Risperidone "Flat"

Of COURSE!

I was put on Risperdal for Psychosis back in October 2011. My jaw started moving around and I wasn't sleeping at all. This medicine has caused me to be completely flat. I feel like I relive the same day over and over. I feel no emotions. When I watch tv nothing sinks in. I have been brain damaged one way or another. This medicine has ruined my life. I no longer have a personality. I feel like I'm a dead person. My memory is gone. I feel like I'm disconnected from my body. Right now I'm going to try Serotune. It is a dopamine and serotinion uptake. If anyone has tried anything and it has helped please let me know. I am tired of living this way.

i am on 3mg of risperdal daily for three years. It does make you emotionless and dumb. I am here but not here and the bad thing about is i have to take this medication or i will be climbing the walls. Cursed bipolar!

i take two 5mgs before bed & 1mg before bed.. IWANNAOVERDOSE.

I've just come off risperdal for about 2 weeks. I still feel no emotions and can't maintain erections. Will these side effects ever go away and will i regain my personality back? Is there any success story to people that come off risperdal? I used to be a funny person and now I can't crack a smile to save my life.

I was on Risperdal and experienced many of the same things as you guys.My advice don't worry it'll be bad for awhile but soon enough you will notice that everything has come back to you from memory to creativity it just takes a while. I know in this moment you can feel hopeless but remember the efects aren't permanent and you will feel brand new soon!Quit the drug and begin thinking positive and you'll be fine

So your saying your personality came back? I've been off the meds for 4 months and I still don't feel right. I'm starting to give up hope.

OKAY THEY JUST PUT ME ON THIS STUFF AND NOW I'M NOT TOO SURE IF I WANT TO USE IT , THEY GAVE IT TO ME FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO SLEEP BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE MY BRAIN IS JUST RUNNING AND WON'T STOP , THEY ALSO PUT IT ME ON IT BECAUSE I KEEP GETTING FUSTRATED AND NERVES ARE KILLING ME . I HAVE THREE KIDS AND A HUSBAND , I CAN'T BE EMOTIONLESS AND OR NOT PRESENT TO TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL AND PICK THEM UP AND MAKE IT TO SCHOOL AND SO FORTH . .... SO NOW I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT I SHOULD DO UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.... PLZ SOMEONE HELP ME TO KNOW WHAT TO DO PLZ AND TY !

Hello, I ave been taking Risperidal for quite a while. I recently moved to a new city to go to college and thats what has been keeping me busy and distracting me from the drug. I feel fine and getting off of it was really no problem at all. Just try not to think about it and the symptoms will NOT hit you at all. its like Eating magic mushrooms. If you think about it, the high wont come. If you dont think about it, that sh*t will hit you like a train. So when referring to Risperdal, If you think about the fact you havent been taking it, odds are you will want it. So think positive and think sober

I literally just went off risperidone yesterday after taking it for 6 years for ADHD and dystonia. I now feel amazing, full of energy and able to have a laugh. So so happy. The respirdone affected my speech, this was because it gave me anxiety as a side effect. I went off without telling my doctor after finally finding and reading all about it.

Like the other posted said, try to think positive. Eat healthy. I saw an article that said clozapine can reactivate a receptor that may get permanently inactivated by risperdal. It would not be wise to get used to taking that though. If some people think they have brain damage maybe you can get a MRI and sueeeeeee.

Hi everyone,

After a series of extremely negative and stressful events I was put on Risperidone for the anxiety disorder I developed. While I was taking the drug I felt really flat, emotionless, and lethargic. My doctor ignored my complaints. Eventually my hair started falling out so I quit cold turkey (I was only on .125 to .25  per day). I took it for 6 months then on the 5th month my hair started falling out a lot; there were hair balls in the shower. I was ill with flu-like symptoms for 3 months after quitting. It took about 4 more months after that before I didn't feel disgusting. So it took about 9 months in total to stop feeling disgusting/ill from the drug.

It's been about a year since I quit. 

I started eating better and getting acupuncture every 2 weeks; it has gotten rid of my brain fog and I feel healthy again but I still cannot experience human emotion. 

I suppose it will take another year or more of acupuncture to get my emotions back.... 

Does anyone else have an experience where the emotions returned after a few years of a healthy lifestyle?

A few months after I quit my joints were dry and crackling and some of my muscles were twitching. The f*****g doctors laughed at me since my dose was low. Literally rolled her eyes! The effect went away but I was so scared. The naturist actually listens to me.

I am on 3mg Risperidone (Risperdal) as well as a anti depressant called Venlafaxine. I have been on the risperidone for quite a while now but seem to be going down hill the more I take it. I don't laugh anymore like I used to do completely flat but the most horrific thing that is happening to me now is that I have no motivation, my lack of concentration is also a worry. I have aquired man breasts which look horrendous so what I want to say is that if you take this drug be careful. It's going to take a while before I get off this drug as my mental health service is a shambles.My sexual libido is humiliating too. Overall not good !

I am so glad I found these posts. I didn't know what these symptoms were and I thought they would never go away! I was on risperdal Consta for a few months and I am now on 2mg oral Risperidone a day. I feel like I am just asleep. I am in a daze the whole time and I am often staring blankly into space. People tell me to smile all the time. I have no emotions, no creativity, no Love to give. My body feels wrong; I have tension in my body, esp. my shoulders. I often find myself walking around in a circle out of boredom and restlessness in my current state. I don't get any sensation out of anything and nothing feels good at all. I feel like I have no umph and I don't want to do anything. I never feel like dancing anymore and I don't have much energy. Running is a chore and doesn't feel good like it used to. I also don't have all of my voice which is irritating for singing. 

 

I am worried that these side affects will be longer lasting because I was on consta.... has anyone else come off risperdal consta??

thanks