5th Risperdal Update - Feeling Good

August 1, 2026··

Posted in:Risperdal (Risperidone)Success Stories

Feeling good. Been having bouts of fatigue and sweating. Feel fine. Stable. Just putting up with medication side effects. Tiredness, increased appetite, excessive sweating. Planning my next reduction from 0.35mg to 0.3mg. Does anyone have experience of diluting a solution? It's 1mg per 1ml. I think if I add 1ml of risperidone to 9ml of water, I'll have a solution that's 1mg per 10ml. So 0.3ml becomes 3ml which is easier to measure out. But I don't know if that's how it works... Thanks for any help or suggestions!

Polly's Farm’s taper progress

Dose (mg)

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Trintellix — 15mg — 4 years, 9 months — researching taper | Risperdal — 0.35mg — 4 years, 9 months — actively tapering | Depakine — 1000mg — 12 years — supporting others | with clinician

6 Replies

guava378Aug 1

Community AnchorAbilify · active

Good luck!

- Aripiprazole / Abilify:
17-May-2026 (15mg -> 10mg)
11-July-2026 (10mg-> 7.5mg
17-Aug-2026 (7.5mg -> 5mg)
28-Sep-2026 (5mg -> 3.6mg)
10 months - actively tapering
- Procyclidine 5mg - 10 months - actively tapering
- Propranolol - 20mg - 13 months - holding
- Xanax - 0.25mg - 8 months - holding

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CatinaAug 1

Community AnchorEffexor

"Does anyone have experience of diluting a solution?" — @Polly's Farm

I don't have personal experience with it, but would this article help? https://taper.community/resources/blog/liquid-titration-tapering-method

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Polly's FarmAug 1

Trusted VoiceTrintellix · researching

That article is extremely helpful, thank you so much!

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CatinaAug 1

Community AnchorEffexor

"That article is extremely helpful, thank you so much!" — @Polly's Farm

Great! Let us know how things go.

Polly's FarmAug 2

Trusted VoiceTrintellix · researching

I just wanted to put this here. It's an article from SurvivingAntidepressants on "The Endgame Taper" and goes into great detail on dilutions, solutions and suspensions. Thought it might be useful for someone else. https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/forums/topic/27067-managing-the-endgame-taper/

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CatinaAug 2

Community AnchorEffexor

Thanks for sharing this @Polly's Farm. The SA site has so much helpful information.

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