User Reviews for risperidone oral

I don't think I have reviewed this drug. It's the only drug, after dozens of illicit and legally prescribed drugs. (I took most all of them, before all the crazy stuff, came after 2010) Many of those drugs I have taken/tried over 20 years, have caused problems. But nothing that made me want/attempt suicide. Strong enough to have a failed attempt. I was given it 0.25-0.5mg... 1mg. On top of Sertraline 100mg after 4 months with no improvement. I was only 16 years old. This drug, not only did not work. It gave me "Akathisia" which is why I attempted suicide. (It also changed my brain obviously) A permanent 5HT-7 receptor antagonist. Glad my brain grows, heals and creates new pathways. Risperidone along with most "Anti-psychotics" should be SAVED for the dangerous institutionalized. In my opinion. There are many other more, safe, drugs with less side effects, and the same efficacy for most conditions. But hey, I'm not a Dr. !! (I had a typo about the Serotonin receptor that I fixed. And a completely inaccurate word. This is the post. Sorry, I'm Canadian. Sorry! :)Read More Read Less

This medication is a joke!! It’s doesn’t help with anything that I have been diagnosed with from scitzophrenia to anxiety, bipolar you name it! Am I the only one who has been on this medication for 4 years and am suffering from lose of memory???? An honest person down to earth and suffer from the disappointment of life and this drug doesn’t help with anything! I am losing my memory and refuse to take this fda approved nonsense until someone can justify this has nothing to do with memory loss. WARNiNG I would seriously reconsider and do some research on this drug before taking. Sincerely one of gods angels to another.Read More Read Less

I took this in 2008, when I was 12 for bipolar but I don’t remember any side effects at all. I was given this via shot in February of this year for a manic episode at the hospital along with lorazepam and boy, just the lorazepam would suffice because this was anxiety/restlessness x100!! After a few minutes of being injected two medications I began worrying and panicking about the smallest things such as Girl Scout cookies when I hardly even buy anymore, every little sound made me panic and hyperventilate. When I was waiting for my Uber in the lobby, people stared at me like I was a crack addict, I began swinging my arms around and up and down, pacing like crazy, moving from seat to seat, kicking my legs up and down, squirming, I eventually fell to the floor and began rocking back and forth and doing weird movements, speaking gibberish, pulling at my clothes and hair, scooting around, bursted out crying hysterically and hyperventilating and screaming, I ended up being re admitted where I was injected lorazepam once again and it was a sigh of relief. Never again. I missed my Uber and caused a scene in the emergency room but I didn’t and still don’t care. My mental health comes first, I never want to feel that way againRead More Read Less

This medication cause male infertility l use to treat my schizophrenia but it makes male produce infertile sperms...In twelve years of use tried to impregnate one hundred ladies and unsuccessful...Serious fertility problems to male..

The pill is effective in being and aid to decreasing OCD intrusive thoughts, but man it does cause major weight gain fairly quick then gradually.

Made me extremely anxious and restless to the point when every second of my life was like hell. Felt as if I was in constant agony

I hate this medicine. Makes me feel like I have to stay in bed all day and can hardly function. Dizziness and muscle jerks

I recently switched to Risperidone from taking Lamictal for 6 years. So glad I’m off Lamictal but I feel flat on Risperidone. Nothing makes me laugh anymore. I rarely have a reaction to anything. I’m super lazy now and have no motivation. Anxiety has worsened too. Thinking about asking my doctor to take me off of it.

It's hard to keep my eyes open when I am on this meds but I got used to it with walking in the sidewalks with cars can be dangerous with closed eyes for few seconds and then open... Other than that, this medication works really well with my schizophrenia...

This med made my anxiety and restlessness almost unbearable

this sucks! i gained like 30lbs in just under 2 years. i felt like a embarrassment! like some ugly over weight kid. it did help me a bit tho. if you want the risk of being over weight this med is good for you.

I do not recommend this medicine if you’re very anxious daily in life. When I took risperidone it has unfortunately worsened my anxiety and I had daily panic attacks… however it did help me to think a little more clear and it took away the sharp edges of all my emotions. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough because of the heavy increased anxiety and panic attacks I got in return.

I find it hard to wakeup in the next morning when I'm taking this drug at night. But it improved my condition to better.

Helps ease anxiety; struggling with drowsy side effects

Off this med, my moods are unstable and to the EXTREME. on the Meds, in situations where I'd usually react, I feel nothing. So they definitely help. I can't really feel those extremes.

this medication is not candy. I am 15 years old and struggle with bipolar disorder, ADHD, OCD, and major depressive disorder. I took risperidone for around 5 years and while the medicine does work, the side effects are extremely bad. It has helped my bipolar and anger. the worst side effect in my opinion is the extreme weight gain. i used to be underweight and gained over 100 pounds in less than 2 years. i wasnt able to stop eating and even exercise wouldnt make a difference. i went up to almost 220 pounds and i stopped taking it like 3-4 months ago and i’m down to 198 with doing absolutely nothing. i also take other medications that make me lose weight and i temporarily took wellbutrin for withdrawal but stopped that because it made me suicidal. anyways you will still lose weight going off of it. another side effect is akithisia. to those who don’t know what akithisia is it’s a motor movement disorder that makes you feel like your crawling out of your skin. it’s torture. that side effect especially happens with withdrawal from risperidone. it also makes me extremely tired like drugged tired. i would advise to take it at night not morning. the risperidone experience was scary and I would recommend trying other antipsychotics first.Read More Read Less

I was only on .5 a milligram but it was absolutely terrible. It was making me so dizzy I couldn’t even stand and was throwing up from the dizziness. I had to lay in bed with my eyes closed or id be extremely dizzy and sick

I have had Bipolar Disorder for as long as I can remember. Up until around April or May of 2020, I was actually holding it together. But, starting around April/May, I have uncontrollable mood swings, depression, mania, brief visual/auditory hallucinations, etc. Despite myself AND everyone in my family thinking otherwise, our psychiatrist insists it's due to lack of exercise, social stress, my Social Anxiety Disorder, etc., and denies the medications being ineffective. I'm assuming this is PARTLY due to also taking an ADHD stimulant that's been taking forever to get off of, but I still feel as if I'm slowly losing my mind and this medication has become ineffective. I feel as if it may be quite a good medication for some, but it has been becoming less and less effective over the past years of my life.Read More Read Less

Causes short migraines, terrible face and body acne, hair loss, feels like your face is fighting from making weird faces, cotton mouth in the morning. Morning soreness. Makes you feel terrible in the morning. Blurry vision I couldnâ??t read a soap label in the morning while sitting on the toilet while the soap box was in the shower. Dehydration. Hunger-ness, hard to hold back negative thoughts about individuals and makes your mood swings shift in a negative manner. Causes an addictive feeling. Makes me extremely happy when I take 1mg instantly. Makes me feel itchy. Makes my eye lids itch. Irritable bows. Figity, hard to maintain focuse and keep a straight thought with task at hand Makes you stand out in a weird way. Did I mention major mood swings. Gives you major trust issues. Me personally I am able to control these feelings but others Iâ??m not so sure about. Hard to control your bows makes u have to use it every hr honestly. Didnâ??t make me trip or see things. Hard to sleep and go back to sleep once woken. Dizziness when wakes up. Hard to remember things especially. Tends to feel like u have to throw up in the morning. Makes you open to being defenseless lowers self esteem Read More Read Less