Risperidone Health Feed

Dear Sir Thank you for your query.
A lot of people with schizophrenia have to take more than one medicine at a time. The treatment prescribed to a person depends on a lot of factors like the severity of illness and response to medications. More than one medicine can be taken at a time for schizophrenia. However, the medications should be taken as prescribed by your psychiatrist. So please continue the Medication as prescribed by your psychiatrist as he is aware of your history and if you hav...more

All anti-psychotic medications can potentially cause some memory problems or cognitive decline in long term. But the effects of sizodon (risperidone) for your condition far outweigh the side-effect profile in most cases, and thus it is best to continue with the medication as per your psychiatrist's advice. You can always discuss any concerns or possible adverse effects with your prescribing doctor and he/she will guide you best. Hope this helps!

Hi lybrate-user
risnia is used in multiple health conditions with varying doses depending on the diagnosis, age of the person, response to the medication, adverse effects experienced/expected and lot more factors. It's in your best interest if you consult a nearby psychiatrist in-person who can assess you and guide further regarding the need for medication and appropriate dosing and future optimization of same.
I wish you stay happy and healthy!

You need to get a second opinion for the condition your daughter has, she for depression, once the treatment is revised she may show improvement' in for mental clarity and memory,
she needs assessment regularegularly,

Dear Pramod,
Please continue with the same tablets and consult your doctor again to add therapy (to question and challenge the negative automatic thoughts) or to change the dose of drugs.

It can be taken for long duration 2 to 5 years but monitoring should be by psychiatrist. Long term side effect of antipsychitics are tardive dyskinesia ,metabolic syndrome & weight gain etc so proper follow psychiatrist.

The medications seem good for you, especially with anxiety and worry/ doubts of having HIV. Discuss the pain in head with him, am sure he will find a solution for that too. All the best.

Dear Lybrate user,
first of all, it is appreciable that you have been sincerely following your doctor's treatment, which is an indicator of your future successes in you life. There is a good chance for you that you can make your dreams come true, in spite of your mood disorder. Giving you some suggestions:
- keep in touch with your psychiatrist, periodically.
-continue to do all your activities that help boost your mood.
-don't have any unrealistic expectations. -people with depr...more

Yes, both meds help. Resperidone has sedative effect but he should get over it after few days. Please note if he not on medications then his symptoms will make him difficult to concentrate on studies.

Your doctor is not making money but giving you good advice. Your condition is not as simple as it appears and needs a lot of treatment. Your problems showed up around your late teens, and is a very vulnerable stage. This means that there were some mitigating circumstances in early childhood. This needs to be investigated. The reason the doctor advised you not to go for meditation is probably that it is ill-advised in your current state of mind to do unguided meditation: you should do only guided...more