Risperdal for Mania User Reviews

• bea...
• November 4, 2013

"My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's several years ago. As the disease progressed, so did her paranoia, anxiety, and sundowner's syndrome. She was put on Celexa, which only made her sleep all day and have horrific nightmares. The doctor put her on Risperdal, and her behaviors changed overnight. She became manageable and helpful, and no more sundowners. Her sleep pattern improved, and the night terrors ceased. She has passed recently from heart failure, but our last year together was much improved."

• Kin...
• May 29, 2019

"Couldn't sweat/exercise. I had horrible tardive dyskinesia (flexing my lips all the time), tremors, mood swings, black spots in vision, overheating, overeating, dropped out of college because I could no longer write and even had trouble focusing on simple reading. Then I stopped drinking 6 cups of coffee a day and succumbed to the med, and all it did was put me away for 12+ hours. I couldn't do anything but eat. I thought my life was over. When I came off the drug, even when I tapered, I experienced hallucinations (more black spots, fuzzy vision). A lot of my 'delusions' were fear that I had MS. This phobia ruled my life until all of the Risperdal was out of my system, along with the rebound anxiety with it. Took it for 4 months and gained 70 lbs. I feel like this kind of medication is overprescribed all of the time. I'm back on track with my life now, and I'll never touch another med of this classification again. I feel insulted that someone tried to do this to me."

• Jam...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 23, 2024

"After trying a few SSRIs that did not help me, my mania was horrific, and I decided to try this drug after a family member told me about it. I started with a 0.5 dosage, and after a few months, I am now on 2 mg. It has helped me with my OCD and my mania and just letting go of bad thoughts. I am now able to control my thoughts and help myself be a better person. There was some weight gain, but I just have to keep an eye on myself and keep bad food out of my house. After about 3 months on this drug, things are looking good, and I am not going to ever go off of it if it helps me."

• Bip...
• December 6, 2020

"I have just started taking Risperdal. I'm 5 days in, was taking 2 mg first 2 days, but side effects were really intense for me, so I've dropped to 1 mg. Side effects for me are not being able to sleep. Other than during severe anxiety attacks, I never had sleep issues. There's this strange thing with my eyes which is hard to explain... I have blurred vision but also a kind of 'eyeball pain' if that makes sense, kind of uncontrollable movement. Anyway, I'm hoping all of this subsides, as just in the past 5 days, my paranoia (which was getting increasingly out of control, to the point I couldn't even check my mailbox) has lightened a lot! My anxiety levels have decreased, I'm still obsessing a little, but overall I feel better mentally."

• LG2...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 22, 2018

"Pros: Decreased delusions, decreased hallucinations due to mania (diagnosed bipolar 1). I felt calmer mentally and physically throughout the day even though I would take the risperidone at night. I started out at 4 mg (to kick mania in the butt) for the first 2-3 months and then tapered off to 1 mg at bedtime. Slept 7-8 hrs every night for almost 1 yr!! Which was great because I have insomnia too. Cons: Lactation (lasted 1 week), amenorrhea (missed period) effects only 2% of women, and I was one of them, straining when urinating (happened 2 times), high cholesterol, weight gain, and muscle spasms. I rated this drug 5 out of 10 because of the side effects. Since being off the drug, I got my period back very intensely, my cholesterol is getting slowly back to normal, lost the weight, and muscle spasms are pretty minor to almost none."

• Bet...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 2, 2015

"Helped me through paranoia and delusions during psychosis, but gave me pretty bad akathisia (inability to stay put)."

• Anonymous
• December 12, 2008

"Treating patients with manic episodes, I often prescribe Risperdal Consta. It works very well."

• ocd...
• January 30, 2011

"When eating, I got anxious and felt a compulsive urge of fullness relieved only by belching repeatedly, and this medicine took all the symptoms away. It has been good for my anxiety."