Risperidone Health Feed

Dear lybrate user, 'antipsychotic' is an umbrella term which covers a large number of symptoms that are common in many psychiatric problems. Hence, doctors prescribe these drugs. Just like salt can be used for many food items, a particular medicine can be used to treat many medical conditions. Stick to your doctor's prescription without any hesitation.

Dear Dr. sizdon plus is a brand name for risperidone which is an antipsychotic used for psychosis. The guidelines for use generally depends on the number and frequency of episodes of psychosis in a lifetime till date, severity of episodes and the nature of illness. Your description of mild does not suffice to explain how long to continue with the medication. In case, the above mentioned person had a first episode for which he/she is taking treatment and the symptoms have subsided and returned t...more

It s not depression, seems drugs are for schizophrenia, a major psychiatric illness, which has long term treatment. There are newer medications for the negative symptoms you say. Kindly consult a psychiatrist for the same.

Dear lybrate-user,
Nice to hear that you are happy with your doctor. Please keep it up. Liking a doctor, makes you to comply with her/his treatment. With regular treatment, you will not have frequent relapses. Schizophrenia is a relapsing disorder. Early recognition and meeting a psychiatrist is a very good sign of preventing relapse.

Hello, No need , to continue this tablet, now switch to ayurvedic treatment and Panchakarma, this will help you to get rid from all the issues, You need shirodhara Panchakarma, this is very effective in your case have very good results.

Obviously if you have ocd, your mind will question the authenticity of almost everything. Having the thought is in itself not a bad thing, it is the indulgence in them that could influence you negatively. So learn to dismiss them as part of the ocd. Keep the faith and persevere in it till it is predominant and strong. Meet with a counselor also and then if that person recommends another psychiatrist for whatever reason to deal with this issue, do visit one as soon as possible. Please take your p...more

Hello, You should discuss these serious issues with your treating psychiatrist. And should also ask for psychotherapy. You can be helped with cbt/erp/bst etc. Do not loose hope, things will change for better. Best luck
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The psychiatrist has suggested correctly about the medication. Low dose sizodon (risperidone) is used for children with autism and behavioral problems. Try to get hold of a mot pediatrics (pediatric occupational therapist) and a team of psychiatrist/ clinical psychologist/ ot and speech therapist for multimodal treatment of autism. Good luck.

It's tough to say whether it's due to drugs, but you better stop imipramine and see for two to four weeks, let me know if this helps.

Generally the person who takes psychiatric drugs faces problems of such side effects upto 15 days to 1 month. Thereafter it gets adjusted. In your daughter's case, its been taken for 10 years. Hence there may be some underlying physiological issues to be ruled out. You better take her to a gastroenterologist to get better results after consulting with your psychiatrist who prescribed the drugs.