Yeah, I talked with my partner and found that she noticed my cognitive effects started happening around 6 months ago, which was around the time I was put on a higher dose of Risperidone. I had my cognition at good levels not long after my first episode of psychosis in March 2016. I was able to continue in my treatment once I regained myself from it. It really started going downhill more recently, and it's been a somewhat steep slope too. Add in that I'm still adjusting to a new country (from the USA originally), and unable to speak Finnish yet because my learning abilities have been heavily degraded, it just adds to how bad things have gotten for me. I just want my cognition back so I can get going with integrating here and being able to go back to school and eventually, work.

I can't use Abilify or Seroquel because they make way too debilitatingly tired. I'm at 3.5 mg of Risperidone daily, which to my knowledge is a moderate dose of it. I will certainly try to talk to my psychiatrist next week. Hell, I may try to taper myself down, I'm quite stubborn, which may or may not be good for my well being.