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Originally Posted by cocoabeans
You don't have to taper off a drug if you're already on a very low dosage...like 1 or 2 mg. How much were you on?
Are you sure it is even the risperidal? That sounds odd.
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Oh, I didn't taper off. I stopped cold-turkery. But anyway, risperdal is very potent, and 1-2 mg is not *that* small a dose.
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age: 23
dx: bipolar I, ADHD-C, tourette's syndrome, OCD, trichotillomania, GAD, Social Phobia, BPD, RLS
current meds: depakote (divalproex sodium) 1000mg, abilify (aripiprazole) 4mg, cymbalta (duloxetine) 60mg, dexedrine (dexamphetamine) 35mg, ativan (lorazepam) 1mg prn, iron supplements
past meds: ritalin, adderall, risperdal, geodon, paxil, celexa, zoloft
other: individual talk therapy, CBT, group therapy, couple's therapy, hypnosis
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