withdraw from my college program and move home with my parents. When I came off Risperdal, the side-effects subsided. I am almost off all medication now and I have never felt better. F 27 1 years
5/20/2007
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 4  ADHD/behavioral problema slight weight gain, not much due to ADHD meds given also my son has been taking this drug for a couple of months and his aggression at school has much improved. He was constantly in trouble, not following directions, leaving the classroom, argueing with the teacher, hitting other students pretty much total non-compliance at school and at home, now I would say there is a 95% improvement with the drug, hopefully it continues, I have my little boy that I always knew was in there. M 5 2 months
5/18/2007
 2  Bipolar Incredible Anxiety. Mental Blanks. Concentration Lapses. Memory problems. I'm going off it. M 34 2 months
5/18/2007
 2  schizo/bipolar/depression INVEGA is the new risperdal the dosing is easier to mangage at 6mg a day once a day recommended. Risperdal is becoming outdated and the new extended release INVEGA is taking its place. They have the same active chemical HOPE F 36 14 years
5/14/2007
 1  bipolar Flu like symptoms, felt very hot and nauseous the whole day and night terrible for me, but does work for my friend F 26 1 days
5/10/2007

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