If you have been treated with risperidone (Risperdal) for your Bipolar I Disorder, on the basis of your experience:
Would you recommend risperidone to other members for the treatment of their depressive episodes of Bipolar I Disorder?
Would you recommend risperidone to other members for the treatment of their manic episodes of Bipolar I Disorder?
How much did one month's supply of risperidone cost?
Before you write your review, please use the Yes-No-Unsure buttons on the bottom of this post to indicate if you would recommend risperidone to other members.
I would not recommend risperidone for depression. In my experience it seemed to demotivate me, and thus make depression worse.
My experience is I had an episode of psychotic mania, said a few strange things to people, which led me to be taken by friends to be assessed by a psychiatrist in A&E, who put me (voluntarily) in hospital. However the psychosis worsened after being put in hospital. I was treated with risperidone, and recovered within two weeks. I however about a month later became depressed.
Three months later I changed antipsychotic to aripiprazole and started taking the antidepressant citalopram. I was concerned that the risperidone was demotivating me. I noticed an improvement after a few weeks, I don't know if the risperidone was the problem or not or if it was the antidepressant that improved things.
However it brought me out of the manic episode quite quickly so it can be helpful.
Would You Recommend Risperidone (Risperdal)
Posted - 11/15/2007 : 22:46:49
