I am on risperdol at only .5mg per day. I also take 20mg of Lexapro per day. I am being treated for chronic major depression. Is it possible that my great appetite is due to the risperdol even though the dose is so small? Also I am not psychotic so why is the doctor giving this to me?
i believe risperdal is used to treat deppression to. i'm on risperdal because i have a thought disorder [learning disability] i also have schizoaffective disorder ,although the same doctor,said that i have manic deppression,then i read that schizoaffective disorder is both schizophrenic like symptoms and bipolar. anyway thats why im on risperdal . i love the drug. welcome to my therapy
I am on risperdol at only .5mg per day. I also take 20mg of Lexapro per day. I am being treated for chronic major depression. Is it possible that my great appetite is due to the risperdol even though the dose is so small? Also I am not psychotic so why is the doctor giving this to me?
Hi and welcome, Persil
I am no longer on Risperdal, but when I was on it, it was to reduce paranoid thoughts. However, it did not reduce my paranoia.
Have you tried asking your psychiatrist why he is giving you Risperdal? (I just met you, so I really have absolutely no idea why you would be rx'd any of your meds).
i have not heard anything about risperdal making people that hungery i have lost between 55 and 70 pounds on it but previously i was on depacote which dramatically increased my weight gain. i do know that you have to be on gaurd against getting diabeaties while taking risperdal and that some weight gain occurs in some people