In 2021 I went down in dosage of my AP risperidone (4mg to 3mg) which took away some side effects, kept me stable without voices and delusions, and I became better at communicating, so cognitively it helped. Good. Well, there was one bad thing with going down in dosage and that was I got more anxiety. More fearful of things. And I could feel it in my body.

I got a jaw surgery coming up in 3 weeks and I was afraid, would think about it constantly, and my sleep was worse because of it, until...

...I got in contact with my psych nurse and he prescribed quetiapine (seroquel) for sleep and anxiety, and I feel a million times better.

Since taking it I don't think about backing out of the surgery anymore. What a relief. And I don't think I will have panic attacks closer to the procedure. Everything has changed! Sleeps better.

I can do this.

I think I will ask my psych nurse if I can keep taking this because it helps so much. I'm much more happy now and am walking on [clouds](https://youtu.be/-Rytgt-7YKs). The perfect tweak to my meds.