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Old Dec 07, 2005, 05:21 PM
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Ive stopped taking my 4mg daily risperidone for around a month now. Afew months ago whenever i went more than afew days without it i would get bad withdrawl effects mainly to do with my anxiety problems however this time i experienced no problems. I got discharged from the public mental health service here afew weeks ago and my transfer to another doctor (my gp) still hasnt gone through. Everything seemed to be ok but last nite scared me abit. I was laying in bed around 10pm almost asleep when i felt a really weird feeling like i was loosing control, next thing i knew i was in a dream where a friend of mine came over and i was saying how i had to leave the house because people were going to come over and try to hurt me, we then packed up my stuff but it seemed to take forever and i was becomming more and more worried for my life. The dream felt like it went for hours and when i awoke from it i was in a really strong sweat all over. Then i looked at the time. Only 2 hours had passed. I got myself back to sleep but the same dream kept comming back. This morning when i woke up i didnt feel too bad, my head is feeling abit weird and anxiety is abit high. I am currently on anti biotics though i doubt that would have caused this. I was on risperidone for around 20 months and my psychotic symptoms have been gone for quite some time now, im not sure maybe what happened last nite was nothing, or maybe was anxiety related, but it still scared me. I have trouble leaving the house due to my anxiety, I have a phobia of open spaces and find it very hard to get to a doctor. At the public mental heath service they paid for a non emergency ambulance to transport me there. Im not sure what to do, I really hate how risperidone makes me feel and i have put up with it for so long but now i really dont want to go back on it. Its hard not being able to see a doctor to talk about things anymore. Do you guys have any advise on what i should do or if you think this feeling and dream i had last night may be something to worry about? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Stopped Taking Risperidone

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Roy.

P.S. I might also add that i have been drinking alcohol about once a week for around 2 months now. I dont drink alot when i have it, normally about 3 or 4 is the max. Also yesterday i drank alot of iced coffee drinks my mum got from the supermarket and im not really a regular coffee drinker altho i drink abit of cola most days which contains caffine (just not as much).

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Old Dec 07, 2005, 06:22 PM
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If you were taking risperidone for your anxiety, I'd suggest staying on it until you can see someone about what is going on. Drinking is not a good idea if you have anxiety because it usually makes it worse in the long run.
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