Risperidone Emotional Flatness

Hello, I'm taking Risperidone too (now a lower dose) and it helps me but I have and had these side effects too.
When I took more of them I was very restless and the whole day I was in bed and looked on the clock, because the time was not going foward. Now I'm on a lower dose and I still have this extrem boringness and I have fears that I will not going away anymore when I stop taking Risperidone.

Before 6 days I stopped the Risperidone Medication. The first nights I couldn't sleep then it slowly got better.
With Risperidone my emotionally feelings were not really good but also not very bad. But now still have these boringness and I'm feeling not very well, sometimes depressed. I think its from the stopping of the medication, because before Risperidone I don't had these feelings. Today I woke up with stomach ache and had fears.

I'm really afraid that the side effects won't go away. I hope its getting better.

I was put on risperidone at the age of 12 for psychosis and bipolar symptom. I actually quit all my medication due to the emotionless i felt. This was 5 years ago now, i quit it about 6 months later, with a good 30 pounds gained (which for an almost teenage girl, ruined my life). It took me around a year to gain all those emotions back and I still don't think I express it the same way. I can honestly say that medication ruined my life

I just started taking this and have been stuck in fears of everything since every unexpected noise has me startled, and like every one else seem to be losing my ability to have feelings other then alone and scared. does any one know how this is suppose to help any of us or are they just sedating us to shut us up

I have noticed the same of what economist saying

I am on 4mg risperidone for drug induced psychosis for the past 3 months. I have been prescribed it for 6 months then taper down from there. For the 1st 3 weeks I felt great. At that point i started to feel overwhelming anxieties - a thing I have never experienced before. I also have noted that my personality has changed. I was no longer as out-going as I used to be, I have trouble connecting with people and this made my anxiety worse. I have now spiralled into a depression that is very difficult to explain. It's like I am not happy nor sad.... just existing. I lost my job because of this and am now living with parents. My communication and intellectual skills have also diminished and I find it difficult to hold a conversion with myparents, brother, anyone really. I have a feeling that it is the risperidone that is making me feel this way. I am constantly worrying about this as I fear that the effects are permanent. I've lost all the good traits of my personality, my wit, my humour and compassion. Now all I do is worry about worrying. I want my personality back.

I was prescribed Risperdone, I think 1mg for "mood stabilizing" And was on that dose, going up to 2mg for a short while. For about 5 and half or six years. I hated what it was doing to me and I just stopped taking it. I didn't consult anyone as I can't afford it and I I have a very stressful living situation where I have no support and no one to help me. 

Outside of my home life things got better and like I said, I stopped taking the medicine, I felt better for a about a month or two (its been about 10 months since my last dose) and now its getting difficult to live life. I have many days where I feel flat, can't get excited about anything. It hurts the relationship with my s/o but they have knowledge in the area of mental health and related issues. So they understand, and do what they can. 

My question is, how can I get back to normal? Is there anything I can do or take? So I can try and get back to normal. I'm trying to finish school and get away from the bad situation I'm in. Is there a time table to when I might start to feel better? 

Does anyone have any answers? 

DON'T WORRY. TRUST ME. I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE (I MEAN EXTREMELY EXTENSIVE READING ABOUT THIS DRUG STUDYING  THE BEHAVIOR EFFECT OF THIS DRUG ) AND KNOW THAT YOU WILL RECOVER TO YOUR OLD SELF.  IT IS ALL A MATTER OF TIME. If you took this drug for less then one month it will probably take 2 years for a full recovery, if you took it for years then you will have to wait much much longer as much as 20 years I believe  I am at the 3 month mark and have recovered about 40%. its hard to put a percentage but there is significant improvement. I KNOW THAT YOU  MUST FEEL SCARED THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THAT BUT KNOW THAT IT WILL GO AWAY ( IF YOUR SCHIZOPHRENIC THEN IT WILL ONLY GET WORST,) USE THIS SHITTY FEELING TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. ( This drug actually made me truly unstoppable. I did things that no one could do feeling like I was. I was the best person I could ever be. Why because inside I was in hell. I looked pure manic on the outside but wasa pure deppresed and anxioius on the inside.  Resperidone made it so when I took dextroamphetamine I felt even worst and it did't really do anything beside give me energy  and 2 hours of motivation( no joke). My resperidone "flat" described as complete anxious deppression,  motivated more then anything has ever.. 

IF YOUR ACTUALLY BIPOLAR THEN THIS DRUG DOES GOOD IF TAKEN OCCASIONALLY.  How did I conclude to this..Simple.. If your life is complete sh*t and you feel good then you won't want to change. If you your life is sh*t and you feel bad then you will do things to change. At first I tried to keep living my shitty life and except to enjoy it but Only felt worst.  If your bipolar ask yourself this is it actually the drug that makes you feel this way or is it your life. I know it made me feel like I should but I just can't resist. 

 

I have been diagnosed with bipolar but I'm not to sure about and won't be until I stay off stimulants for a long time..  

 

-if you want to speed this recovery up then 

-exercise daily

-avoid any substances ( the days that you have other drugs/medications in your system don't count as days to your recovery)

-you will have to stop taking any other medications (especially other anti-phycotics)

-eat a high calories, high fat, high carbohydrate, high protein diet that is very nutritious ( lots of fruits and vegetables )

- get lots of fresh air

-avoid stress ( it also inhibits recovery) reading about the drug also counts as stress

- Surround yourself with freinds and family even if its not enjoyable as before ( Personally even way early in the recovery  I would feel like my old self only when I'm around fun or Attractive Girls. It's a plus but with the old self comes the anxiety so I am just not able to interact with them  like i wanted to ;) Amphetamines help with that but I can no longer accept extreme confidence in a pill and just can't use it. A deception of perception does not count as confidence to me.  

- remember it mostly all in your head.. if you keep scaring yourself or feeling hopeless and giving yourself anxiety you will only feel worst ( I made that mistake . Now resperidone is a depressive thought and way back in my recovery It was extremely depressive thought) I don't also have to recover from this drug but also from the anxiety that I caused myself..  

 

 

 

I took this drug for about 2 weeks so if you took it for a longer time except for a much longer recovery.

 

I have started having more and more moments where I feel like my good old self.. Infact I have finally had days where I feel like my old self. ALL DAY!!. 

I am becoming more emotional to. 

Caffeine and Adderall are also starting to work again like the good old times (these are markers of my recovery to) :) Amphetamines are finally giving me that good old feeling where I am so overwhelmed with thoughts that I pretty much become speechless and want to do so so much and say so so much. its just to much.. This drug made amphetamines a completely different thing. It made them much less euphoric to the point where there was no point in abusing them. I felt like sh*t in the beginning without any drugs and with them i still felt crappy but just with alot less anxiety and fear. I am so happy that I can finally enjoy the  drug again and I am so relieved that I can feel good again without anything. Though its still a ways from 100%  

I am beginning to enjoy watching movies again. What I mean by that is binge watching tv. I am also again becoming more interested in the smallest things like in the past. 

 

 

 

I wanted this but I am gonna miss the increased cognition and lessiningg of social anxiety and actually wanting to get a girlfreind and friends because I was actually feeling lonely. It also made me see my drug abuse as a bad thing.. I know I should feel bad about my past memories on amphetamines.  I actually would consider taking it again once to again deactivate this receptor so I can again write like I could . Now I am back to jumping all over the place to the point where I can't keep one train of thought. IT DOES FEEL GOOD but that's a sacrifice.  Adderall never made me write like I did after taking this drug. This is the return of how I would write on the drug which is  GREAT SIGN.. I thought I was doomed at first..  Another person also reported that they didn't benefit from stimulants.  I just think they where missing the super awesome overwhelming euphoria . ALSO I DONT have a depressive amphetamine comedown anymore.. Before as soon as I felt the sightless feeling of dropage of the drug I began to feel bad. It could be a good thing I guess. I'm way past the euphoric part of it and I'm still feeling good.  

 

I think this is alll caused by the 5-ht7 inactivation. This drug completely shuts down all your 5-ht7 receptors. Don't scare your self with studies about that or what other people have to say they are either schizophrenic or have taken the drug for a long long time...   Until all of them are flagged for destruction by a completely independent method which I believe takes 2 weeks ( 5-ht7 receptors deactivation has been know to lessen depression ( by making you not care) that why one person reported that after she stopped the drugs for 2 weeks she felt good and suddenly she went into the worst depression of her life ( I also remember that there was a time when I felt bad for someone for the first time In a long time... I hypothesize that thats the point where the receptor was reactivated and also super sensitized, after that the receptors started growing back slowly., you can't grow new receptor until the GCPR is reactivated can your body and brain start growing new 5-ht7 receptors.. WHICH IS ALSO AN EXTREMELY LENGTHY PROCESS AND then once the receptors grow back the brain has to readjust itself after modulation of this receptor via different pathways. This all can take an exceptionally long time. Unfortunately if you took this drug for years I would imagine that it would take over 10 years for you to fully recover.. This drug rewires your brain making you a completely different person and I don't recommend it to anyone..  

 

Other people to have reported that they start feeling better at the 3 month mark but they also have taken the drug for about the same period as I have:)

 

 

I want to make it clear! ......There is no 'one pill' path to emotional health!

What this thread is talking about, is actually medication intervention in the normal responses of your neurological transmitters. .....When life(could be many varied causes) creates disruptions in these neurotransmitter responses, the symptoms everyone is discussing present themselves. .....The drugs everyone is using ALL come along with risky potential side effects, because none of them are targeted at the root cause of the situation.

Some people have situations that are SO complex that symptom management is the only real solution in their life, while others respond to therapies aimed at correcting the natural systems that Mother Nature put in place.

In my case, Amino Acid Therapy has worked so much better than any of the mentioned prescriptive medications!

Help I have only taken this drug about two months how long will recovery take for me?

Hey i have been on risperdone for 2 month i cant get feelings back did you

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Hey i have been on risperidone for 2 month found out im not bipolar, just wanted to know if you got your personality back, or would i have to increase my dopamine and serotonin .... Please i want my old self back any help!

I got better. Took AGES.but I got better.

How long did it take you to recover? Also how long did you take it for and at what dose? I'm interested because I have been off them for quite some time(4 months) now but still feel like I have not improved much.

Same thing happened to me same dose and length of time did your emotions ever come back? its been 7 months off the drug for me and I still feel no emotions and have no energy.