Risperidone by its other name, Risperdal, is a psychiatric medication (antipsychotic-type) that is rarely prescribed until all other common antipsychotic medication has not been effective, this drug or medication is used in the restoration of balancing certain natural substances in the brain, which are the neurotransmitters.  It is used to treat certain mental and mood disorders such as schizophrenia, manic phase of bipolar disorder and irritability associated with autistic disorder to help people think clearly and able to function in everyday life.

The dosage of this medication, Risperidone, is based on a person’s medical condition and a person’s response to therapy, only the doctor should decide if dosage needs to be increased or decreased to avoid risk of serious side effects.

The side effects of Risperidone are dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, nausea, constipation, runny nose, increased appetite, weight gain, nervousness, acne, and dry skin, difficulty in concentrating, decreased sexual ability or desire and or difficulty with sleeping.  Usually people who use Risperidone do not have serious side effects, but if misused, the side effects associated with Risperidone that can occur are severe dizziness, fast pounding irregular heartbeat, mood changes, fever, muscle stiffness or muscle spasms or muscle twitching, sweating, uncontrolled tongue and facial muscles, drooling, difficulty swallowing, seizures, frequent falls, or signs of infection.

Other side effects could include chest pains, fainting, and weakness on one side of the body, numbness in the face, arms, or legs, sudden vision change, slurred speech, confusion, breast lumps, and urine changes.  In rare cases, blood level of a certain hormone, prolactin which affects males and females in a variety of ways, for females, it can result in unwanted breast milk, end menstruation or have difficulty in becoming pregnant and with males, it can decrease sexual ability, can’t produce sperm and could have enlarged breast.

Many people choose to stop using this drug or medication because of its bad side effects, physiological dependence, mental disturbances and other reasons that include not wanting to be using this drug for the rest of their lives.  When trying to stop this medication, withdrawal can be a very uncomfortable experience that could be physically and mentally painful and since this drug is used for controlling and preventing psychotic and manic episodes, symptoms may reoccur when the drug leaves the body and mind.

However, with the right medical help, the withdrawal process can be tolerable and if your doctor is not too keen on taking you off the drug and you have issues with it, you can consult a rehab center where many prescription medication rehabs, knowledgeably, will work with you in helping you to withdraw this substance from your body and mind in a very comfortable way.  It is very important to seek the right rehab center because not all are capable of properly detoxifying and cleansing a person’s body from an antipsychotic drug.

Some of the common side effects of antipsychotic Risperidone withdrawal symptoms consist of brain zaps or electric shock pains, irritable bowel syndrome, shakes, shaking or constant shakiness, trembling, insomnia, digestive problems and possibly triggering dyskinesia (a movement disorder that causes difficulty with voluntary movements and uncontrollable involuntary movements).

The reason why antipsychotic withdrawal occurs is because when using these type of drugs they cause dopamine to be restricted and the brain is altered, so when the dopamine is low due to the drug, it causes the neurology to change and start producing excessive amounts of dopamine receptors and when the drug is withdrawn, a tiny amount of dopamine has to impact too many receptors and can cause one to be hospitalized or have extreme symptoms.

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