Risperidone and Drowsiness: What Users Say (Page 3)
Brand names: Risperdal, Uzedy, Perseris, Risperdal Consta, Rykindo Risvan
Reviews for Risperidone
- Dan...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 19, 2019
For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "Made me so dizzy, spaced out, and groggy. I hated it."
- bpd...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- April 22, 2018
For Borderline Personality Disorder "It just made me sleep and feel like a zombie for almost 2 years of taking it. I feel like it only stopped my schizophrenia but had no impact on my BPD."
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- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- August 19, 2021
For Borderline Personality Disorder "Helps calm me down if I'm in extreme emotional distress. Drowsiness, sedated feeling, occasionally headaches as a side effect. Dosage 0.5 mg."
- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- August 19, 2021
For Borderline Personality Disorder "Helps calm me down if I'm in extreme emotional distress. Drowsiness, sedated feeling, occasionally headaches as a side effect. Dosage 0.5 mg."
- Guy...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 23, 2020
For Depression "Very good at making psychotic symptoms go away, but it makes me very sleepy. I have to drink 2-3 cups of coffee throughout the day to even stay awake. No complaints so far other than the sleepiness."
- Ali...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- May 17, 2023
For Anxiety "This drug will help you sleep and treat insomnia, but the most annoying side effect is sleepiness."
- Anonymous
- February 26, 2018
For Bipolar Disorder "Took this for 2 months. Very sedative. Gained a lot of weight even though I ate less and exercised more. I hated it."
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Risperidone "This drug Risperdal M-Tab is awful. I could barely stay awake, I couldn't concentrate, my speech was slurred, and I had a hard time just using full sentences. I was prescribed it for depression."