How does my wife cope with coming off risperidone 2mg, wrongly given to her?

Thank you for your advice, we spoke to a top psychologist last night, amazingly he doesn’t think coming off Rispiridone abruptly would cause Clare to feel suicidal and have any major set backs, however, all the reports I’ve read say different. I’m very confused now. He’s advised Xanax to take away her anxiety but that’s it... disappointed he didn’t come up with any ore solutions, but he’s the expert I guess..

I missed your comment at the top of this thread and you mentioned that you have done this before a year ago? In my opinion ( I am NOT a professional ) your wife is depressed and I agree with the psychologist. He’s right about it not making her suicidal. The Xanax will help with her anxiety and calm her down, maybe even sleepy. Sounds like she needs to go back to the doctor, and get her on depression meds. This may take time. Dialing in the right meds that is best suited for her condition. And evaluate her for an serious underlying mental health issue. It’s almost if she in a mania state. Being suicidal can be scary to her loved ones and you might have to take the steps of taking away all the sharps ( knives, shaving razors, etc ) away that she could use to harm herself. She should be on a suicidal watch. *Again, I am NOT a professional* I wish you both the best, and hopefully get to feeling better soon. Love and light to you both.

I wanted to say that you may have to travel to get her help

Hi there, we spoke to a leading physician last night, he has prescribed a drug, Bromazepam to reduce her anxiety and she is much better today. We are hoping to get her though these dark days and get her into a routine to reduce her anxiety.

Thank you for your help.

My sons risperidone was reduced in half and he has parkinson like movements, cant speak properly, has severe insomnia, blank like stares,, extreme mood swings and agitatiin, no one is helping and seen 2 x neurologists who give no advice and are refusing to agree his new presentation is because of the withdrawal, instead trying to say its because he has autism, we have and are still suffering one year on , what can i do to insist on help?

Oops..Please take her*

Hi there, we live in Vietnam and the medical support here, especially for mental health, does not exist.

We have been there last year as we had the same issue, and they could not help us at all.

There is no telling how long these withdrawals symptoms are going to last. My only advice is seek for a professional doctor. But as you said none exist in Vietnam that’s helpful. Managing those withdrawals symptoms on your own can be rough. I hope she gets better soon.
Stay strong,
Tyrese

Thank you, with research we have read she will pass through these difficult times approx 2 weeks. The Dr that discovered she was taking the wrong pills has advised we use Sodium Valproate 500mg, so we are using this to calm her. Do you agree this is a good idea?

Thank you very much for your advice so far.