Risperidone for Social Anxiety Disorder User Reviews
Brand names: Risperdal, Uzedy, Risperdal Consta, Perseris, Rykindo Risvan
Risperidone has an average rating of 6.2 out of 10 from a total of 5 reviews for the off-label treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder. 40% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 40% reported a negative experience.
- tif_066
- May 18, 2010
Risperdal (risperidone) "Risperidone and Elavil helped my daughter. She could not sleep and she had all F's in school. She started risperidone and Elavil about 4 years ago, and has been an A-B student since. She is in special education for only 30 minutes a day now."
- heep
- Taken for less than 1 month
- February 26, 2017
"It was an utter nightmare. I got heavy dissociation, felt like zombie just from one dose and couldn't shake it off for two days. It made me feel like I was sleepwalking and gave me more anxiety. I stopped it immediately. It was the worst I've ever felt. I then continued on SSRI's and had way better experience. My doctor made mistake with this prescription. Hope nobody else is given the wrong medication like I was."
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- Enhpow
- Taken for less than 1 month
- February 21, 2021
"I have been taking SSRIs from a long time. But then my psychiatrist prescribed me this thing because she overeacted to a panic attack I had one night, I was afraid of taking it since I saw that it was prescribed to treat advanced mental health issues. But the worst was the awful side effects once I started. I have IBS, my physician got nuts when he heard that I was put under risperidone, I'd been having weird abdominal pain from almost 2 weeks. He told me this thing could cause megacolon. I returned to my standard SSRIs, and stop having all those weird side effects. Check the side effects, your family history and always try a second opinion."
- Anonymous
- August 6, 2008
Risperdal (risperidone) "It helped me a bit, though I lost a lot of weight after I was taken off."
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Risperdal (risperidone) "The best medicine I have ever taken. Usually takes about an hour to work. I take it before bedtime (0.5mg) Restful sleep, but no grogginess in the morning. Just a really great medicine! I would highly recommend it to others!"