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Old 03-25-2005, 12:03 PM   #1
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Question About to start RISPERDAL....ANY ONE HAVE TRIED THIS??

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MY ps Doc just gave me Risperdal to try for anxiety and panic. I already take paxil and klonopin. Has anyone tried this med? Any success? What was your dosage? Side effects?

I would appreciate any feedback before I give this body ANOTHER drug!

 
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Re: About to start RISPERDAL....ANY ONE HAVE TRIED THIS??

Resperidol is an anti-psychotic drug which happens to have ALOT of side effects. Personally I hate this drug and have only seen it work well on violent Alzheimers patients, probably because the benefits truly outweigh the side effects in that instance. It will make you extremely drowsy......
I would not take it.

 
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Re: About to start RISPERDAL....ANY ONE HAVE TRIED THIS??

I refuse to take this med because of the extreme weight gain.
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Re: About to start RISPERDAL....ANY ONE HAVE TRIED THIS??

to fusionqueen

sounds like the paxil isnt working, up the dose if OK or swap to another antidepressant, the klonapin dose seems to be too low also, remember klonapin tablets are deactivated by hot storage, eg in a car glovebox

risperdal is as mentioned, an antipsychotic and is used by some docs in small doses for panic, but others say its unsuitable and wont use it at all, it doesnt cause weight gain

a group of australian psychiatrists recently reviewed anxiety and panic meds and said antipsychotic meds were of no benefit

 
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Re: About to start RISPERDAL....ANY ONE HAVE TRIED THIS??

My son took Risperdol for two years due to Bi-Polar. He gained almost 50 lbs. on it and his face got real puffy. I would ask the doc for something else for anxiety

 
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