Posted by Julia on January 1, 2001, at 1:38:27
In reply to Re: mellaril to risperdal-symptoms » Julia, posted by judy1 on December 31, 2000, at 21:03:16
> Hi Julia,
> I've been on both meds, I assume you are being taken off of mellaril because of it's cardiac complications. Mellaril was extremely sedating for me, risperdal has the opposite effect. You are on a pretty low dose, you didn't mention any psychotic symptoms- has this been a problem? If not, why doesn't your pdoc up your benzo dose? If you do have hallucinations, etc. (my problem), than seroquel is more sedating than risperdal, although in my case risperdal at 2mg bid was more effective for auditory hallucinations. Were you tapered off of mellaril or just switched over? Depending on how long I take an AP, I sometimes taper- so you could be right that withdrawal may be a factor. As an aside, I feel I've gotten manic on risperdal- so I definitely don't think it has a depressing effect. I hope you start feeling better soon- JudyI came off mellaril beause it made me feel generally awful.I was only on a lowish dose(50-75mg)but did not taper.I don't have psychotic symptoms,I was on the mellaril for the agitation,which it did seem to help,but I am now very agitated again,and wondering if risperdal will make this better if I give it a few more days-I've had 3 days worth so far. The agitation gets unbearable at times,and is only partly helped by the ativan(I don't want to take too much ativan if i can help it) Julia
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