hello! im new to this forum! The doctors
have just prescribed me some risperdal (I
think they think that im a bit
schizophrenic!), but they didnt tell me
anything about it. So I went to pick the
drugs up from my pharmacy and i asked the
pharmacist workin there what they were for
and she just lent down and whispered in my
ear that they were for my mood! Which
didnt really help. When i got home i
opened the packet and there was no leaflet
inside telling me any information about
them. So i decided to look it up on the
internet and now im a bit scared of the
side effects....particulary weight gain
(with me being a self-concious teenage
girl etc!). I just wanna know if anyone
else takes this drug and what side effects
they have and how severe are they?! And do
the drugs help your symptoms alot?! Im too
scared to take them!!!
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Philo
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 331 Location: Montreal
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Posted: 09-02-07 09:54am
I take 4 mg Risperdal and it helps clear
my mind of all the thoughts I have. I have
restless legs probably because of it. I
have weight gain in my belly but it's not
from overeating, because I don't eat more
than I used to... I'm actually going to
ask the pharmacist if the weight gain is
because of appetite stimulation or other
change in metabolism. But this might be
also a result of me not being active
enough. What symptoms do you have?
When I was taking Risperdal the only huge
side-effect I got was that I was tired a
lot. I mean I couldn't do anything. I
slept about 20hrs a day for about 4 days
straight until I called my Dr. and
stopped. One day my brother and I went to
lunch, after lunch I couldn't walk to the
car so he went and got it (it was about
1/2 a block away). I was standing on the
grass and I just couldn't stand up
anymore. I just fell over and laid there
until he came and helped me into the car,
drove me home and called my doctor. I
couldn't say what the meds did for me
because I didn't take them long enough,
just that my side-effects were very
strong.
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schizoflux
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Sep 2007 Posts: 3
Posted: 09-22-07 16:42pm
I gained 40lbs on risperdal. I felt like
overeating.. just walking by at the sight
of a bag of chips made me hungry. Keeping
a strict diet was real hard. It worked
though by fighting the symtpoms
good luck
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Tiggy333
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 7
My Thoughts On the Matter Posted: 09-25-07 15:07pm
Now I am going to be unrelentingly
irresponsible and completely out of line:
You probably should get a new doctor if
you have been prescribed risperdal in
spite of the fact that you do NOT:
-experience auditory/visual
hallucinations
-experience debilitating, potentially
dangerous paranoid ideations
-suffer from delusions which pose a threat
to yourself or others.
If a physician has put you on
antipsychotic medication in the absence of
any of the above mentioned
symptoms.....then THEY need to be
medicated because that is gross
over-medicating and without any basis in
modern medical literature.
P.S--- Doctors DO get perks for
prescribing certain medications, most
often from the pharmecutical companies
themselves. Think about it.
