Switched To Risperidone

[Pete53]

All meds have side effects and none of us would take many if we read the warning label. Hopefully your Doc knows you and also a good idea of how you will do. When you get a new prescription you should discuss it with your Doc and have an idea of what to expect. Many of the side effects go away in a week or two as you get used to the new med.

No matter what anothers experience is you need to be objective and give the meds your Doc gives you a chance. You should let Doc know of any problems and never quit taking a med cause of anything someone else tells you without discussing with your Doc.

[usmcgirl]

After being on it only 7 days at .5 mgs 3x a day, I ended up in the ER - I thought I was having a heart attack, turns out it increased my blood pressure to stroke zone and all of my symptoms got worse. The anxiety, aggression ect. I thought I was going to kill somebody. The doc's there told me that i was having a reaction from it.

[scscrewed]

Sorry to hear you had such a reaction. It's difficult going through the gambit of medications the psychiatrists want to try, and then having an allergic reaction that could have ended very badly makes it worse. I know I feel like a guinea pig some times. Hopefully, you find something that helps.

I hope you feel better. Take care.

[john999]

I am having some success with cymbalta for pain. That is sort of shocking to me after years on narcotics. Nobody knows how a particular drug will affect an individual until they take it. This is the lab rate syndrome. I took thorazine many years ago from military shrink. I started to have muscle cramps to where my head twisted around and locked in place. I had to walk to the hospital on base and get an injection. The anti-psychotic drugs usually have some major and possibly permanent side effects. These are the drugs that allowed mental hospitals to discontinue tying people down, multiple shock treatments and freezing baths to control patients. It is a trade off between chaining people to the wall and turning them into zombies via drugs like Haldol. People used to die from mania, depression and schizophrenia. Now they can survive and some can prosper.