Schizophrenia Support Group

Thanks for all the input on it guys.. Good and bad. I have no idea if its working really, hopefully to soon to tell.. What a mess this all is.

i have been in Risp for many years now, lost count, I started on 1MG then went to 3MG then back down to 2MG I am at 2MG right now, might be able to just be on 1, not sure, my shrink passed away and an MD is taking over right now, im hoping they get a new shrink soon, I am way overweight and chalked that up to food intake, although I take Zoloft also and thought that was helping the weight gain. Risp from the day he gave me the 1mg has been a godsend for me, i might ask for 1mg next time i see a new doc, if i could loose some weight, i never got a definitive Diagnosis but the medication really works for me, the only thing was the doseing, i was taking 1 before bedtime, then i kept feeling it was waring off at night, so he had me try half in the morning and half at night, that really didn;t work for me, so i changed it to 1 in the morning, and that really helped,.. take care,.. Michael

I took 2mg, got rid of voice, but not paranoia & delusions - then went up to 3mg. It screws with prolactin. I had to take cogentin with it at first. Then I was changed over to Seroquel, I like it better

risperdal made me very tired. it made my legs feel weak and i gained weight. but it helped with my paranoia and delusions. good luck.

i forget the dose i was on but i developed bad akathesia(motor restlessness)on this drug it began as a sense of being uncomfortable in my own skin ,like exess energy i had to move around in futile attemptes to get rid of ,then grew in intensity to intolerable to a mild form of torture that thier was no relief from i even had it in my dreams and those i encountered in my dreams even felt sorry for me i then swicthed to abillify then geodon it still didnt go away seroquel was the only one didnt cause it
i didnt get weight gain from it but if you get akathesia my advice is to swicth to another med and it should go away if you find the right one

I read that resperdol grows breast tissue in males so I stopped it. I went to zyprexa but then the diabetes connection scared me. I'm on Solian now. The best i ever had

i readon one of the post i forget but also caused prolactin levels to go up that associated with female hormone something to research (esp men)on this drug yeah thanks for posting that pieces to puzzle eternaly appriciated

prolactin? female hormones, right. thank for the info. I know I don't want tits.

I was on risperdal for a short while, I was on 5 mg which was way too much...I felt like a zombie...and I slept all the time. It also caused me to have anxiety...I could be sitting still..but constantly feeling the urge to move..it was agony!! I am on zypreta now which is working far better for me..hope this helps

I was on zyprexa for at least a couple of years. People ( even )0my mother included, always a great person that pushes treatment at me) started to warn me that there might be a link with a diabetic syndrome to zyprexa. Then months later it came out in the paper that they had discovered the link and there was a real link. I got fed up with the doctors and drug companies for their indifference. I went off it (gradually over a period of a couple of weeks). I had a flakey doctor that took forever to write me a new script (he is a lovely person though). I chose to decompensate rather than take the risk of the side effects. I was a little off for a while and then finally go a scrip for another drug, abilify.

I don't mean to scare you and of course these side effects don't happen to every one. Don't do anything stupid from my advice.