Risperidone is like a super Xanax

I took the first one last night at 7PM. 1mg

By 8:30PM I felt like someone had shot me in the butt with a tranquilizer dart. I am not sure how people gain weight on this drug, as I had been making pasta but then forgot it and wandered away lol.

I just felt blown the ■■■■ back and went to sleep, was easy to fall asleep, my body felt heavy and solid, like I was literally sinking into sleep. Didn’t wake up until 11AM today.

I still had weird and vivid nightmares, but after I woke up there were no lingering feelings from it like fear or stress. As soon as I saw the sunlight from the window I was back in reality and it was all behind me.

So far I have had some coffee and threw some old blackberries outside for the birds while I was having a cigarette. I feel like a lazy cat on a sunny day.

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oh dear. Respiridone knocked my out for days i had to come off it in the end because it didn’t do anything for the psychosis. But I hope it works for y ou

I’m alright with drowsiness, but then I’m not trying to hold down a job currently like you are. To me it’s at least much better than feeling riled up. My nightmares were even funny in retrospect because all of this terrible crap was happening all around me, and in the nightmares I was just like, “Hmm, how odd,” and kept walking.

Well, it seems like a good reaction to it. I hope it works out for you.

The only real side effect I got from it was a stuffy nose, which was no big deal. Although it was funny/annoying because I normally sleep with my mouth closed, so having to sleep with my mouth open just made my brain like… “Are we eating? Is there food?” and I was like no, don’t start drooling.

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I’ve felt fully awake for a few hours now. Feels like I never took it at all, I am just chill and comfortable mentally and physically, pacing around the house and outside in the yard. I have no appetite at all and still feel like a lazy, chill cat. My mood feels kind of ticklish, like everything has the potential to be kind of funny. It’s almost like being kind of high.

Risperdal is a good med, my doctor told me to raise my dose a bit more.

Glad u like it so far.

Thanks. I can’t tell if I’m still hypomanic and think everything is great just because, or if maybe I might be in the process of finally finding the right med for me. Or both.

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Risperidone was like a magic pill when they gave it to me at the hospital. I woke up the next morning and felt like I could actually get better for the first time in years. In the end, I switched to Geodon, because I gained 30 lbs and had nausea the whole time, but it did wonders for getting me stable.

I wonder if I would still gain weight if I’m not eating anything. I have no desire to eat at all today, food just seems gross and I don’t feel hungry. I imagine though this is probably just me adjusting to it, might not last.

I had a terrible time on respiradone! Constant akathisia, blurred vision and cramps. Funny how one persons cure is another persons poison.

I did wake up once in the middle of the night and had that same physical feeling that Latuda gave me, but I was just like ■■■■ this ■■■■ and went back to sleep. I wonder if part of it depends on how well a med can sedate you. If Latuda had put me to sleep instead of giving me insomnia, then I could have just slept through the hours of akathisia.

I gained weight even though I threw up everything. It affects your blood sugar levels. It only does it to like 30% of people though, from what I remember.

Well I hope I get bigger boobs instead of just bigger in general. Side effects Russian Roulette.

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