I, too, have been prescribed Risperdal for my bi-polar.

It didn't end well. Oddly Jamesn predicted as much.

My psychopharm [female, against my wishes] had me on Lamictal, Effexor, Wellbutrin [for sexual side effects from the Effexor] and Risperdal.

How Frankie remains awake and losing weight on Risperdal amazes me. I could not. In fact, it turned out that she kept me on the Risperdal solely to replace sleeping pills which were ineffective.

In the end, her witch's brew and lack of communication with me when I had to restart Lamictal from low dose, led to my committal in 2007. The first things they took me off were Wellbutrin and Risperdal.