Risperidone "Flat"

The same here difficulties with appetite and problem with social skills any hope ?

I have been on 2mg Risperidone every night since October 2016. I am taking it for bipolar I/Schizoaffective disorder. I had psychosis (severe) as part of my disease and since last October have been symptom free in that regard, so the Risperidone does work. I was tried on every medication under the sun for 7 years and this is the first one that has worked for me, so I have to stay on it. The side effects have been hard to deal with though. I have the same bluntness of emotion that everyone else is experiencing. I feel like a shell of who I used to be. I also cannot experience any sexual arousal whatsoever, and even if I go through the motions to have sex I can't physically feel anything so it just becomes awkward and weird. Sex is just 100% off the table, I've basically been castrated. I would love to go off the drug, but honestly, my psychosis was so severe I could not function and would have to live in a psych hospital all the time without the drug. The drug allows me to be present and aware to take care of my children, but it leaves me feeling very empty. I can't even be sad about the fact that I feel empty because of the bluntness of emotion... I just feel FINE. nothing else. Not happy, not sad. Just FINE. Always and all the time. It's no way to live, but I couldn't function without it so it's the lesser of the evils.

Taking 2 mg of the drug is to much, the cause of feeling flat and lethargic is because 2 mg is kind of over rated. Stick to 1 mg, that might help. :)

How do you feel now?

Don't fall for their schemes! If you have psychosis/schizophrenia, use BETEL NUT. It's the naturopathic cure specifically for the issue.

I was given risperdal mixed with my food in 2007.I had uncontrollable akathisia,walking,walking for as long as I was awake.It also destroyed my concentration,couldn't read a book,listen to music or watch TV.The sense of hopelessness was extreme.Then,for eleven years,I did not let my siblings mix it in my food.I felt better after a while and all feelings and laughter came back.I suffer from anger issues.Then,unfortunately,in 2018,I had to go to my brother's house for a couple of months and they drugged me again.The nightmare from eleven years ago is back.I had akathisia and lost interest in everything.The more I read about the drug,the more appalled I am at the damage it can do if used long term.It is as if everything I enjoyed in life has been taken away,including the ability to smile.This drug is torture,of the most brutal kind.

I did! It made me feel like a zombie! No emotion I felt so tired I could sleep 15 hrs went off of it.... I have a sleeping problem so I didn't need to sleep more. What's the doctor thinking?

im going through the same thing on this medication everything you said is the truth and im being made to take it

I weaned myself to 0.5 mg from 1mg. I’m highly sensitive and I feel so emotionally flat. Everything feels numb. I used to be able to feel my partners and my dogs energy but now it feels like the volume got turned down. It’s numb. I can’t wait to be off this.