I am On risperdal 2mg I know its A low dose But it STOPS my Thinking And gave me Anxiety and I feel Like I Am Stupid As It makes My Brain Weaker and Lessens My Ability To Study …At some Time Before Sleeping Every day When its Half life Ends I Feel Like I can Think again & Akathesia Stops & My moods Improves … ANY suggestions Of Antipsychotics That Does NOT Cause Cognitive Impairment Or Improves Cognition ???
I have no idea if they are equatable as I am not a physicians’ assistant or something; I don’t know your symptoms, but geodon has greatly improved my cognition.
What else have you tried? If it’s relatively new it may just be your body still getting used to try and take for at least a month before you think of changing
Iam in risperdal 2 .
I take it via injection 150mg once per month.
but i remember in the hospital one year earlier they gave it to me on pills and i had same side efects as u do.
by injection i have no side efects.
I didnt know risperdal came in monthly shots do you know what its called?
i see now doctor prescription i am mistaken at start i was doing risperdal 100mg 2 times per month via injection.
now he replaced it with paliperidone 150mg but i feel the same not side efects at all.
sorry for misunderstanding.
its the same company the box is almost identical and the injection is the same.
I was on abilify 10mg Before it Didn’t Work Fully and made me depressed But Risperdal is the worst
Hi, IcCC, Rispedal is a good med from my pexperience. Howeaver it has an effect on choline in the brain. so it impairs your cognition. You might try taking 3-5g lecithin in the morning to increase the level of coline, so that you can compbat the anxiety and to ease your brain.
I think amisulpride is a good med for cognition as long as the dose is under 400mg. It also needs a supplement of lecithin though.
I take a twice a month shot called: Risperdal Consta. That seems to work for me.
Risperdal ruined my life. I was suicidal when I was on the med because it had horrible sexual side effects. I am on prolixin now and it’s much more affordable and I don’t even feel like I’m on any AP. fluphenazine is the generic form of prolixin and that’s what I take.
I have taken risperidone for 4 years its really good for positive symptoms but it made me feel terrible no motivation, terrible anxiety and i felt awful all the time now ive almost recovered so im on 25gm shots every fortnight its up to you best thing ive done is give up sugar made me heeps better
I can’t say Risperdal consta makes me feel terrible. It helps with unusual/weird thoughts but not with drive and motivation(not sure it makes it worse or as poor drive and motivation is a long term issue pre dating being on consta. Anxiety does seem to be more persistent.
Side effects- some weight gain though weight seems to have stabilised. Spells of restlessness that might qualify as mild akathisia and bouts of making chewing movements/clicking noises with my mouth.
Therapeutically 5mgs of Zyprexa was better but I wasn’t taking it regularly hence the switch to Consta.
There is a Zyprexa depot but I hear you have to stay in the clinic for several hours after/have someone with you when you first get home? . I am not sure it’s a suitable medication if you live on your own.