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Reviewer: Angel7215, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Caregiver)
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My daughter's were both perscribed this for Asperger's/Autisim and it gave them a big appitite and rapid weight gain. It also gives them higher cholesterol. The older girl was taken off it for a little while by their doctor, and the had less appetite and lost weight, she's now a healthy weight. When she was on it the first time her cholesterol was high too. Strange thing was the doctor
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Reviewer: Toyota, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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Gave me suicidal ideation, increased psychosis, increased aggression, lack of empathy, restlessness, 30 lb weight gain, extremely difficult to withdraw from
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Reviewer: 25-34 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Seems to be working but I'm still on my first week of it. Loud voices seems more calm, still lots of missing time. Still don't remember much about anything else.
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Reviewer: jerems82, 25-34 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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I first began taking Risperdal(name brand) in 2007, when I was having very serious psychological problems that involved terrible disorganized thinking, delusional thoughts, OCD, and Tourette's. I never heard any voices. It was just so bad, my disorganized thinking process, that I decided to get help in 2007, when I turned 25. In my late teens, I had tiny precursors but then at about 21, in 200
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Reviewer: vacabratt, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have been prescribed this medication for alleged auditory hallucinations. How long before this med works? I take 1 .5 mg before bedtime.
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