What started out as very vivid, horrific nightmares that left me so terrified that I didn't want to go back to sleep, turned into an even more horrific withdrawal from Risperdal. I'd only been taking it for about a month and was taking just 1 mg/day so I thought stopping it cold turkey wouldn't be a problem. I wasn't anticipating it would turn into a BAD stretch of withdrawal complete with hallucinations, of which I've never experienced before. But contrary to the advice I was getting from several sources to start taking it again, I was determined that I was going to win over this drug. I've been through withdrawal several times before but other than one other time, this had to be the worst one yet, certainly the first time that I experienced hallucinations, which I didn't even experience before going on Risperdal or while taking it. It was 5 long days of HELL but I've made it out the other side. I'm not completely through it but I've almost finished slaying the dragon. I just have some light-headedness, dizziness and feeling nauseous hanging on. Thank God the worst is behind me. I will NEVER take another anti-psychotic drug again.