My Sister is being injected every fortnight with Risperidone. It is an anti pschotic drug. Since she has taken this her periods have dried up and apparently her body is now producing too much prolactin. Tomoorow she is going for an MRI scan to see if she has a tumour on her pituatary gland. She is also suffering from anxiety so badly that she is not able to get the train home from work in the evening. Her husband has to go and pick her up. Her mental health doctor said that he would reduce her dosage but is not willing to change her medicine. He has said that he can do nothing to help her over anxiety and has made no suggestions at all as to what she should do. I have told her to go and see her GP.
Is there anyone out there who has also taken this medicine and suffered similar side effects?