WarriorWoman Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 I am tapering liquid Risperdal and am trying to make a smaller cut than .01mg at a time. I am currently at 1.10mg. This is what I usually do: 1. Measure out 1 mg with a 2 ml syringe and at it to 1/2 cup water per directions from medication insert 2. Measure out .10ml with a .50 ml syringe (1ml of liquid = 1mg of Risperidone) 3. Stir then drink right away Is there a way that I can measure out an amount of liquid and then pull an amount that will give me a .005ml/mg cut? If so, can anyone provide he water to drug ratio as to how to go about making a cut this tiny? the smallest cut I can make with the .50ml syringe is a .01ml. Thank you all for your help!! Sept 2007 .25mg Risperdal, 300mg TrileptalMarch 2008 - 2011 Risperdal, Klonopin, Trileptal (various doses)July 2013 - May 2015 Saphris, Risperdal, Klonopin, Trileptal (various doses)Jan 2016 Spent year tapering off 10mg SaphrisJan 2017 Started Risperdal taper at 1.10mg , .50mg Klonopin, 900mg TrileptalStarted to hold Risperdal at 1.10mg in June, .50mg Klonopin, Beginning of Oct started rapid taper of Trileptal due to life-threateningly low blood sodium levels.Feb 2018 1.10mg Risperdal, .50mg Klonopin, 337.5mg TrileptalMarch 2018 Trileptal Free, April 2018 started Klonopin Taper finished Dec 1st 2018Jan 2019 Restarted Risperdal taper, finished taper July 3rd. First day of being drug free in 12 years on the 4th of July 2019 (Independence Day 😊 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted September 15, 2017 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 15, 2017 If you make your solution with twice the amount of water, ie 1 cup, then your solution will be 1/2 the strength, ie 1ml of liquid would = 0.5mg Risperidone The other option would be to measure out 0.5ml Risperidone with the syringe and add it to 1/2 cup water. This also would be 1/2 the strength as above. * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorWoman Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 Thank you ChessieCat. So if my full dose id 1.10mg added to half a cup of water and I normally drink the whole thing how much would I remove to get a .005mg cut? Usually when I make a cut I just put .01mg less in the water before drinking it but I can"t measure that out with the syringe I have as a .01mg cut is the smallest I can go. Would it be best to put the .01mg cut in a small, measured amount of liquid and then remove half of it? So, .01mg in 1 tablespoon water and only drink 1/2 teaspoon? I was thinking that this would be the correct way to do the .005mg cut but my brain is so foggy and I've never been great at math My husband who has a minor in mathematics in college said to do it this way but I'm so paranoid of making a mistake! Sept 2007 .25mg Risperdal, 300mg TrileptalMarch 2008 - 2011 Risperdal, Klonopin, Trileptal (various doses)July 2013 - May 2015 Saphris, Risperdal, Klonopin, Trileptal (various doses)Jan 2016 Spent year tapering off 10mg SaphrisJan 2017 Started Risperdal taper at 1.10mg , .50mg Klonopin, 900mg TrileptalStarted to hold Risperdal at 1.10mg in June, .50mg Klonopin, Beginning of Oct started rapid taper of Trileptal due to life-threateningly low blood sodium levels.Feb 2018 1.10mg Risperdal, .50mg Klonopin, 337.5mg TrileptalMarch 2018 Trileptal Free, April 2018 started Klonopin Taper finished Dec 1st 2018Jan 2019 Restarted Risperdal taper, finished taper July 3rd. First day of being drug free in 12 years on the 4th of July 2019 (Independence Day 😊 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted September 16, 2017 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 16, 2017 I'm going to have to ask for the other mods help with this one. Your husband probably has it right but it sure doesn't hurt to get it double checked. * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted September 16, 2017 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 16, 2017 Hi WW, One of the other mods has looked at your husband's method and responded: "Yes, that would be a good way to do it." * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorWoman Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 Thank you CC. And thank you to the other mod Sept 2007 .25mg Risperdal, 300mg TrileptalMarch 2008 - 2011 Risperdal, Klonopin, Trileptal (various doses)July 2013 - May 2015 Saphris, Risperdal, Klonopin, Trileptal (various doses)Jan 2016 Spent year tapering off 10mg SaphrisJan 2017 Started Risperdal taper at 1.10mg , .50mg Klonopin, 900mg TrileptalStarted to hold Risperdal at 1.10mg in June, .50mg Klonopin, Beginning of Oct started rapid taper of Trileptal due to life-threateningly low blood sodium levels.Feb 2018 1.10mg Risperdal, .50mg Klonopin, 337.5mg TrileptalMarch 2018 Trileptal Free, April 2018 started Klonopin Taper finished Dec 1st 2018Jan 2019 Restarted Risperdal taper, finished taper July 3rd. First day of being drug free in 12 years on the 4th of July 2019 (Independence Day 😊 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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