axtell1080 Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 IVE JUST BEEN PUT ON A MOOD STABILISER CALLED RISPERIDONE....ANYONE NO ANYTHING BOUT IT OR GOT ANY VIEWS ON THIS.XXXXXXXXX :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roses Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I was on risperidone and it worked for a while but my body got used to it so it was stopped (my body does this). But I didn't put any weight on like with the olanzipine. xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axtell1080 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 THANKS FOR THAT ROSES.XXXXXXX :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I've been on it for years, sometimes they have to up the dose for me but it works wonders for me. It was orignally to stop my mood swings but is now used to stop pyschosis as it is an anti psychotic. It stops the voices and delusions and hallucinations for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axtell1080 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 THANKS FOR THAT SAMMY.XXXXXX :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I tried it and it had No effectI was in a Cafe and started crying for no reasonI also felt that mind was linked into the TV and Radio - Freaky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axtell1080 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I tried it and it had No effectI was in a Cafe and started crying for no reasonI also felt that mind was linked into the TV and Radio - FreakyOK MOLE THANKS 4 THAT ONE......!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1CKK Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 As far as I know it's also used in the treatment of schizophrenia...it's an anti psychotic but used for a lot of stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axtell1080 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 As far as I know it's also used in the treatment of schizophrenia...it's an anti psychotic but used for a lot of stuffTHANKS S1CKK.XXX YER C THE DOC ARE STILL UNSURE IF IM SUFFERING FROM MILD SCHIZOPHRENIA OR BIPOLA ITS DRIVING ME NUTS......WISH THEY HURRY UP.XXXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roses Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 It is an anti-psychotic and is used in schizophrenia but is also used in bi-poler and any depression that has hallucinations/delusions present. I was prescribed it when my dx was depression with anxiety. Before they added the psychosis dx that I have now as well. xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axtell1080 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 It is an anti-psychotic and is used in schizophrenia but is also used in bi-poler and any depression that has hallucinations/delusions present. I was prescribed it when my dx was depression with anxiety. Before they added the psychosis dx that I have now as well. xxxOK LOL.XXI JUST WORRIED COS THEY JUST SO QUICK TO GIVE PILLS OUT BUT I GOT MY 4 KIDS TO CARE FOR I DONT WANT BE DRUGED UP WHILE CARING FOR THEM THEY SHOULD TRIED ALL THIS WHEN I WAS IN THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT FOR BLOODY 8WEEKS.XXXXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roses Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Yes they should have tried it then, they rarely see the big picture. I have to take my morning tablets when I know I don't need to do much for the next 3 hours! But that's me. xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miko Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I'm sure the dosage is crucial for everybody.There is a custom among some people with Asperger's and autism to ask for a low dose of risperidone as it can help with breadth of working memory which decreases anxiety because one is getting 'the bigger picture' with less effort hence is more confident vis a vis what is going on around one.My old GP was happy to prescribe at my request.1 mg daily works well for me along the above lines, and between 0.25 and 0.5 mg daily for two other people I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axtell1080 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Yes they should have tried it then, they rarely see the big picture. I have to take my morning tablets when I know I don't need to do much for the next 3 hours! But that's me. xxxTHAT BE NEVER FOR ME XXDONT SEEM TO GET ANY TIME TO MYSELF THESE DAYS TILL LATE EVENING.XXXX :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axtell1080 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 I'm sure the dosage is crucial for everybody.There is a custom among some people with Asperger's and autism to ask for a low dose of risperidone as it can help with breadth of working memory which decreases anxiety because one is getting 'the bigger picture' with less effort hence is more confident vis a vis what is going on around one.My old GP was happy to prescribe at my request.1 mg daily works well for me along the above lines, and between 0.25 and 0.5 mg daily for two other people I know.IM ON 5MG....THANKS FOR THAT INFO.XXXXYER DOCS ARE JUST HAPPY TO HAND THE HAPPY PILLS THESE DAYS IVE NOTICED....I SAW THAT WHEN I WAS IN A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT 4 8WEEKS..... :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblepipi Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 All I can say about rispirdone is I put on weight, I t stopped my periods, I leaked breast milk. It worked for a bit then srtoped like everything else I've tried. Good luck with it, I did find it less sedating that some other anti psychotics. xB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axtell1080 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 All I can say about rispirdone is I put on weight, I t stopped my periods, I leaked breast milk. It worked for a bit then srtoped like everything else I've tried. Good luck with it, I did find it less sedating that some other anti psychotics. xBOK THANKS FOR THAT.XXXX I WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND..... IM HOPING IT BE OK AS I GOT MY 4 KIDS TO CARE 4 AND IM ON ENOUGH MEDS AS IT IS SO IM DREADING WAT THIS GOING BE LIKE!!! :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyLogic Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Been on it for the past 5 weeks.Increased appetite,itching and bad sleep are the side affects i have noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roses Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Anti psychotics can mess with your prolactin levels which is why you get the weight gain, breast engorgement and leaking and hormonal type symptoms. Each one acts differently for everyone for me the one that did that was sulpiride and I had to come off them, risperidone didn't give me those problems. It depends on your body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Wolf Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 I hated it. But then I hate all meds. Among other things, it knocked me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel123 Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 My 12 year old daughter is on 1mg risperidone a day for her mood swings.It seemed to work at first but not so much now, it needs to be reviewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Wolf Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 I hate it. But then I'll say that about any drug I was ever on and not many people get the same affect I do. But I'll say it anyway, just in case.It blocked off my sense of self. It blocked off my emotions. All that was left was emptiness. I don't know how it did this since I'm told it "never happens," but the emptiness turned to depression. I did not have depression before I was on this drug.It also made me to exhausted to function. I was an honour student before I was on this drug. But the most I could do on it was wake up enough to shuffle from class to class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 I've been on It, but not for long as It made me paranoid and made my leg's feel like they were made of lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silla Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm on it, and at first it made me feel really cloudy and slow and stupid but that wore off. I'm on 4 mg now and it does its job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc-74 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I've been on It, but not for long as It made me paranoid and made my leg's feel like they were made of lead.maaaaan....i get ya on that, i was on 7mg twice a day for 3-5 years.....then all of a sudden me legs did'nt work.i'm on olanzapine now seems ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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