i have a question about the drug risperdal?!
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after i had my baby i was losing weight at a steady clip cuz i have a high metabolism, then i went on risperdal for my postpartum psychosis. i gained alot of weight and i have a terrible time losing it. no matter what i do i can't lose weight. i hardly eat and i eat healthy, but i have all this extra weight. i heard that if you gain weight on risperdal u lose it when u go off of it. i was wondering if this was true. i hope so cuz i'm going off of it in a few months.
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I took risperdal and it almost killed me! I'm not joking!
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I think a lot of them are the same. I was on paxil and gained weight, once i stopped taking it I slowly lost the weight plus an extra ten pounds. I did nothing but stop taking paxil and the weight came off. When i was on the paxil i didn't eat any different either.
the drug risperdal is one of the most powerful in it's class (it's actually not an antidepressant like paxil but an antipsychotic) and the entire class of antipsychotics can cause glucose intolerance and weight gain. after you get off the drug you should be able to lose the weight as long as you maintain a relatively healthy diet and exercise plan. hope that's helpful.
I was on Risperdal for 4 years. I was also on a lot of other stuff. I am beginning to think that psycotropic drugs are worse than the symptoms. I am lucky enough to be healed. I lost weight, but a lot of it had to do with gallstones. I lost 80 pounds.
I took Risperdol once. I gained alot of weight also and felt really bad about myself. Eventually the doctor decided it wasnt working for me and took me off. I did lose most of the weight but not all of it. If your eating healthy and all while your on it, you should drop the pounds pretty quick once you drop the med.
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