Posted by jboud24 on October 24, 2004, at 16:00:19
In reply to does this story sound strange, posted by lostforwards on October 24, 2004, at 11:28:47
What are you asking here lostforwards? You have posted on the boards about your experience with risperdal, and several people have given you good advice. I will take one more stab at this to try and help you out.
Anti-psychs, especially risperdal and the phenothiazines, can cause the symptoms you have described. If you are still taking the risperdal, quitting it will more than likely get rid of the symptoms. It won't be pleasant to withdraw, but it's never pleasant to withdraw of off anything. Alternately, you could try to cut the dose back to .25-.5 mgs. 3mgs was a very high dose of risperdal IMHO, particularly if your body was not used to having a neuroleptic in it. Taking the med at night is a good idea. Lowering the total dose of neuroleptics would probably be your best bet at significantly reducing the symptoms of EPS and TD.
You should know that you MAY peranately have problems with EPS and TD the rest of your life, but you should also know that you most likely will not. Given time, reduction in dose, or both, all of your symptoms will probably go away. But if you really need help, you need to go and see a doctor. This may sound disagreeable, but a physician is the only person that can treat the problems that you are experiencing. They have worked with patients before with the same issues, and they can and will help you with yours. If you don't have a good psychiatrist to go to, then it would be in your best interest to find one. If you go to one and don't care for him, then you can go to another one.
I know it may seem like you cant get rid of these problems fast enough, but you need to take action on this, as difficulty breathing and extra-pyramidal symptoms are very serious.
I wish you good luck,
Justin
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