Hello i started drinking alcohol too much at 2015 i was having a good thoughts all time and feeling high very active and doing all my jobs and having fun and very smart also was taking some supplement for brain from purtian pride was playing too much ps4 and was professional and my mood was always happy as im young at 2017 i took risperdal 6mg in 4 days i was waking up having pain in top of my head and stopped taking then i find my self cant sleep as ususal i was sleeping very well before for 9 hours after long day like 12-16 hour of working out and enjoying all sense in life and alcohol then dosent make any effect till 2021 i cant sleep without many drugs after asking doctor he tired to slove the problen then every doctor said its bipolar or schizophrenia finally the drug made me sleep but very bad life style without any passion and very lazy and stupid dumb then i exit it hardly by staying bed like month loosing weight then stress made me get back to it i took it for a while and exit hardly again in bed sleeping hard stress get me back to it but it wasnt enough this time i used sertline 3 tabs with 10 mg zyperxa still stable in health but too stupied with no passion then i exit zyprexa by taking risperdal back with quitpine and sertline then i exit sertline but had too much Pneumonia for 6 month i asked doctors and take normal drugs for it never worked then i tired to exit quitpine (serqoul) and keeping risperdal too much thoughts and stress and feeling cold body all time and sleep problem i get back and didnt work then i get finally to 150 sertline 200 serqoul 4mg risperdal i felt so good and stable in everything and some passion back but i had taste problem and not feeling effect of coffee as im young
Hi. Welcome to the forums. It’s a hard thing with psych meds. If your sz or sz aff then you need them but there’s no easy way of seeing what works for anyone other than trying them. I’m not sure of your doctor but bring up these issues with them…Risperdal is a good med for early psychosis. You may need a change or so…
Probably get back on meds. Not sure where you are but there’s other meds. Positive symptoms and negative symptoms aren’t good. Talk to your doctor for sure. If your struggling and losing function then you need meds…that is how it is for most of us.
I’m so sorry that you had a rough time with risperdal. I personally have found the medication very helpful to me and am getting back to a normal life, because of it.
Welcome to the forum!!! I think you should ask your questions to your psychiatrist and/or a pharmacist. They’ll be able to help you with med selection and dosages.
Risperidone stops your positive symptoms like delusions, hallucinations. However, it may exacerbate some negative symptoms.
It also induces a lot of weight gain like 30 lb or more,makes you tired, lose sex drive but it’s the same side effects for all antipsychotics currently. It may cause muscle spasms or metabolic syndrome that ■■■■■ up your system permanently