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Old Mar 04, 2017, 02:39 PM
hammerklavier hammerklavier is offline
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Originally Posted by CobolCapsule View Post
I tapered from 3mg to .75mg over several months using a micro gram scale. I was going to taper all the way off of it, but decided that risperidone was helping me with my mood, anger, irritability. I noticed a big difference when i got below 1mg. I didn't feel so drugged, and it was having the same effect at the lower dosage that it was at a higher one. I got my libido back when i got to 1mg and below, and my personality came through more when i got to that dosage.

Try lowering it to 1mg or less slowly, and see how you feel. It might work just fine for you at a lower dose. I noticed a big difference between 2mg and 1mg.

good luck
I'm on 3mg right now, back up to it after having been on 1 mg caused sleep issues. I had been tapering off 1 mg at a time, so maybe that was too abrupt. I am glad for you, and for me potentially, that you feel better on the lower dose. Right now I'm having a lot of trouble 'experiencing the moment' and I've noticed difficulties in thinking have returned back on this higher dose.