hi everyone.im schizo . i ok now.i want know to other peoples side effects and steps they took to reduce it
I’m on a small dose of Risperidone; 1 mg. My pdoc will be increasing it though. I had a sexual side effect to Risperdone. I won’t go into the details, but it wasn’t pleasant. I was given Wellbutrin to combat that side effect. It seemed to work.
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how was your motivation level
I have really slowed down, but I don’t know if it’s the Risperidone or the other 3 medications I’m on; it’s impossible to tell.
what are they…any ssri s?
I take Cymbalta, Wellbutrin, and Trazadone in addition to the Risperidone.
I know the Cymbalta is an SSRI, but I’m not sure about Wellbutrin or Trazadone.
my social activity sucks on this…hows yours ?any improvemnt with cymbalta
No social activity at all. I don’t believe Cymbalta will help me with that, but my pdoc thinks it will.
Did you go back on Wellbutrin?
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I did, two days ago. I talked to my therapist on Thursday and she talked me into it. I feel better about it; at least for now.
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I’m a bit off-topically today, so excuse me mods and forgive me but I need to say this.
When I got into this forum I realized how much value I need to give to my treatment plan and sobriety, reading others stories made me realize how much I value my sanity. The usual “too much outthere” aren’t being around much so now we get the idea that most of us are solid sane, but that can change in a second. Not to scare you or anything but depression is dangerous if not treated. I’m glad you went back on it.
I keep telling my doctor I’m not depressed, but she keeps telling me I am. I think guess I don’t ever want to admit that I’m mentally ill. I mean I wasn’t willing to accept my pdoc’s diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia for 6 months.
Yeah, I keep telling my pdoc I’m depressed he doesn’t believe me… I want an anti depressant. I had a bit of suicide ideation last week, I think if I tell him that he will probably prescribe me finally… Don’t want this to escalate any further.
It’s strange, because I feel like an oddball even on this forum. I have never had any suicidal thoughts and I don’t really have any addictions; no alcohol, no drugs. Plus unlike many of the posters here, I’m not 20 years old. I always feel that I should have everything figured out by now, but I don’t.
It’s good that you are aware of what is going on with yourself; many people, myself included, can’t do that. I would hope your doctor would listen to you. In the US doctors tend to listen more because if they don’t and something goes wrong, they get sued. Whether that is good or bad, I don’t know. I certainly hope you get any help that you need.
I think you fit in just fine… Don’t think of you as an oddball at all.
Yeah, I’m also scared that he hospitalizes me again. But I think that fear is just irrational.
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It makes you feel kinda woozy and sleepy like you took too much benadryl. It made me constipated. The side effects went away after a while.
I’m on 4mg of Risperdone. It has some pretty nasty side effects. (weight gain <my least fav, amotivation, makes you lazy) but besides that it takes away the hallucinations so thats good.
aaaand it cut off my whole post
yes i did it was great until they changed it to abilify.
still great but shitter.