Posted by agencypanic on March 23, 2003, at 17:55:42
In reply to Re: Risperdal questions, posted by sienna on March 23, 2003, at 14:39:12
I started on 2mg of Risp. once per day and have now, after approx. 5 weeks, had it increased
to 4mg/day. I'm definitely tired as a result of this-- about two weeks at 4mg/day now.
Also I'm not convinced that it's working so well for me. I'm anxious and the paranoia, which I'm taking the R for,
doesn't seem to have decreased any. I'm also taking 20mg of Lexapro/day and lorazepam at .5 x 2-3 at bedtime for sleep.
The loraz. is becoming less effective as a sleep aide I think. Right now I'm just really jumpy. I'm told by my psychiatrist that
Risp is generally doubled when increased-- I had increased it from 2 to 2.5 for one week and then to 3 and he finally said 4mg is best.
I have a feeling that I'll need more than 4. I know how you feel and I hope that you improve. I doubt this has helped you any, but I had to
get it off my chest-- feeling unsettled of late.
Good luck to you!
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