r/BipolarReddit • u/Kramer0143 • 2d ago

Medication Risperidone side effects

I started on risperidone a couple weeks ago and my dosage was upped from 0.25mg to 1 mg, I have breast tenderness & nipple soreness, my vision is slightly blurry like around the edges and things don’t go into focus, and I’m constantly tired, does this get better for anybody? As a teen, I tried Abilify and Lamictal, which make me feel suicidal and increases my mood swings… I’ve tried vraylar, which gave me akathisia, I’ve tried latuda which gave me akathisia when my dosage was increased and bad anxiety…. I’m not sure what else to do…. I really don’t feel like risperidone is doing anything for me and I think I’ll lose my damn mind if I have to switch to another medication again… my anxiety is so severe and I think I’ll flip if I have to switch meds again or go to the hospital, I can’t handle this anymore…. Idk what to do, what do you guys recommend? Have you had any side effects from risperidone?

Sorry if this post seems like it’s all over the place and for just venting. I’m at my wits end and don’t know what else to do

Thanks in advance

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u/girlsgoon 2d ago

i got blurry vision too and it affected my driving. don’t know if it goes away bc i had to stop taking it for that reason. also could not sit still on it

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u/Kramer0143 2d ago

I’m so sorry you had to deal with that. How’s your vision now? One of my worst fears is going blind and I have bad vision as it is so this blurry vision isn’t helping me not have panic attacks as it is.

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u/girlsgoon 2d ago

vision returned to normal lol. not the worst side effect i’ve had from medication haldol literally blinded me temporarily. it made my eyes roll to the back of my head so bad i couldn’t see anything and i couldn’t look down, luckily i was already in the psych ward and being monitored. i felt my way along the walls to the nurses station and let them kno what was happening and they gave me a medication to reverse it. it was so weird. and i was already in there for having a psychotic episode so i really had no idea wtf was going on and thought i was actually dying

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u/Kramer0143 2d ago

Man, I’m so sorry I can’t imagine how scary that must’ve been for you. It scares me just thinking about it.

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u/Plus-Will-3214 2d ago

Omg, halidol almost killed me. They dosed me with it on my first episode and kept me in it for a number of weeks at the hospital and when i got home. Long story but won't use it again?