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Written by a patient
1st December 2018


Good afternoon! i was taking respidral for 1,5 years prescribed by the doctor. After when was no psychological need in medication the doctor agreed to help me to quite respidral starting from January 2018. I used to take 2mg dose daily in the evening. The doctor suggested me to use 1mg, and in first 24 hours I had a strong headache and numbs in my right hand. On the second day of reducing pill from 2mg to 1mg I started felling my right hand is heavy. I continued to use the only 1mg of respidral for almost 4 months and after 4 months I drooped dose from 1mg to 0.5mg. I started to feel that all my right body side is heavy, the skin was sensitive (i started to get large bruises and marks, feel uncomfortable from touch or anything pressing). After one more month, I quite respirdal fully and I experienced very sensitive skin and pain from any touch and press, even if I am just sitting, driving I had pain from chair pressing my legs. Also, I got a feeling of my eyes and tongue burning, muscle stiffness. This remained for 2 months. I have visited few neurology doctors and they did not have any solution. In September 2018 I told about my symptoms to my psychiatric. He suggested starting using respirdal again. From the first pill in less than 12 hours I start feeling 95% normal and all of the above symptoms were gone except little pain in shoulder and heavy right hand. The doctor thought it is depression pain and he gave me pill Cyprilix. I did not get well and my doctor gave me Cymbalta and I started feeling pain in different areas like legs front and back, shoulder, eyes, and back. Mean I dropped to be only 60-70% normal feeling of the body. I visited few doctors and they are not aware of the right treatment and they informed that they have never heard about such side effects of respidral. I would like to know if any of any patient using respidral reported such cases and what is the correct treatment. Could you contact your research team for the suggestion to my situation? Thank you.

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Written by a patient
14th February 2017


I was diagnosed 10 years ago with bipolar with rapid cycling. Risperidone is the only medication that didn't play havoc with my self-management regime. I have to watch how much I take, as being bipolar 1 (mainly manic) and happiest when creative and brain-active, feeling dulled in my mind is offputting, to say the least. I can't take it when I have anything really intellectually demanding to do, but then I have to remember to begin taking it again when my mood plunges. Being bipolar, one tends to underestimate changes in mood. Bipolar affects the decision-making part of the brain quite significantly, so it's best to tell a carer or MH support person when one takes the decision to take more or less than the prescribed dose.

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Written by a patient
8th June 2016


I started taking risperidone six years ago following a psychotic episode that saw me admitted to hospital. I had stopped taking my previous medication, Abilify, as I felt it was subduing me too much. However since starting on the Risperidone, my voices have gradually diminished to the point where I can live a happy life. This has been achieved in conjunction with a programme of Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) with my psychologist. I have put on some weight since starting on the drug, but whether this is really due to the medication or just my lack of exercise I am not sure.

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Written by a patient
27th January 2015


I am bipolar and this completely manages my manic phases. I also take citalopram for depression and the two couple together and an excellent control for my condition

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Risperidone is a antipsychotic medicine. It works by changing the effects of chemicals in the brain.

Risperidone is used to treat schizophrenia and symptoms of bipolar disorder (manic depression). It is also used in autistic children to treat symptoms of irritability.

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