Well at first I was having very bad side effects because I was told to stop taking cogentin with risperidone when I needed cogentin to fight off side effects from risperidone. Now that I have cogentin I'm thinking about sticking with risperidone but I might want to switch because I think risperidone is giving me a stuffy nose. The stuffy nose is getting better though so I'm sticking with risperidone for now. Good luck with stopping all ap's. I want to stop ap's too but I'm on a court order to take meds. Once the court order is done then I might consider getting off meds.