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Posted by psychosage on May 26, 2006, at 13:31:51
Anyone on super low-dose Risperdal? Is it a good antimanic that way? Do you still experience sedation?
Posted by linkadge on May 26, 2006, at 19:03:37
In reply to .25mg or .5mg Risperdal?, posted by psychosage on May 26, 2006, at 13:31:51
Havn't seen you in a while :) To answer your question, I'm not sure. I know that 0.5 was fairly strong for me.
Linkadge
Posted by psychosage on May 26, 2006, at 19:19:53
In reply to Re: .25mg or .5mg Risperdal? » psychosage, posted by linkadge on May 26, 2006, at 19:03:37
I know!!! Nice to see you too. I struggled with the manic crazies for the entire last year and a half. I was hospitalized in March, but now things are much better; I am finally going back to school in a month or by the fall.
.5mg is strong for me too. 2mg really helped me while I was manic, but now I am on Lamictal; I am phasing out of the acute phase of illness I hope.
Posted by Caedmon on May 26, 2006, at 21:32:11
In reply to Re: .25mg or .5mg Risperdal?, posted by psychosage on May 26, 2006, at 19:19:53
Why not both? I might want to try .25mg for a while and just go up to .5mg if I had to. Do you need acute antimanic action *now* or is this more of a maintenance thing?
- Chris
Posted by psychosage on May 27, 2006, at 7:34:20
In reply to Re: .25mg or .5mg Risperdal?, posted by Caedmon on May 26, 2006, at 21:32:11
> Why not both? I might want to try .25mg for a while and just go up to .5mg if I had to. Do you need acute antimanic action *now* or is this more of a maintenance thing?
>
> - ChrisMaintenance, I was on 2mg a day, but that has run its course as I can not withstand the weight gain and sedation; 11 hours a day of sleep. I enjoyed the therapeutic effect, but it was outweighed by the side effects.
Posted by psychosage on May 27, 2006, at 7:44:47
In reply to Re: .25mg or .5mg Risperdal?, posted by psychosage on May 26, 2006, at 19:19:53
> I know!!! Nice to see you too. I struggled with the manic crazies for the entire last year and a half. I was hospitalized in March, but now things are much better; I am finally going back to school in a month or by the fall.
>
> .5mg is strong for me too. 2mg really helped me while I was manic, but now I am on Lamictal; I am phasing out of the acute phase of illness I hope.So, how are you doing, linkadge?
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