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Posted by River1924 on July 26, 2006, at 19:26:29
Hi people,
I've been a on low dose (.25 mg) of risperidal for two weeks. I had hoped it would make me more motivated and less moody and that I could stop taking zolft and lower my dose of klonopin and wellbutrin xl.
I'm having problems at work so I can't decide if riperidal is the cause or if it interacts badly with my other meds or if work is just too stressful.
Any ideas? Any feelings about this? Any personal experiences to guide me?
Thanks, River.
Posted by stargazer on July 27, 2006, at 23:34:28
In reply to risperidone... can it make one irritable, suicidal, posted by River1924 on July 26, 2006, at 19:26:29
River, off the top of my head I would say no but after consulting my drug book, two of the SE can be agitation and suicide attempt, listed like that rather than SI(?).
I'm also on 0.25 mg Risperdal with none of those SE's but we all metabolize meds differently and are on different med combo's. I would let your doc know and if s(he) says those are not SE's you can say someone with knowledge of SE's said they are. Good luck.
SG
Posted by River1924 on July 28, 2006, at 0:16:53
In reply to Re: risperidone... can it make one irritable, suicidal, posted by stargazer on July 27, 2006, at 23:34:28
SG,
Thanks for caring. Ummm, I feel better today.
My doctor really does not expect the .25 mg to do anything and told me to go to .5 mg. What does the .25 do for you? Does it do much of anything?
River.
PS As for me:
I cut out zoloft and wellbutrin and we'll see where I go from there. (I've been cutting down the zoloft anyway due to "amotivational syndrome" which was discussed on this board a few months ago. I began the wellbutrin because a study said it was good for anxiety (if one could tolerate the anxiety of the first month.) I take other meds (dextroamphetamine and provigil) which probably interact with it anyway.)I have a drawer full of meds. Lyrica helps when I need something to wind me down.
I'd really like to cut back. Right now I take too many meds.
R.
Posted by SLS on July 28, 2006, at 9:14:03
In reply to risperidone... can it make one irritable, suicidal, posted by River1924 on July 26, 2006, at 19:26:29
Risperdal can sometimes produce anxiety and agitation at the beginning, but this more often than not disappears. Perhaps this is what happened with you. Anxiety and agitation are often precipitators of suicidality and self-injury. I hope it resolves for you. It is probably time-dependent and not dosage-dependent. In other words, going up in dosage probably will not produce a recurrence. Let's hope not.
- Scott
Posted by stargazer on July 28, 2006, at 19:12:24
In reply to Re: risperidone... can it make one irritable, suic, posted by SLS on July 28, 2006, at 9:14:03
River, hard to tell what Risperdai is doing for me. I can't even remember why it was added to begin with, although I think they use it to potentiate the meds you are on to make them work better.
The only thing my doc said was increase it to 0.5 mg if I continue to stay up and then get up early, which is atypical for me, but I kind of like it. Better than being tired all the time and accomplishing zip. So it must have some stimulating effects as I do feel energized or is that from the Lamictal that I increased from 150 to 200/day about the same time.
SG
Posted by River1924 on July 29, 2006, at 1:23:44
In reply to Re: risperidone... can it make one irritable/River, posted by stargazer on July 28, 2006, at 19:12:24
Funny, I know the feeling. "What is doing what and when I took that drug before, I don't think I liked it but now it doesn't seem to bother me and etc, etc." They need to give each new psych patient a huge log book so we can keep track of which drugs we took with what other ones and how we reacted.
Resperidone does make me feel more motivated. I don't think it is stimulating... just removes a layer of unnecessary brain static.
To quote Scientific American Mind magazine (Scientific American Mind: Beyond the Neuron Doctrine June/July 2006,) "the unparalleled abilites of the human mind arise not from neurons but from the coherence of brain waves." "Brain waves arise from the collective activity of thousands of neurons working together."
Risperidone seems to help my mind and activity flow better instead of letting me sit in a stagnant pool of random thoughts.
Later. R.
Posted by River1924 on July 29, 2006, at 1:28:19
In reply to Re: risperidone... can it make one irritable, suic, posted by SLS on July 28, 2006, at 9:14:03
Scott,
Thanks. It is good to know that the reaction was temporary. Lyrica helped for the few days I seemed a bit crazy.
"Anxiety and agitation are often precipitators of suicidality." I wish I had met you long ago. It might have saved a lot of trial and error and learning the hard way.
Alas!
Thanks for the info. R.
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