Reviewer: Landin olsen, 19-24 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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Drug is awful I can't get up and do things my speech is slurred and made me half brain dead. I used to have a six pack and was jacked now I've gained twenty pounds. I'd prefer to have my slightly deranged thoughts then be on this med but I'm forced to be on it. Society is screwed up your torturing us.

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Drug is awful I can't get up and do things my speech is slurred and made me half brain dead. I used to have a six pack and was jacked now I've gained twenty pounds. I'd prefer to have my slightly deranged thoughts then be on this med but I'm forced to be on it. Society is screwed up your torturing us.
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Reviewer: mic888, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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the change over from Haldol 17 years to riaperdal was harsh, oral...after 5 years went to intramuscle...the results are much better, the problem with timing the oral meds is gone and regular sensations of normal life are much more abundant....but there is a very dark place that wasn't there with the Haldol, thus the worry about panic...this is eased by regularity in eating sleeping and exercis ... Show Full Comment

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the change over from Haldol 17 years to riaperdal was harsh, oral...after 5 years went to intramuscle...the results are much better, the problem with timing the oral meds is gone and regular sensations of normal life are much more abundant....but there is a very dark place that wasn't there with the Haldol, thus the worry about panic...this is eased by regularity in eating sleeping and exercising...the key is the combination of balance between real life and the self. the self being satisfied and the mind being ok with it.
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Reviewer: overwhelming, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Caregiver)

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The medication causes weight gain, my son was in hospital for 9 days, symptoms developed vomiting, thirst, sleeping. Doctors discovered upon arrival high sugar level of 467, almost in icu.

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The medication causes weight gain, my son was in hospital for 9 days, symptoms developed vomiting, thirst, sleeping. Doctors discovered upon arrival high sugar level of 467, almost in icu.
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Reviewer: Brianna Lora , 13-18 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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i take this drug new for me its great for now i see the other reviews but it hurts like hell to get it it burns and you can harddly use your hand or arm

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i take this drug new for me its great for now i see the other reviews but it hurts like hell to get it it burns and you can harddly use your hand or arm
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Reviewer: Slolo, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Caregiver)

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I am writing this for our son. Before he was on Risperdal shot,he took the pills, but he stopped in 2009, because he thought he could use another form of treatment. He was okay until Dec. of 2009. Then he went crazy with fear. He thought our city was being poisoned by the water. While at our house he was asking if we had any guns. He was so depressed, we were fearful of what he might do. He went ... Show Full Comment

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I am writing this for our son. Before he was on Risperdal shot,he took the pills, but he stopped in 2009, because he thought he could use another form of treatment. He was okay until Dec. of 2009. Then he went crazy with fear. He thought our city was being poisoned by the water. While at our house he was asking if we had any guns. He was so depressed, we were fearful of what he might do. He went back to his house to get some clothes. While there, he took all of his pills trying to commit suicide. When I went to check on him. I found him with pills scattered all over the floor and said he took most of them. I called 911. He spent 3 weeks in a hospital in Spokane, WA. They realized the shot was the best course to treatment. He has been on the shot since then and doing quite well.
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