You should not need a seroquel taper. I'm thinking you're just trying to get the benefit from the drug with a smaller dose? I have no idea how you were able to cut that pill in quarters

I have been on risperdal, too. It is in the same class of drugs as seroquel, but I didn't experience brain fog from it. I would try the pill form first before trying the liquid… there is no need to worry about the possibility of paying big bucks for the liquid med if you won't be able to tolerate in any dose. I don't remember the pills being coated, so they should be easier to cut. I hope you get to read this before your appointment.

I'm sorry you had such a **** day yesterday
And you have to deal with that work… not a good time for you to have to deal with something like that (((HUGS)))

I also would try the Risperdal first. I have had many parents who liked it
for their kids. I would take it first on a weekend to see what you think.

I believe the pharmacy might be able to help you split one or two.

Donna

Hubby deals with the mail.
He just handed me a Juror Summons.


It is in bold lettering and has lots of Red and Yellow coloring so that people who get these things get alarmed.


It has lots of "must" words like this: Jurors must ENTER thru the West entrance. . . .
Geeze. I already live in a state of alarm with lots of directions and rules.


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So bossy and so irritating.
eff them.

I called the new pdoc to make an appt so that she can fax a letter for me.


M

Wow, I guess they are deadly serious about jury duty in your state. Even ads I get in the mail grab my attention right away… for get about a jury summons.

Are you having your pdoc faxing you a letter to relieve you from jury duty, or to try to get you approved for the liquid risperdal?

K

Pdoc sent the Risperdal script to the pharmacy. I am going out now to get it.

For the letter that needs to be faxed to the court, I have an appt Monday August 1 -- the first appt her staff could give me.

M

Hi,

This is the dose written on the bottle:

Take 0.25 ML by mouth at bed time. (The bottle came with a syringe.)

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I only want to take half or maybe a quarter of that Saturday night because I have no idea how much roughly corresponds to 25 mg Seroquel.

I might even take it in the afternoon.
(I guess I want to be alert/mostly awake before I take it for sleeping (lots of anxiety about sleeping.)


M

I wouldn't try to figure out how x-amount of risperdal corresponds to x-amount of seroquel yourself. They are different meds. Your pdoc already considered that when she wrote the script.

I still think you are right to try taking 1/4-1/2 of the dose to see how the med effects you because of your drug sensitivities.

I hope it works out well for you Mari

sorry mari, some where on the bottle it should tell you the dose and the concentration of the medication. It has to. I would call the pharmacist and inquire if I were you.
bizi

That is what I will do.

I know that the pdoc considered the Seroquel to Risperdal correspondence but
I do not know if she was looking at what she first gave me or what we later discussed.

1. The first instructions about the Seroquel were this: 1/2 to 1 twenty-five mgs tablet.

2. The second correspondence from me was about the 1/2 being too
much but it is possible I was not clear enough about wanting
the 1/4.

This is what the bottle says.
Take 0.25 ML by mouth at bed time.

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I will try a tiny amount of the Risperdal a little later. Hubby is home all evening and night. Also I want him to watch me do the syringe-thing.

M

I still say call the pharmacist to ask about the dose, strength. This is wrong it should say this very important info....

bizi