Risperidone for Anxiety User Reviews (Page 3)
Brand names: Risperdal, Uzedy, Risperdal Consta, Perseris, Rykindo, Risvan
Risperidone has an average rating of 5.2 out of 10 from a total of 69 reviews for the off-label treatment of Anxiety. 41% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 45% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Risperidone
- roozie
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- March 15, 2013
"The best anxiety pill ever, works better than Zoloft and Xanax."
- Anony...
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- May 20, 2014
"Gives you a calm feeling of peace and tranquility, takes the edge off any anxiety and makes you extremely calm. I love it."
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- in ar...
- July 7, 2013
"It helped my anxiety a lot."
- Irving...
- Taken for 10 years or more
- December 4, 2015
"Makes you very very slow. People will see you as soft spoken slow and retarded."
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- Weano
- September 26, 2016
"I was prescribed this medication for GAD.......what a bad DR!! This does not help anxiety it only makes me dizzy and slur my speech. Terrible medicine."
- Phani...
- September 9, 2019
"I faced many side effects..I gained weight and very hard to sleep."
- Zil
- July 7, 2019
"Was put on it at a rehab for anxiety. Erectile dysfunction and my brain feels like it's hot when I dont take it. Super upset with them thinking this was a good drug to put me on"
- Waywa...
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- September 11, 2017
"I took this medication for about 5-6 years, I eventually had to stop taking it because ironically it made my anxiety horribly worse and it caused the start of my paranoia"
- Shella
- Taken for less than 1 month
- April 28, 2018
"My 10 year old was a happy littile boy before taking this "
- Another...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 30, 2017
"Terrible experience. While this drug may work for some but did not for my child. EVERY PARENT NEEDS TO BE WARNED OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS."
- nowiw...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 15, 2021
"Risperidone is like a chemical lobotomy, will mess with your social skills forever"
- Anonymous
- February 26, 2021
"This drug is horrible. I took this drug for about 6 months and I honestly feel like a zombie. I’m not able to talk or be social like I use to and I really don't like it."
- sam
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- July 6, 2019
"I weight gain and groggy in the morning. Side effects are not great. Im already overweight and gained 15 in a month."
- Jojo
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- September 19, 2018
"Good for anxiety and panic attacks"
- Better...
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- July 9, 2022
"I had severe agoraphobia one year ago, and now on risperidone I work a full time job and live by myself. This medication is a miracle if it works with your specific strain of anxiety"
- Msaf
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- February 10, 2021
"It caused side effect that continue even after I stopped it from three years back, I have unstable sleeping patterns I wish I never took and as I want to return to my previous life"
- Catman
- September 24, 2020
"Made me less angry. But just made me way blunted in general. I didn’t feel any emotion. Seems like it made it hard for me to sleep Not great overall. It makes you less of a person"
- Pem
- Taken for 10 years or more
- March 12, 2024
"I am so grateful for this medication. It has calmed my anxiety and given me quality of life. I take 1.5 mg daily and have no side effects at all. I rarely have nightmares now and it helps me sleep."
- Anonymous
- April 29, 2021
"I’m on 6 mg a day morning and night 3mg I take 100mg sertraline morning around mid day I have a panic attack thinking I’m going to swallow my tongue"
- Alireza
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- May 17, 2023
"This drug will help you sleep and treat insomnia but the most annoying side effect is sleepiness."
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"I'm diabetic. Was prescribed 30 pills and I only took 10. I got immediate results from anxiety, crying, and hallucinations. It was a prescription for 30 days. I felt like I wanted to vomit or die. That was in November 2023. I haven't had any problems since then. The dosage was 1mg."