First of all i dont think i have schizophrenia, but i was put on risperidone 2mg, and it fcked up my life…right now i really hate the doctor who prescribed me these anti psychotic medicine…first of all since its a sedative, it has made me impotent , like i cant reach orgasm and stuff, and secondly apparently it blocks dopamine production, and it has obviously reduced my dopamine levels in the brain, and the other thing about dopamine is, weed,…because of risperidone, i couldnt get high on weed and i feel so bad about this…and now im slowly tapering off risperidone, and its not easy to quit, you cant quit all of a sudden, cuz it has so many scary withdrawal symptoms if you quit like that, so its a fcked up drug as well, worse than street drugs even,And now since this drug fcked up my dopamine levels, i dont even know if ill ever be able to get high on weed again…
anyone with similar experiences please let me know and tell me how you make up your mind about the fact that your life was ruined by your doctor, .p.s. i hate the doctor for not telling me of all the side effects, he just gave me the drugs and if i knew about the side effects this drug has on weed and sex life, i would never have even thought about taking this drug…i found out about this drug and its effects on weed and sex life through the internet, if there was no such thing as the internet i would have never known about this,and i would have kept on taking risperidone, that scares me too, cuz i have anxiety so i keep thinking what if there was no internet i would be even more messed up…i just feel so bad right now…i feel so bad that i dont even feel like living anymore…i feel that bad…cuz these drugs fucked me
In time u will heal.
APs really ain’t that bad.
I got away from risperdal because of the same things you mention here…I am now on generic prolixin and I feel great…no sexual side effects…please work with your pdoc on getting on a different med…risperdal made me suicidal.
If you’re having psychotic symptoms, I highly recommend staying away from weed. It might make you feel better in the moment, but over time, it makes psychotic symptoms much worse.
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There is a variety of antipsychotic medications. If one is hurting you too badly, maybe you should ask your doctor about a different ap. I was on the Haldol shot for a while, and I was miserable. When they put me on Geodon and Seroquel I found the answer to my problems. I’m not psychotic, and I’m not miserable. Some people respond to Geodon like that. The same med can affect people differently. Fifty milligrams of Trazodone puts some people into a deep sleep for twenty hours. It has no effect on other people. I knew this guy at a hospital in Dallas who could take any amount of Stellazine, and it wouldn’t affect him. If I take just a little of that sh!t I am flat on my back. Keep looking for the med’s that work best for you.
Risperdal can be difficult to be on, especially at a high dose. It can be hell. I grew some man boobs because of meds like risperdal but I think they shrunk a bit. It’s mostly weight gain, I think. The impotence, lack of pleasure, and stuff comes and goes and is caused by high doses of medication. On 3 mg of Risperdal, I was a mess. Still paranoid and still drinking monster drinks (I believe Monster was the culprit here (in my case) and possibly tainted medication from the pharmacy). I finally found a good medication – Vraylar. Sometimes I think I don’t have schizophrenia – I don’t hallucinate. I have intrusive thoughts, not voices. I do have paranoia but my paranoia is real. My delusions are semi-real like living in a simulation. I have anxiety and depression and I sometimes dissociate.
Lay off the marijuana is my only advice. I think marijuana is dangerous–I tried it a few times. And I just watched a video saying that marijuana can mess-up trauma based mind control and wake people up, which may or may not have happened to ME. I had severe, severe dissociation (DP/DR) for 6 years due to CIA mind control-- in my opinion–couldn’t tell what was real. I’m finally healing but I don’t have all the answers. I believe I was 20/21 years old when it happened in San Francisco and in Berkeley while I was drunk or smoking marijuana in 2010/2011. I’ve also heard that the memories start coming back around age 30. I’m 28. This is one of the reasons I doubt I have schizophrenia or that mine was triggered/induced. My life sucks. And I’m in a time loop. It will never end for me. Most people are unaware of the their MC. No one believes me.
Sorry, for going off topic. I’m glad you might not have schizophrenia. Just stay away from the weed man. Alcohol sucks too. Just try to get better. Sex is overrated, IMO.
but how did you figure out about the side effects of risperidal ? for a long time i couldnt feel the side effects, because first i was on zoloft and risperidone, then i figured out about the sex side effects and googled and found out that its the zoloft thats causing the sex side effects, but i didnt pay attention to risperidone, later i switched to wellbutrin from zoloft , and still i had the sex problem, then i was reading about risperidone a bit and i found at that its the risperidone thats f*uckin me up, after even telling the doctor about my sex side effects he did not even tell me about risperidone causing these side effects, what a a**hole…he ruined my life basically, when i told him about the side effects he should have mentioned to me about risperidone …
It’s the meds and the disease that cause ED and impotence. I’ve been dealing with this for 7 years.
High doses of APs made me feel castrated. Just my 2 cents.
how do you deal with all this for 7 years friend? arent you angry with the doctors? well i myself am super angry with these doctors, they want to ruin our lives…its inhuman to chemically castrate a human bieng…F*ck this doctors, i hope the same happens to them one day …i hope they suffer one day…im so pissed…
7 years, multiplied by a billion time loops = 7 billion years I’ve been dealing with schizophrenia and ED. Am I angry with the doctors? Sometimes, but they’re just doing their job and the best job they can do. I don’t blame them for trying. The techniques and medications are limited. It’s like living in medieval times or something still when it comes to schizophrenia treatment. I watch porn which is good enough for me. Vraylar, Trazodone, and sometimes Cymbalta helps, I guess.
We can’t just blame the doctors and medication. It’s the illness too. The illness can cause depression and negative symptoms which worsens job outlook and can cause ED.
They don’t do it on purpose. With medicines a lot of it is hit and miss in the beginning until the doctor starts to have a picture of what works for you and what doesn’t.
They don’t deliberately give people drugs that make them unhappy and take away their sexual ability. The sife-effects are different for each person, and there’s no way of knowing who gets which.
My guy i feel u. A doctor sort of hinted about the sexual problems to me but they didnt say u wont be able to ejaculate or have a fulfiling orgasm. But i cant get high for the time being cause it somewhat triggers voices for me. But i can get as drunk as i want and no voices would pop through. Did you have a psychotic break or something? Cause why are you on meds?
At least you are on pills, your recover will be fast, they put me on Invega injections and god knows when this stuff will be out from my body, I don’t even care about erectile disfunction and the fact I can’t get high anymore, they stole my emotions, I was a very emotional and fragile man, now I am a cold heartless being… It’s ten months I don’t have emotions (five months on Invega and five off).
these doctors are pure evil!!! omg
Why did you go to the doctor @Spaceman ?
im not sure if i had a psychotic break though…maybe i did, i had a thought disorder for sure, but i dont think i have schizophrenia ,i dunno im not sure again, and by the way thanks for understanding …
i didnt go, my mom took me to the doctor, she kind of insisted that i should see a doctor, mainly because i had anxiety, depression, and ocd…and a thought disorder
Stay the ■■■■ away from weed! If you want to be better takemeds and not ■■■■ that’ll make you worse. I’m sorry but that is horrible that you’d risk your life and body by doing self-destructive things. You expect results, be compliant bottom line
Abilify is pretty good.
Abilify makes me volatile but psychosis is controlled better than any other ap I’ve taken