risperidone vs seroquel

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I've recently only learned about seroquel by being on this site. My DW has been on risperidone for a very long time. One of the side effects is akathisia, or restlessness. Over the last several months she literally is spending 90% of the day on her feet pacing. She can't sit for more than a few seconds and she's up again. I've tried to ween her off the risperidone but then the 'angry/delusional' agitation starts to return. Now I am aware of seroquel through this site which is supposed to do similar things as risperidone. For anyone who's had experience with both could you give me some feedback please on your observations. One thing that concerns me a little about seroquel is one of it's side effects listed concerns blood pressure variations on standing up with some fainting related. We went through this with aricept. Finally had to take her off aricept.