“My mind is always blank, I can't think. I can't feel emotions and I just feel numb all of the time. I sleep 12-14 hours everyday and when I am awake I have low energy. I am also experiencing sexual side effects that are very concerning. ... This drug did nothing to stop the voices or paranoia I was experiencing, yet it did plenty in terms of side effects. Antipsychotics are awful drugs in general and this drug Invega was no exception. The cure is worse than the disease.”
“Apathy, lack of emotions and feelings, lack of thoughts, lack of motivation and desire to do things. The delusions and hallucinations disappeared.”
Cause: AskAPatient first-person Risperdal/risperidone review (F, age 29): 3 mg daily for schizoaffective; attributes apathy /…
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Cause: AskAPatient first-person Risperdal/risperidone review (M, age 34): 1–4 mg daily ~1 month for depression/anxiety. Attrib…
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Cause: AskAPatient first-person Risperdal/risperidone review (age 35; sex not captured in page scrape): 2 mg daily then self-l…
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Cause: AskAPatient first-person Depakote ER/valproate review (F, age 38): ~3 years at 500 for bipolar. Attributes very foggy m…
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