I’m not experiencing paranoia or delusions since lowering my risperidone dose to 3mg but I’ve become increasingly more anxious.
Overall I’m feeling more stressed out and jumpier.
Small issues quickly become mountains.
I don’t think they are part of withdrawals since it’s been about five days since I’ve been on the 3mg dose.
I may go back up to the 3.5mg dose.
I’ll see how it goes.
I remember when I cut my risperdone dose I wanted to run around screaming.
My doctor talked me into more rx.
If you able to control the side effects i mean not react to anxiety, stress etc then you can wait for more days before reverting. Its possibly withdrawal effect and it requires more days to settle like 3 weeks ore more.
I hope everything works out…Wave…Just try to take the most amounts of medicine without having side effects.
I think it is possible to try to take 3.75 mg of Risperdal. All you got to do is cut the pill correctly.
The thing is I had a real hard time cutting the tiny 1mg tablets in half when I was taking 3.5 milligrams.
I’ll ask my doctor for 0.5mg tablets if I decide to go back on a 3.5mg dose.
Sounds rough, @Wave.
Hoping it works itself out for the best 
Thanks @Schztuna
Also my negative symptoms haven’t gotten better since lowering my Risperdal dose from 4mg to 3mg, if anything they’ve become worse. 
Sorry you are feeling like that. I have something similar…I got more anxious and depressed (and thus got more “negatives”) with just a tiny lowering. I know for me it always takes longer…weeks, sometimes months…before symptoms get better. Some symptoms stay, but some do get a lot better after a longer while.
If it is bearable, i would wait it out a little longer and see what it does. Withdrawal takes more time than a few days.
Hope you manage, wishing you strength and calmth.
Yes thank you @anon49901817
I’ll try to stick it out.
Dont just listen to me though…only you feel what is best for you, what your circumstances are, what you can and want to deal with.
Yeah I see my pdoc in a week.
If these symptoms don’t get better by then I’ll go back up to 3.5mg.
My symptoms are getting worse not improving over time.
I understand…Hope it gets better. Just spoke to someone though who really loves his meds and never wants to lower them, because they give him peace of mind. It would be nice to be functional with a lower dose, but it isnt some totally sacred goal or so. Maybe you just feel better with 3.5. 
Why did you want to lower it?
I wanted to lower it because on 4mg I was too sedated.
I was spending most of the day on the couch.
That’s a good reason. Hope you find some good balance, at some dose.
Thanks @anon49901817 
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The thing is at 3mg I have a lot more energy.
This morning I managed to take a shower which is good.
Maybe I need more time at this dose.
Hopefully my negatives are getting better.
I am also listening to music more.
At 4mg I rarely listened to music.
That sounds good!
I know it is kind of a trade off for me too. In withdrawal there is a spike in anxiety and indeed blowing up of stupid details. Maybe dont just give up too soon over this spike (unless it gets too bad). After this subsides, i still in general have more of an interest and genuine involvement in life, which has positive sides, but also negative. Being more involved also means im more easily frightened, sad, angry, etcetera, because everything matters more to me.
Wishing your anxiety away though!
Thanks again @anon49901817!