Posted by andyAI on January 29, 2004, at 9:58:31
Since my last epsiode (and a mini one i had recently) my psychiatrist has told me that i have hypomania and *not* schizoprenia as i was first told however i am now begining to wonder if the hypomania that i experiance is due to withdrawl effects i take a very low dosage of my medication about one risperdal tablet every few week's (3 mg) and this eems to keep me stable. If i start to experiance any acceleration i take a 3mg doasage daily till the symptoms of my illness wear off and go back to taking the risperdal in the ad hoc way i usually do, i am wondering if i am addicted to the medication surely the amounts i am taking are bellow a theraputic level but if i don't take risperdal for about a couple or even a few months i start to get ill... how likely is it that i am addicted and is there any way to try and come off the medication? i know about the antimanic properties of risperdal but surely mania could be a side eefct of withdrawing from my medication...it doesn't make sense that my original illness has been replaced with different symptoms unless the episode's i had previously where mania and not schizophrenia... any advice on withdrawing from risperdal would be much appreciated and any information in regards to hypomania/mania being a side effect of comming off risperdal would be much appreciated thnx in advance :)
poster:andyAI
thread:306840
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