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conanrox
Newly Joined
Registered: March 2007
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Sat March 24, 2007
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 2
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PROS:
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helped with anger , made me feel calm
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CONS:
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weight gain, hallucinations, paranoia, muscle spasms, numbness all over
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The first time I took risperdal it made me hallucinate, I was seeing and hearing things as well as having the feeling that bugs were crawling on me and seeing them fly in my room. It put me in a zombie like state, I had no emotion. Physically, my whole body tingled and felt numb; I was very restless; and I had muscle spasms. I stopped taking it because of the side effects I experienced.
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Dave21
Member
Registered: March 2007
Location: Toronto, Ca
Posts: 24
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Sat March 3, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10
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apperantly clean,clear quite effective treatment with hardly any side effects (at all.)
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CONS:
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some weight gain.
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I felt since recovering from Schizophrenia this has been an very effective treatment (for me anyways). In fact symptoms are next to nil and this drug has actual worked clearly and effectively.. most people I think would tell you and I feel this is the best part of this medication is the best characteristic of Respiradal is the lack of side effects..
Some weight gain will come with this medicine but (as I've heard) not as quite as bad as Olazapine. There was this site rating by stars for a variety of mediciations I would -actually- give this treatment 5 stars.
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Anonymous
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Wed February 28, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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PROS:
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helped with urges
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CONS:
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bad side effect
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i actually liked this medicine until i went to a higher dose and started lactating... i found this medicine very helpful
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findebsoon
Member
Registered: June 2006
Location: Alberta, Canada.
Posts: 84
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Thu February 22, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 7
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PROS:
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eased my paranoia and a calming affect.
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CONS:
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quite abit of lethargy and sleepy
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i found after being on a long term anti-psychotic like flupinethixol and then
a newer med, serequol, the risperdol was added and it was an easy chioce.
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splitimage
Moderator
Community Support Team
Registered: March 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 11282
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Sun February 18, 2007
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 7
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PROS:
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really helped with dissociation & paranoia
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CONS:
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lactation sucks & threw my menstrual cycle completely out of whack
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Despite the side effects It really helps me stay in reality.
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Outtolunch
Junior Member
Registered: November 2006
Location: SC
Posts: 9
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Sun November 19, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $2.00| Rating: 9
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PROS:
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took away the delusions and hallucinations, no weight gain, could sleep
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CONS:
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prolactin levels through the roof, stopped menstruating
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I really liked this med for what it did for me.
I was myself again, finally. Unfortunately I was forced to stop taking it due to its prolactin increases which became unhealthy for me. I was sad to change from it. I recommend it, however, to others who have no problems with increased prolactin.
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kim7
Newly Joined
Registered: November 2006
Location: Alabama
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Sun November 5, 2006
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 0
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IT MADE ME LACTATE.
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ccpaz
Newly Joined
Registered: October 2006
Location: North West
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Tue October 24, 2006
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 3
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PROS:
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lost my appetite
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CONS:
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disorganized thinking, irritability, i think it made my body fluid smell bad
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I only took this for a week, right after getting off lithium. During that week I spit out everything I ate. While taking the medication I could smell my brother (he is skitzophrenic so all the medication he takes makes his sweat smell rancid) and I didn't like that. My irritability level was at its peak, I was very "snappy" and was letting out random bursts of pissed and i was very disgusted with my mood in general. not a great time.
I can't really tell how it was considering that during the short time I took them, my friend killed herself, i was upset I had gained 15 pounds, and a couple of the nights I drank alcohol.. and I rarely drink.
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prodigiousgamer
Member
Registered: October 2006
Location: tampa, fl
Posts: 45
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Sun October 22, 2006
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 2
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PROS:
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none
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CONS:
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moderate to severe side effects including drowsiness and lethargy
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i did not like this medication at all. it had awful side effects including lethargy, drowsiness, and vertigo. i would not recommend these treatment to anybody based on my personal experiences. i experienced only a slight reduction of my anxiety due to the lethargy which the medicine caused.
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AlteredState01
Poohbah
Registered: October 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 1062
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Tue October 10, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 3
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PROS:
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Very calming
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CONS:
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Weight gain
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I have tried many anti-psychotics and they all have the same effect - slowed me down to the point of being in a constant vegetative state (even at low dosages).
Rapid weight gain experience (again, without change in diet).
I WON'T TAKE ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE ME GAIN WEIGHT - I HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS ALREADY.
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eskielover
Legendary Wise Elder
Registered: October 2004
Location: Kentucky, USA
Posts: 24761
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Thu September 14, 2006
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 3
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PROS:
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CONS:
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effected blood pressure
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I was given this as resperidone while hospitalized at UCLA. They gave me a small dose at night & after waking up in the morning, I passed out from what was thought to be a drop in my blood pressure. That ended that treatment immediately.
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lenjan
Grand Magnate
Managing Editor, PC
Registered: April 2004
Location: Milky Way galaxy
Posts: 4572
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Sat September 9, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: $6.25| Rating: 6
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PROS:
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takes the edge off extreme emotions
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CONS:
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major appetite increase
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I was on Risperdal for years and had a really good time with it. It's known to make some people excessively sleepy, but I never had a single side effect. It never took much to settle me down (I took it to help with self-harm urges).
EDITED 3/1/07 TO ADD:
I was taken off Risperdal in September 2006 and put back on it in January 2007. It went from working beautifully for me, with no side effects, to working sort of OK but causing huge weight gain (which I hadn't had the first time around).
Until my employer switched to new prescription insurance, I had to pay the entire cost upfront and get reimbursed -- $188 for a 30-day supply of 2 mg pills. I have to say, I don't like it THAT much anymore....but it did knock out the horribly manic episode I was having.
However, I don't feel as well on it as I did the first time, and the price is still prohibitive (now I have to pay 20% of the total, which is $75 a month for this stuff!).
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mspearl
New Member
Registered: September 2006
Posts: 1
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Thu September 7, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 3
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Causes problems with blood sugar levels,noticable If you are just borderline diabetic.Getting lightheaded and passing out,have trouble taking enough medicine to be effective without It having a drastic effect on your blood sugar.Not worth It....
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AngelwithOCD
Member
Registered: July 2006
Location: Alabama, USA
Posts: 37
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Thu August 10, 2006
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Recommended? No |
Total Spent: $6.00| Rating: 5
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PROS:
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can help calm you
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CONS:
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makes you drowsy, can cause bad reactions
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It calmed me down some, and helped me sleep at night, but it also made me have bad muscle spasms and other bad nuerologic reactions that could have been permanent if they were not caught in time.
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Sarah116
Poohbah
Registered: August 2006
Posts: 1449
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Tue August 8, 2006
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Recommended? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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It was nice I actually started to feel better, would love to try it again. (no longer taking reason not specified)
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