Does anybody have some experience of taking stimulants along, w/ Risperdal?

Jes' wanna know, cuz' so far, Risperdal works great, but w/o ability to demand as much focus performance wise that come w/ stimulants like Desoxyn and Adderall. . .

My youngest is on risperdal, focalin and guanfacine. No real problems with any of the meds. The risperdal was recently added due to anxiety.

Ya, Risperdal, definitely helps with anxiety.

Helps to deal with uneccessary bizzareness in communication.;)

Good to hear there are no problems, Vickie. .

alright adios

Spacemania takes Risperdal along with Dexadrine and does well, qinkin. I used to take it myself and had a rather unfortunate rare side effect, but I did love the way the med worked.

I now take Abilify, which works well, too.

This stuff is prescribed far, far too unreservedly IMO.

I recommend anyone taking antipsychotic medications to read carefully the side effects profile, and consider carefully the effect the medication produces.

I took Risperdal for a while and it didn't do much for me. Sure it helped with anxiety, but I felt drowsy a lot of the time. I also gained a lot of weight really fast. Really didn't need that.

But everyone's different, right?

IMO the side effects tend to correspond to dose amount. At the levels used for anxiety, the dose is very tiny compared to the dose used for psychosis.

I might be wrong though.

ya, for only taking 5mgs perday, that is not so high. . .


yes everybody is different, but everybody can also experience good results from taking medications . . . there are like thousands of medications, if not millions, out there . . .

5.0 mg per day is a huge dose of risperdal. That would be a dose given for bipolar disorder or for schizophrenia.

0.25 to 0.5 (or even 0.125) per day is plenty for most folks treating anxiety or adhd. I take 0.5 mg per day in the form of 0.25 mg in the morning and 0.25 mg in the evening. I used to take a single 0.5 mg dose a day but it works better when I spread it out over the day...if you ake too much it will have sedating effect, and it will caise weight gain for a lot of people.

Me :D


ya, for only taking 5mgs perday, that is not so high. . .


yes everybody is different, but everybody can also experience good results from taking medications . . . there are like thousands of medications, if not millions, out there . . .

ah yes, 0.5, not 5.0 oops . . .

a coffee bean every now and then, helps as well,

kupo!