The worst side efffect of risperdal for me is increased dream activity. I have nightmares ranging from dreams where I wake up screaming, dreams where it seems so real I am not sure if I am sleeping or not, and characters which seem real I have thoughts about them in waking life.

I dream about celebrities, people I have met, people I know, and they involve themes which shock and disturb. I have a dream character in my head and I have fallen in love through my dreams. He is a real person, a singer and it seems so real that I can't stop thinking about him and this has gone on for 10 years. I think I forget about him, I try to but he always pops up in my  dreams.

In real life I am lonely and would like someone like he appears in my dreams, to stand by me through thick and thin and to support me, be my friend. When I have stress in my life he appears even more, telling me I will get through it.

Lately I have been thinking he is in my aura and we will end up together one day. What I dream and real life sometimes overlap. I know things about him which I knew in my dreams and found out that they are true. What he says and does and how he speaks is the same too. I read increased dream activity is a side effect.

I have also had dreams people were dangerous and out to hurt my loved ones. I worry about this in waking life. It seems so real that I think it may happen. I dream I say things in public and do embarrassing things and people laugh. I dream I am in embarrassing situations and the laughter I hear makes me nervous in public.