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Originally Posted by mgran
I went off it cold turkey, can't remember what dose I was on. I had to come off it, because my prolactin levels were through the roof. My body thought she was pregnant. As I came of it they put me straight on seroquel, which was a much better drug at the time. Right now I'm trying to come off seroquel, and it's surprisingly difficult.
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I was on Seroquel before I was placed on Risperdal and all it did for me was made me groggy in the morning. It helped with the mania, but didn't help with the depression. I was intially on 3mg of Risperdal, but like you explained the prolactin levels skyrocketed and my body also thought I was pregnant so they decreased it to 2mg and they dropped back down within a normal range. The Risperdal has helped with both the depression and mania. But I feel like I am ready to get off of it now. With the reading I have done anti-psychotics are for short term use and for the reasons I stated above I want to get off of it.