I stopped taking my risperidal two weeks ago, and while I did go through withdrawals, I feel normal.no more paranoia than is reasonable considering my situation. I can barely hear my voices (which is actually hard). Negative symptoms still apply but positive are quite reduced.
I just can’t predict how my body works. I’m eating less. I just want to know what I’m doing different this time
I stopped taking abilify about a month ago. There’s a honeymoon period. But the honeymoon period is over for me and I can feel things slipping a bit. 2 weeks is nothing unfortunately.
Then I will be careful and watch for signs. I hope my honeymoon is long. 
Look into abilify maintena
Usually going off meds causes really ■■■■■■ up relapses because of what the meds do to dopamine receptivity in the brain. Basically the brain is altered within three weeks of taking a medication and then it gets settled down but is more prone to symptoms if the medication is removed.
It’s called up regulation or some ■■■■.
The anti psychotic will probably have left your system in about 2 weeks. For the second 2 weeks I felt good and bad. I didn’t know if the good was the last gasps of the antipsychotic or if I was actually feeling better (it was the ap), and whether the bad was withdrawal or schizophrenia.
I now rely on my emergency supply of benzos, live in constant fear of a relapse. I even had a ‘mini episode’.
All I’m trying to say is be careful and don’t be fooled by the honeymoon period.
I’m on 2 mg of risperidone and I feel better somehow when I clear it from my brain, but only for two maybe three days before I really start to need them to quiet my mind down a bit again. I think there is definitely a trade off between the benefits and negative effects when using these psychotropic meds. May be a few more years before there is a really good med developed or a combination of what we already have available. I think we really need more healthy meaningful interactions as much as we need medications. The little bits of human interactions I do have during a day, I’ve noticed, is that I will play them back in my mind as if they are food for my brain.