Question re: Risperdal

Can Risperdal make delusions/hallucinations worse? My daughter has been on it only a few days at .05 and seemed a bit better yesterday but not today. I know its probebly too soon to tell but just wondering.

Best to advise the doctor and see what they say.

Good luck

Agreed - you should to a Dr. and that by the way is a very low dose. I'm on 4 mg as an augmentation to my anti-D. The dose for schizophrenia is usually 6-8 mg.

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Thank-You for the reply. At this point, she hasn't been diagnosed with anything other than a
Having like a mental break down ( Pdoc not using that term)
She was under alot of stress about her church's beliefs and other issues, and one day, smoked pot,(she isn't a pot smoker due to anxiety issues, always has a bad high so she doesn't smoke) had the most high anxiety high that pushed her over the edge. She couldnt sleep for 6 days, i took her to the hospital 4 times bc of her delusions but all they did was give her something to calm her down, and referred her to her Pdoc. That was 7 wks ago. I thought her hallucinations were from sleep deprivation but have been told that stress can bring them on. So, anyway, the meds shes on is Risperdal, Citalopram 20 mg, tamazapam for sleep. Sorry im writing so much but i thought maybe someone in here might know whats going on. I've done nothing but research her symptoms and look up different conditions to see exactly what shes going through. After what Ive read on here re her low dose It doesn't appear that her Pdoc is treating the psychosis ): he prescribed it to help the Citalopram work better. Ugh. Do delusions go away on their own, if u dont have schizophrenia?

By the way, shes 17. Sorry i wrote so much

I hope by now your daughter is better and you found help for those problems. I had a question to about Risperidone. My son has been taking it(bipolar/psychosis) for only 3 days. He says his symptoms are worse, except that he can sleep now. I wondered too if it can initially get worse before it gets better. Bipolar is a very sad illness.

Thank you

From what I have been told, delusions usually do not go away regardless of medication because they are beliefs and the person having the delusion cannot tell that they are having delusions. They can be helped by medication in that a person can be able to ask someone to do a reality check with them, but the beliefs never truly go away. But they can be managed, which is what the medication is supposed to do.

Though that's a very low dose, so it could also be that the dose is too low and she needs it to be upped a little bit. I would have the doctor up the dose until it's in target range for her symptoms and if she's still not getting better, then I think it's time to change meds.

Good luck!