Risperdal for Bipolar Disorder User Reviews (Page 4)
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- Dku...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- January 16, 2014
"I must have tried at least a dozen different bipolar meds. This is by far the best. Has the least side effects and I am much more clear-headed than others. Love it."
- kay...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- October 18, 2014
"I've been taking it for 2 weeks, and I love it. Best thing I've taken. I feel more level and energetic than I have in years."
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- man...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- June 27, 2013
"It works great at regulating my moods while not making me feel like a zombie."
- sap...
- January 24, 2012
"This is the only medication I have found that has worked in combination with my other medications in ten years for my bipolar, and I'm very pleased with the results!"
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- Taken for less than 1 month
- August 23, 2014
"Only been taking it for a week, but have noticed my mood stabilize. Experiencing some of the side effects listed, like muscle spasms, back pain, blurred vision, and difficulty moving my eyes at times."
- Cin...
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- June 22, 2016
"My son took Risperdal for 8 years. Then developed tardive dyskinesia/dystonia. He had to have surgery to insert a deep brain stimulator to help control his movement disorder."
- Fid...
- August 19, 2016
"I was reckless, my heart pounded, and my nose bled every day. Worst antipsychotic I have tried."
- Anonymous
- July 9, 2010
"This medication did not work well for me at all, and I got the unfortunate side effect of lactation. At the time, I was sixteen, and that's just something that I was not willing to deal with."
- Asa...
- June 20, 2015
"It is good for mood stability."
- Joh...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 29, 2019
"This drug makes it much harder to become aroused (or erect). It seems to reduce psychotic symptoms and other bad behaviors."
- jab...
- September 20, 2009
"It makes me wake up with lockjaw."
- Ben...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- July 20, 2017
"This is a horrid med. Made me hallucinate and tons of other stuff."
- roo...
- August 3, 2011
"Made my asthma better."
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"In my case, risperidone has only served as an antimaniac, it is neither antidepressant nor anxiolytic. I've only had one mania and the rest of my life depression. They gave it to me for mania and a couple more times for anxiety, but it doesn't help me at all, and it makes me more anxious. Although I recognize that it is very useful for people who are more of the manic polarity, it is useless for people with a depressive polarity, where suicide is the main cause of death, and therefore risperidone is useless for me."