Hi all!

I'm also currently tapering Risperidone and have terrible withdrawal effects. I'm in bad mood, especially in the morning, depressed, partly hopeless, have suicidal thoughts, cannot concentrate well, am restless, sometimes agitated and cannot sleep as good anymore.
It feels like the hardest time of my life. What helps me is doing sports, talking to my family, getting rest and I think I have the desire to be alone more often than before.
Some facts about my dosage: I was out on 4mg in the very beginning which I took for a long time. Then I had a failed withdrawal attempt where I went to 0 over 4 months but had to go to 4 mg again after that. After that I was more cautious and slowly went to 2.5mg over several years which is approximately where I am now. But I'm still moving onwards to the goal of 0.25mg.
I'm taking 2% steps and measure the daily dose with a cheap milligram scale by taking the rule of three with 0.25mg pills. Then I wait for the sleep and anxiety issue to resolve and take another small step.
By the way, the forum survivingantidepressants.org has a section about the tapering of neuroleptics.
Sadly, I already have damages from the Risperidone like memory problems, loss of personality, loss of intelligence and lack of concentration. I've now been taking it for 9 years.
But when I googled for "tapering risperidone" I read from someone who took it for 8 years in 4mg and still could taper off.
It's important for me to stay patient and not get crazy about the fear of additional brain damage. It will probably take years for me.
Hope, I could give you some insights.

Take care, hannes