Is there any hope at all of successfully being weaned off risperidone?
Posted by
Bob
I have been taking risperdal and its generic risperidone since September of 2000. I feel this stuff is slowly killing me. I am taking it as a result of a nervous breakdown I had due to uncertainty of my job as an engineer. I've been taking 4mg per day for at least 4 years. I really feel the medication is holding me back. I can barely drag my butt out of bed every morning to go to work. I have vivid dreams all night long or at least so it seems. As a result, I wake up in the morning feeling as though I haven't slept. There is so much more I would like to do, but I am always too darned tired to motivate myself. Not to mention the weight gain side effect, and the embarassing drooling side effect. When I ask my doctor, all he says is "We can't take you off the medication. It would not be a good idea." I don't want to quit taking it without the advice of a Dr., but at the same time, I desperately want to come off the stuff. Please help! Is there any hope at all of coming off it? Please note that I have only been hospitalized for this once in September 2000.
Posted by Bob
I have been taking risperdal and its generic risperidone since September of 2000. I feel this stuff is slowly killing me. I am taking it as a result of a nervous breakdown I had due to uncertainty of my job as an engineer. I've been taking 4mg per day for at least 4 years. I really feel the medication is holding me back. I can barely drag my butt out of bed every morning to go to work. I have vivid dreams all night long or at least so it seems. As a result, I wake up in the morning feeling as though I haven't slept. There is so much more I would like to do, but I am always too darned tired to motivate myself. Not to mention the weight gain side effect, and the embarassing drooling side effect. When I ask my doctor, all he says is "We can't take you off the medication. It would not be a good idea." I don't want to quit taking it without the advice of a Dr., but at the same time, I desperately want to come off the stuff. Please help! Is there any hope at all of coming off it? Please note that I have only been hospitalized for this once in September 2000.