marvinoman Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) I had a psychotic episode in september and have been on risperidone since. Since my prolactin levels were getting too high, I'm now switching to abilify. I'm afraid that the risperidone has made me anhedonic. My psychiatrist is tapering the risperidone down and increasing my abilify. Is there anyone out there who has recovered from this anhedonia after they came off the risperidone and if so how long did it take? Edited December 26, 2016 by marvinoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Risperdal didn't give me anhedonia, but anhedonia is a major part of my depression. Abilify helped immensely with my anhedonia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifluous Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 after i have an acute psychotic episode i always go through this post psychosis depression thing. there are studies that show it happens to many of us. when the meds start getting rid of the voices and the thought control and other activities and ideas you may have, you suddenly realize you haven't kept up with anything else in your life. it's demoralizing. and then fixing it is seems overwhelming. i had a lot of help to keep my life semi in order and i still do. itt's really hard. but i don't know that the meds ever gave me anhedonia so much as after they knocked out my much bigger and more challenging "positive" symptoms...the negative ones remained. and the disorganized ones, too. you might see if it's possibly the post psychosis depression that is essentially a foray through negative symptoms. it happens to me after my head shatters from the disorganized symptoms. then i just can't be bothered to do or give a shit about anything except maybe cigarettes. i hope you've had a chance to talk to your prescribing physician. how'd it go? did he agree that the anhedonia is from risperdal? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvinoman Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 (edited) @mellifluous My psychiatrist told me it wasn't caused by the risperdal but was caused by depression. Though i was never really depressed or suicidal or anything like that. I just have the anhedonia. It may be the post-psychosis depression you were talking about but i never had negative thoughts. My psychiatrist just assigned me wellbutrin do you think that will help? Edited January 7, 2017 by marvinoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Newer antispychotics, AAP's (atypical) are pretty good at preventing negative symptoms like anhedonia, which is a big part of schizophrenia/psychosis, etc. It's extremely unlikely an AAP will cause anhedonia, people are extremely uninformed, and there isn't a peer reviewed study about an AAP causing anhedonia. Anhedonia can be a sign of depression. Coming down from something like psychosis, or mania (for example) isn't easy on the brain or body. Meds take a bit to kick in. @mellifluous has a very good reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifluous Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 On 1/7/2017 at 8:04 AM, marvinoman said: @mellifluous My psychiatrist told me it wasn't caused by the risperdal but was caused by depression. Though i was never really depressed or suicidal or anything like that. I just have the anhedonia. It may be the post-psychosis depression you were talking about but i never had negative thoughts. My psychiatrist just assigned me wellbutrin do you think that will help? hi marvin, i don't have any experience with wellbutrin because it's an antidepressant and that's counterindicated for schizophrenia, which is my primary diagnosis. if your psychiatrist is prescribing it for anhedonia, then i think it's good to give it a shot : ) i hope it helps and you're feeling (better) soon, xx melli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blinkyrocket Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) It seems simple to me, Risperidone may be an atypical antipsychotic, but it's one of the few (or only) ones that seems to antagonize EVERY single dopamine receptor. Man, anhedonia should be a freakin' primary outcome of taking that drug O_o I wouldn't voluntarily take an antipsychotic for any reason, heck, opiates have antipsychotic properties and I'm sure they're wayyy more fun. Sorry for hijacking the thread, I was just looking at Risperidone and knew that there had to be a ton of people who got anhedonia from it. I don't have amy psychotic illnesses. So, this will probably be my only post, cya. Edited October 22, 2017 by Blinkyrocket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtclms Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I hope it's your only post, since you don't know what you're talking about. Why would you drop in and critique a class of meds that you admit you would never try? You don't have an informed opinion, by definition. I'm guessing Scientologist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notloki Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 17 hours ago, Blinkyrocket said: It seems simple to me, Risperidone may be an atypical antipsychotic, but it's one of the few (or only) ones that seems to antagonize EVERY single dopamine receptor. Man, anhedonia should be a freakin' primary outcome of taking that drug O_o I wouldn't voluntarily take an antipsychotic for any reason, heck, opiates have antipsychotic properties and I'm sure they're wayyy more fun. Sorry for hijacking the thread, I was just looking at Risperidone and knew that there had to be a ton of people who got anhedonia from it. I don't have amy psychotic illnesses. So, this will probably be my only post, cya. Are you saying because it binds to all the Domaine receptors it causes anhedonia ? I don't see where this is established. AAP and AP have some antidepressant activity. Just look at the Serotonin receptors that they hit. You will clear the Risperidone in five half-lives, lasting 20-30 hours each. 100 to 150 days, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 17 hours ago, Blinkyrocket said: It seems simple to me, Risperidone may be an atypical antipsychotic, but it's one of the few (or only) ones that seems to antagonize EVERY single dopamine receptor. Man, anhedonia should be a freakin' primary outcome of taking that drug O_o I wouldn't voluntarily take an antipsychotic for any reason, heck, opiates have antipsychotic properties and I'm sure they're wayyy more fun. Sorry for hijacking the thread, I was just looking at Risperidone and knew that there had to be a ton of people who got anhedonia from it. I don't have amy psychotic illnesses. So, this will probably be my only post, cya. I took Risperdal FOR depression, and it did not make me anhedonic at all. In fact, it helped me. I wonder why you felt the need to comment on a medication that, by your own admission, you yourself did not, do not and will not ever have to take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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