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Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow
I'm sorry it didn't work for you too because when it works it really is a great med. I had edema and really high blood pressure on Risperdal; totally out of the blue and not common. I hated it because it worked for me but I couldn't stay on it. We even tried again and had the same result a couple years later.
The drooling....yes it's gross. It's better for me now that I'm on a lower dose. A long time ago I had a patient who was on 800 mg and she drooled constantly, day and night. I feel so bad for her after having been through night drooling. I had urinary incontinence too that seems better with the lower dose although I doubt I'll ever quit wearing a pad while on it. I've awoken to a soaked bed too many times since starting it to ever trust it.
I hope your new dose of Seroquel keeps working for you.
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Yeah. I REALLY wish it would have worked out. I was so jolly on it I didn't even care about the weight gain. I used to just make fun of myself. To this day, my daughter is like, "So, momma, are you ever gonna go on that med again that made you fat and jolly?" Lol. It was SO funny. Kids have no filter, and one day she was like, "You're getting really fat, momma, no offense." Clozaril made me so fat! But, like I said, I was too jolly to really care.
It was great! I was on 300mg. I'll never go on it again though.
I've never been on Risperdal before.
I had urinary incontinence when I was on a really high dose of Haldol. I was so embarrassed 😳. It got so bad my husband finally suggested I wear adult diapers to bed. I was in my thirties! Ugh. Luckily I stopped having this problem when I went off that high dose of Haldol.
Anyway, thanks.
I hope my new seroquel dose keeps on working too.