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have you been on respadol?

the doc put me on respadol..it made me real sick..i was on it a week heart rate was 112  sitting down..this doc told me that alot of people do well on it...he dont know his meds..i asked alot of people online about it..they all had a problem with it....please share yours  thank you.
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800339 tn?1270433486
I did not have a positive reaction to Risperdal, the many times I was put on it, even when I was taking .5 mg.  Now, I refuse to take be prescribed it, because it's just not meant to work for me.  Everyone is different though, and I know it took a lot of different dosages, for my Psychiatrist to be content that Risperdal hurts me more than it helps.

Best of luck,

HoᴖeyNᴗt
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1192491 tn?1265031829
Perhaps you need the dosage lowered?  I was on 3 mg. and went down to 2 mg.; I have high blood pressure.  Overall it has helped me.
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574118 tn?1305135284
hi
unfortunately it won't make me you feel or bad to know that others were on the same med, simply because you will receive all kinds of contradicting views. what works for me may not for you

for me i have been on risperidone for 8 years from the onset of my bp yet 1mg only, i find it ok. now i added seroquel for my mixed states 25mg. that is all the AP's I take. Others find it bringing anxiety. but the latter is a secondary effect to all pschy illnesses so you can't tell. However a remark is that one pdoc told me to increase the dose of rispe.. to 3mg as I did that i was getting crazy, but that was the only incidence.

nobody will tell you whether it's suitable for you. People find fish the most delicious food while others hate it.
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585414 tn?1288941302
I responded relatively well to Risperdal. It is rare although not unknown that it can cause any form of heart arrythmia (this can happen with all the atypicals) but if you mean lowering blood pressure that is different and that can happen with all antipsychotics and is generally of less concern. Orthostatic hypertension (having difficulty when suddenly standing) can happen with all antipsychotics for example. Having lowered blood pressure when sitting is more of a concern but it depends on the degree of blood pressure drop. In general people do respond well to Risperdal but each person responds differently to each medication. They are still understanding why people react differently to different medications and it will take some time before they know which specific medications will help each person. There are still a fair amount of options as regards FDA approved antipsychotics though, the latest ones being Fanapt and Saphris.
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Had a lot of sexual dysfunction on it.  'nuff said.  Sad thing is it seemed like it was going to work the best out of all the antipsychotics I've tried so far.  Geodon was the one I had heart problems on and had to be taken off of but I think quite a few of them can affect the heart.
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