I was put on the maximum dosage for depot of risperidone consta which is 50mg in 2006...within a few weeks I was feeling this incredible boredom like nothing stimulated my brain...nothing gave me a buzz anymore...I was heavily into intellectual pursuits I am not a very physical person and it was not stimulating me, the psychiatrist said it was because 'I was getting better'... at the time I was in hospital and i just let the doctors do what they want really I guess. Then I left the acute hospital and went to a place to wait to get somewhere to live as I was homeless and I complained to the staff that I felt dead...I was into comedy before the medication I loved it and watching comedy did nothing for me, I was watching a show and thats when it really sunk in how I felt...just totally numb and empty and I spoke to a member of staff about it. Well they said it was depression blah blah and put me on anti depressants but that never cured it I had to put up with this emptyness and after a while you just forget how you used to feel before it, they finally dropped the dosage and eventually one psychiatrist stopped it altogether and put me on abilify instead. But I became ill again...it was terrifying...hearing voices swearing and commenting on what I was doing etc in aggressive ways...so they put me back on the risperidone again...sigh. Well all i can say is that was about 2 years ago...I am a keen chess player...that is my 'art'..to feel the chess board..i was very strong and could express myself through chess...well I have had to wave goodbye to that as there is nothing there anymore...I look at the board and its just dead, no moves come...really I want to get off this stuff at some point but I am terrified of relapsing again...they say the brain compensates for the chemicals the drug takes away so if you quit you get a chemical overload that turns you psychotic again I read that on wikipedia.
Dear sir,i also take risperdal consta shots for a few years now .
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Hi,
I m here to ask you a thing...I m not english or american,so I apologize for my bad way of writing in english...I hope u can understand me though.What I want to know is, if I took 2 mg of risperdal last two days (1 mg a day,for two days,before bed time) and I want to go off this med,how can I do to stop it? I mean,for only two doses of this med,have I to decrease it gradually ? and,if yes,in which way should I do it? (I mean,since my dose was 1 mg a day,I have to buy "drops" (do u say it in this way?) or can I divide the tablet in two parts to take an half of it.... )..Or simply,cuz of the low dosage I can just stop to take it...? I have not psychosys ,I had to take it for anxiety and so on...Thank you ,I hope u can understand me
Taking this has ruined my life really. What I remember of being on it is horror at the total loss of function. Not being able to join words together, hold a conversation or even watch tv. At least then I had getting off it to look toward though.
Like many others I was given this under section and after a month they were no longer legally able to forcibly medicate so I quit immediately; this was worst mistake of my life.
I remember not feeling any better after a day or two and then I remember a sudden pop in my head. Right away I knew it was bad and ever since I have been constantly aware of my dead left lobe. To this day I don't know exactly what happened, I think a stroke. The psychiatrist's like to call it a somatic hallucination, must help them sleep.
Had an MRI, nothing came back but it honestly seems the doctors don't to want to implicate their colleges based on the seriousness with which they take my condition.
Aside from the "dead" feeling (which is horrendous), i suffer with constant fatigue, vision problems, emotional and sexual dysfunction... Also TD-like gurning and teeth grinding, I say TD-like because it is not really random or uncontrollable, it is me trying to bring life back to the left side of my head.
Really sympathize with the guy who used to play chess. Games were my joy too.
Wouldn't recommend it even to somebody suffering psychosis. The demons aren't real, the damage of these drugs is. You're better off in a straight jacket.
This Medicine Risperdal, is slowly damaging me, I had no issues with serious hard drugs, Just had a bad day one day, and my dad took me to the hospital, and they moved me to a mental hospital/rehab center and made me take my meds while i was in there (risperdal) Now I have been taking it for a month, and my doctor says I might have to continue taking it for 6 months to a year.
2013 just started and risperdal may just ruin my year :/
I feel like I am ready to stop taking this medication, but my doctor says it is too soon to stop taking it.
Is there any hope for me to get my confidence, concenctration, and sex drive back?? I hope there is light at the end of this tunnel
How can I convince my doctor I am ready to stop taking this medication!!!!!
*sighs*
I am wondering what happens if you stop taking risperdal all around without Doctors consent.....I am not bi polar and i think i am strong enough to go thrru getting off risperdal without doctors consent! Help, I want my old fun life back!
50mg??? are you still on this doseage. my friend had same terrifying symptoms and started on 5mg, he is now on 1mg a day (for the past 6 months he has been taking risperidone). this was his 3ed psychotic trip. The high dosage made him sleep all the time, about 20 hours a day. now, on 1mg he is back to his usual self, happy, positive, funny. altho in the future he is hoping to swap medication for a healthy alternative healing through holisitcs
could someone please answer how long does it take after quitting risperidone to feel normal again?
Actually I have the same question.
Since 6 days I stopped to take Risperidone and I don't feel normal again.
Please do not EVER take Risperdal. You can completely lose your personality, your emotions, your feelings. You will feel absolutely dead inside, soulless, and wish you had never taken this dreaded pill. I've taken it only for 4 days straight (1mg nightly) and now i'm 3 days off, because on the 5th day, I woke up as a zombie. It felt, and still feels, like something was shut down in parts of my brain, and I have complete anhedonia (lack of pleasure). Nothing seems to affect me, only negatively with anxiety, probably at the fact that I cannot feel anything. When my dad came home, I didn't have an emotional response to his coming in, nor to his presence. It's quite sad, and I've been crying and praying for this to go away, and that I could start feeling emotions again. I'd much rather be manic and experience strong emotions, even if it's mostly anxiety and irritability, hopelessness, and rage, rather than feel nothing at all. Everything is completely bleak, and what's more, by killing your emotions and sensitivity, you become completely powerless and without any will whatsoever. Whatever confidence I had before taking this, it has completely destroyed, and G-d willing I can regain it and my willpower. Even during my so-called "psychosis" and "mania" I was still able to work and had motivation to, at the very least, do things that can give me a measure of pleasure. With this damned poison, I have absolutely no will or desire for anything, and only ocasionally experience the willpower to pray to get out of this state.
Please, if you hold any value for life, do not take this drug. I'm very much hoping this "anhedonia" and seeming damage to my brain is not permanent. I've read elsewhere people experiencing the exact same effects from Risperdal, some of whom haven't recovered after months of stopping the drug. This frightens me even more, to say the least, and I'm wondering if anyone here experienced what I'm talking about and have recovered from it after stopping this drug. Please let me know?
I am currently taking risperidone for a cannabis induced psychosis that I experienced a few months back. I was doing great and making progress when all of a sudden I started waking up to suicidal thoughts, low libido, lack of motivation. I have never experienced those things until taking Risperidone. I have also gained about 20 lbs of weight and have been having social problems that I had never experienced before either. I caution anybody who is considering taking this drug, its effects are pretty scary.
I'm taking it again to hopefully rid myself of another psychosis. Risperdal blocks dopamine receptors, which is why you feel low libido, and a lack of emotions and motivation, not to mention short-term memory block. It should go away after you withdraw from it, but I don't advise you stay on the drug for a long time, unless it's absolutely necessary.
I've been on this sh*t for 2 months. The effects are horrensous. Feeling dead, loss of libido, constant fatigue, muscle tone lost completely. Anyone plz, do these side effects ever go away?
How long have you experienced this zombie feeling for? What dosage are you taking?