Posted by med_empowered on October 7, 2005, at 2:11:32
In reply to Re: That's it, no more Risperdal for me, posted by Deneb on October 7, 2005, at 0:54:23
hey! Unfortunately, lots of shrinks are spraying the new atypical antipsychotics on people left and right--they're designed for schizophrenia, but people are being RX'd them for anxiety, depression, agitation, and personality disorders. Its pretty ridiculous. Anyway, I'd say you should probably cut it in half and take the .25mgs tab for a couple days; if you want, you can cut it further (into .125mgs) and then stop taking it after that but...you really didn't take very much (people with schizophrenia usually take 4-8mgs) and you didn't take it for very long so...there's not much reason to worry. Be sure to tell your doc about it...be sure to emphasize how scared you were, how uncomfortable it felt, and then ask what he was thinking giving you an antipsychotic in the first place. Good luck!
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