hi. risperidone is good for some people. not a big fan myself, but i think it may have been because i had to take in a hospital, so i associate(d) it with the more draconian elements of psychiatry. anyway...

try to press to get his prolactin levels check, frequently. i think elevated prolactin can be treated with an additional drug (what fun! LOL), but left untreated...bad stuff happens.

keep an eye out for EPS, TD. Risperidone can be fairly tolerable, but EPS and TD seem to be more of an issue with risperidone than with some other options, but...as long as the dose is kept low(ish), its probably better than an older tranquilizer (by lowish, I think I mean 4mgs or so...after that, EPS comes out in force, in big studies).

Other than that...

I just hope some sort of treatment ends helping, long term. sometimes, when i had more severe problems...my shrink would prescribe a 2nd tranquilizer to take on top of the daily one. so...20mgs/abilify, plus a low dose or risperidone to take if needed. that way, i could usually stay on the lower dose of daily tranq, and then still get the as needed tranq for when i was agitated. just a thought.