Risperidone for Agitation User Reviews

• Mom...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 15, 2019

"I wrote the other glowing review of this medication, and I couldn’t figure out how to update it. But I wanted to give people hope who are trying this medication. My son has now been on it for 5 months, and the positive changes have been amazing - his problems were irritable behavior, anger, and aggression. We were able to go on vacation as a family for the first time because of it. My son was excited, happy, and had so much fun. A year ago, I thought he was going to need to be institutionalized. I know everyone is different, and this medication can be harsh on the body, but my son is really doing great on it! Start off on a small dose. My son takes 0.25 mg/day, and it is having a huge impact."

• kan...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 2, 2018

"My parents put me on this medication because they feel like I have had problems with anger. I can control it around my friends at school, but my parents know how to work me up and get on my nerves, and I yell at them. So they put me on it for anger control medicine. I have anxiety and depression. This med has only made me feel so numb, I hardly feel happiness anymore. I have only felt happiness maybe 10 times this year, and it's October. I get bursts of anxiety, depression, sometimes I feel a little anger, but not a lot, but I hardly feel happiness. I feel like a robot and not real. It also gives me twitches sometimes, memory issues, dizziness every single time I get up from laying down, and a fast heartbeat. I'm sick of the way I feel. I can't wait to get off of this medicine to get an anxiety one. Hopefully it won't make me feel this numb."

• bet...
• February 24, 2020

"I've been on risperidone for about 4-5 months, worst antipsychotic I've ever taken. From the first day I took it, I felt strange, very agitated. I just didn't understand why I was feeling like this, then overexcited. I admit it helped my delusional thoughts and going out. I want to stop this drug, but I think they won't give me another one to try to help. What would help with agitation, as they said I'm not allowed diazepam anymore? I'm stuck for any ideas."

• Buy...
• July 30, 2015

"I've been taking it since I was 10 or 11 when I had really bad anger, but after I read some reviews lately of the drug and seen that it does more harm than good, I have decided to quit and see what I was like off it. So far, I realized it made me super sensitive to light and made the world brighter than it really is. Also, now I realize I haven't seen the real world for how many years, knowing this makes me sad. Another side effect is suppressed emotions, and now that I'm off, I'm happier and can feel emotions more, and they're not dulled. They made my memory bad, like I could barely remember what I did yesterday and it was hazy. Made me lethargic and gave me a monster appetite. By the way, I found out I don't have anger issues anymore."

• Bir...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• July 8, 2017

"Back in my early 20s, I started experiencing severe agitation, anxiety, mood swings, and couldn't think straight, along with OCD, etc. I finally went to see a psychiatrist. He put me on Paxil, Klonopin, and Risperdal. When I first started this combo of drugs, I felt very good, very clear-headed. It almost seemed like I was myself again. After a few years, the side effects started brewing. My anxiety returned in full force, my thoughts were disorganized once again, and I began itching all over my body, especially my legs and feet. My bladder went bad. Gained weight. From the get-go, Risperdal made me EXTREMELY ANXIOUS upon taking it. It was the culprit behind my itchy skin and bladder issues too. BE CAREFUL. Caused SEVERE INNER RESTLESSNESS!"

• sad...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 21, 2020

"I've been on risperidone for about three months. Since I started, the agitation has gotten worse, also so, so nervous with very bad anxiety. I wish I didn't start taking these, and I am going to speak to a psychiatrist and hope I can go on something with fewer side effects."

• Nut...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 10, 2023

"I was given this via injection at the hospital 8 nights ago for extreme anger and meltdowns where I was almost assaulting the hospital staff. They injected me with this, along with Ativan. I felt calm within a few minutes because of the Ativan, but my goodness, this drug was awful. Ativan doesn’t give me any negative side effects, but risperidone does. I felt terrible! I started having intense restless feelings in my right shoulder radiating down to the foot on that side, racing thoughts, panicking, and extreme terror even though I was trying to sleep. I began hyperventilating, my heart began racing as I was going home, so I took another Ativan to take the feeling away. It calmed me down for the night, but the unpleasant feeling lasted until 23 hours later. I would rate this medication a 0/10."

• Oth...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• August 5, 2021

"Incredibly important part of my med regime. This medication eliminates my extreme agitation instantly. It helps a lot with OCD intrusive thoughts and also helped me control my actions better. I was very worried that I would need a long-term hospitalization before I started this med. It’s very good at calming you down when you’re unstable/out of control. The only downside is that it made me a little depressed when I started, although that went away when I started taking an antidepressant. This med also helped me work through some delusions. I do find every six months I need to up my dose, but that hasn’t been a major problem yet as I’m on a very low dose. I’d recommend it to anyone who’s being suggested it, but be warned that when you start it, you may be really sleepy. It goes away after a month. Good to note though that this will affect everyone differently, and I’ve heard some bad stories before."

• Sha...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• August 17, 2017

"Not sure if I want my child, who has aggression, to take this because the doctor says it could cause diabetes! My family has a history of diabetes, so why should I allow my 10-year-old daughter to take this pill and ruin her life with diabetes? Also, my 10-year-old was the tiniest out of my firstborn, and I believe she has gained a lot of weight, but the doctor claims she didn't gain any! For being 10, she weighs 75 lbs. She is one-fourth of the way to being the same weight as my 16-year-old. Don't think I want to wait another 6 years to see what her weight is then!:("