Risperidone Withdrawel
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Hi. After nearly a year of arguing with my psychiatrist and CPN about coming off risperidone Consta, I'm suddenly told they can't make me take it, so I'm coming off cold turkey. My weight is 19 stone and distributed mainly around my gut, which I've heard is what antiphyschotics do. My question is, how much weight am I likely to lose after withdrawel? Admittedly my diet is fatty and sugary so I'll have to address that but for the moment I'm just wondering how much weight I'm expected to lose (I'm on the highest dose) Thanks people ??

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Highest dose is 50mg. I'm going to risk going without a taper because I've come off a lot of psyche Meds cold turkey. I'm just looking forward to losing some weight and terrible side effects caused by it. Major ones are aggressive behavior, anxiety and agitation.

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Hello, Tom! How are you?

There is really no way to say with any certainty, because it will depend on how much was caused by the medication and how much is due to your diet and there's just no way to really know that.

The best thing to do would be to slowly taper off of it, to avoid any possible withdrawal effects that the FDA warns about, which can include rebound depression and anxiety, while also improving your diet and getting plenty of exercise.

What dosage are you taking? I'm not sure what is considered the highest dose where you live.

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