risperdal side effects in adults

I must disagree with the other poster. Risperdal was approved by the FDA for use in children on the spectrum in 2006 to treat *repeated* bouts of aggression and irritability as are other anti-psychotics. My son was diagnosed with Asperger's when he was 3 and has been taking Risperidone (Risperdal) for 4 years in varying dosages. Without it he could not have attended mainstream schooling as his aggressive outbursts were a danger to himself, other children and adults.

I am on risperdal and I was wondering what the possible side effects are of smoking marijuana while on this medication.

s when my friend realized that I needed to see the doctor. While I ws in the waiting room the right side of my face started to tense up in a half smile that really hurt, and my tongue started writhing out of control so I couldn't really talk. I grabbed this other patient and asked her what was happening to me. They rushed me down to the doctor's office and gave me benedryl directly into my vein, at which point I crashed for several hours and woke up fine.

I hear this a lot and am not certain its good to get a child onto so many ..they have really nasty side effects ... I have always been in favor of supplements It seems to be the thing that doctors prescribe so many ..jut my opinion from seeing all the problems you describe ..I feel very sorry for children ....

It can cause effects that appear to be psychiatric at times. If its akathesia or extra pyramidal side effects then your psychiatrist could titrate the anti-psychotics and add a side effect pill to control it. If its tardive dyskinesia such as I have, which can emerge in a variety of forms including tardive dystonia then they would switch you over to Clozaril immediately as it can be very dangerous in advanced forms (such as I have).

I was prescribed 1mg but after reading the horrible stories about the side effects such as lactation, weight gain and zombie head I split my tablets in half. Not perfect halves but close enough. I read more people had less side effects on .5mg. So opinions please?? Nothing puts me to sleep except Tamazepam, which is habit forming and Seroquel makes me comotose on just 25mg so this seemed like an option.

The neurologist put him on risperdal. I just read horrible side effects, like breasts on boys. Is there a more " beginner" drug? Since we see a neurologist instead of child psychologist, I am fearful he doesn't know as much about behavioral medications. Sorry so long.

my doctor discontinued risperdal because it caused milk in my breast. that was june 8.......... well i still got milk in my breast.... now what?

I really dislike medication changes...it is always a roll of the dice to see what it is going to do...

I was diagnosed with Bi-Polar in 2005 and also had a child in 2005. My son is now 8 years old and acts like I did around his age. He says and acts in violent ways. He has not done anything to extreme thankfully.

In pediatrics it tends to be a completely different issue than adults, and unfortunately is one of the only drugs of its class out there safe for peds. I have heard it to generally work well in peds patients, as well as adults, me personally too sedating.

Risperdal could be causing side effects.It caused a lot of side effects in me and when I got better I had my Pdoc taper it to 0.5 mg and will soon stop it.

Okay, let me ask this a different way? I want to get off the saphris because of the side effects but am afraid of being suicidal again. I'd heard Risperdal is used as a "booster" med for people being on anti-depressants. I take 40mg citalopram (generic version of celexa) and 225 mg Venlafaxine (for effexor) each day, then went to 5mg saphris in am and bedtime. I wondered about using Risperdal hoping not to have the same side effects.

The symptoms you describe could come from Risperdal, in part, but more likely are the outcropping of the underlying anxiety..you should not stop your medication without sorting this out with your doctor.

told me that Effexor may attribute to weight gain, and it DOES state this in the side effects printed from the manufacturer, so your Dr. is incorrect. Do your homework and don't trust all the Doctors, find a good one, and also consider natural health options if you possibly can. Good luck!

Is there any way possible to cut the hunger side-effects? Or any tips to battle the nausea that it causes? Before this whole medicine nonsense was happening, I was trying to lose weight (safely!) and this hunger pain and headaches are making this goal really difficult. And the nausea is making day to day tasks harder than the depression was making things. And this is the last round of questions, promise! Its about the Citalopram/Celexa. There is a suit going against Celexa.

yer ive been taking it for a year now and ive shorly got used to it can it cause sum of those other symptoms that i have explained and its just not suttle emotions its like feeling nothyn at all so things just feel pointless but sumtimes i feel good and feel my feelings a bit but thats very rare also can risperdal make u lose alot of pleasure in ur sex life and and if u dont need it can it mess with ur head keep in touch JoSh......................

But for me any kind of medication is the last resort, especially whilst their brains are growing. All medicines have side effects. Some of the medication prescribed for autism/ADHD can have permanent effects such as tics etc. Also, you don't have a diagnosis yet, so how do they know what to prescribe? I know other parents who have had hormes prescribed to help with sleep.

Lithium is commonly used to treat Bipolar disorder, and Risperidal for general mood or personality disorders. Feel free to ask your psychiatrist more about the medications you are taking, you're entitled to know.

Did the tics begin after he started taking risperdal? I know that one of the side effects, though rare, is tics. May I ask why he is on risperdal? Not trying to pry but a heavy medication like that, if used over a long period of time, can have pretty serious side effects on children. You're not doing anything wrong and I can only imagine how hard this must be on both him and you. I'd consider a second opinion if this neurologist can't figure it out.

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