[Tucson]

Has anyone had problems with this med? Have you ever overdosed from a high prescribed dosage? What was it like? Have you lost consciousness? I do not take this anymore but my dosage had been increased to 8 mg. Several weeks later I blanked out when at home. I then blanked in and out over the period of several hours. Each time I remembered what happened when I was conscious. I even walked to a store wirh a freind. He said I talked to him normally with no slurring of speach. I just seemed a little distracted. I do not remember this at all. Has this happened to anyone?

[GoingInside]

I only almost overdosed while I was in a mental institution and the nurse had dissolved my medication to force me to ingest it (I guess I'd refuse pills back then)and since it tasted so awfully bad eventually I threw up. He then injected me but the meds(that include risperidone) had already been absorbed by my body, at least partially so I started trembling and feeling really ill until another nurse came up to check on me and brought some sort of antidote to inject me. I guess I was about to lose consciousness.

I'm not sure if I had black outs because of risperidone, I mean taking my pills while outside that mental institution, but yep, I find my memory really faulty(I lost the sense of a timeline regarding manic episodes) and there are many things I don't remember when I was using a high dose of risperidone, but then again, this dose was for my mania and I'm told that mania makes us unable to really "catch" what's happening within our surroundings and ourselves and that plenty of stuff just isn't recorded in our brains. I can't tell if it's your case but I'd question your doctor about it.
It's really a terrible feeling to be left wondering about things we really can't remember and people say we did it. :/

This drug gave me a horrible itchy rash from head to toe and vomiting like crazy. I was so, so sick. I also took 8mg ...Please talk to your doctor about this side effect you think you are having.....it's far too dangerous not to discuss. To me this would be an unacceptable side effect.

[Cocosurviving]

I only take 3 mg. My new pdoc put for me to take 2, 3 mg pills daily. I noticed it when I refilled my bottle. I have an appt on the 12th and I am going to ask her about it. I have not had any blacking out in the 6 years I've been taking it. Biggest thing I notice is decreased sex drive. I had a lot of wight gain but I also take Lithium