question: My stepfather is 72 yrs old. Has been diagnosed w/ paranoid skits manic depressed @ GRN close to 23 yrs ago. Has had follow up @ Avita in Blairsville, Ga. by Dr. Dixon. Has been medicated with risperdal & bupropion all these yrs. My mother died in May 2013 & he decides he don t want to take his meds anymore. His Dr., Dr. Allen Sanders agreed to try him off of his meds as did I agree. I seem to think we should have never tried it. I m having a lot of problems with him ever since. He s so child like it s like I have a 10 yr old boy to deal with & it makes things so hard for me to help raise my 17 niece as she has been raised by my mother & stepfather until my mother died & now He & I share custody. mom had legal guardianship of him & my niece & I was going to see could he manage being responsible for his self & his welfare. I ve lived w/ them now for 8 yrs taking care of all 3 my mother, my step father & my niece. I need to find a highly educated Dr. in this field that can determine what step I should take next for his better health. I do feel things need to go back the way they were before my mother passed away because I m not sure how much worse things may get.