risperdal

  1. P

    Trying hard to to kill my difficult child

    Oh My! That should have been Trying Hard NOT to kill my difficult child Its impossible to explain what I am feeling about my child right now, I love him so much, but I think I may kill him (not literally) he has always been ADHD and hard to motivate, but lately he has just been horrible. He is so...
  2. wakeupcall

    difficult child started Invega today...

    Does anyone have any experience with Invega? It was described to me as similiar to Risperdal, but no weight gain. It's terribly expensive, insurance or not. difficult child has had his first dose this AM, but I've not noticed much difference in his behavior. Perhaps it has to build up in his system. We...
  3. C

    Medications question? Any experience with Clozaril?

    Hi all. Not been here for a while. Has anyone here had any experience with Clozaril? Any negative side effects? I've just found out that my new partner is taking it, and also used to take Abilify too. I've done all the Googling I can possibly do...I;m just asking for people's personal...
  4. A

    need medications advice

    Hey y'all - I KNOW you are not doctors, but at this point I am feeling that the experience of the group is far better than my son's dr's advice. At our last appointment. his dr. actually shrugged and apologized for not knowing how to help us... Also - my son is having a neuropsychologist exam in January...
  5. Janna

    psychiatrist Said No

    to the d/c of the Abilify LOL! He said he could make my life miserable, and that would definately be the way to do it He wants me to find out about the Daytrana patch. He said he is very impressed with how evenly it distributes through the body, even nicer than Concerta, but doesn't think...
  6. J

    Just hospitalized my 8yr old daughter for the first time on Wednesday

    I am very new to this site but I am finding helpful just to talk to other people with similar problems. I just voluntarily had my 8 yr old daughter hospitalized on Wed Jan 26. It was the hardest thing I think I have ever done as a parent. I am still anxious and miss her. I am glad she is...
  7. R

    Clinical Trial results for Early Onset Bipolar

    While discussing what to add to my son's medications yesterday, our psychiatrist said she had just read a preview of several clinical trials for EO BiPolar (BP) that will be coming out over the next several months/year. The review was sent to child psychiatrists (at least that's what she is) now because the findings were...
  8. jcox

    New member: mom to ds with- adhd, BiPolar (BP), sensory processing disorder (SPD), and cognitive disorder

    :anxious: Hello. I am the mother of three children. Two wonderful girls who are ten and twelve... and a challenging 6 y.o son named Elijah. He has been a difficult child since birth. He was my third child and my worst labor and delivery. He did not know how to **** his bottle when he was...
  9. S

    Health problems due to medications?

    Hello ya'll. I need some advice here. My daughter is taking Invega, Clonidine and Topomax for ADHD, Tourettes and ODD. She recently gained almost 10 pounds in about 2 weeks. i noticed a few times lately she has mentioned her legs hurt (growing pains or medication related I don't know) and she seems to be having...
  10. totoro

    Side Affects from AP's that didn't go away???

    I have a question? Well K started Risperdal in 12/06 a low dose... the dose was .50mg starting, she went up to 1mg. It was Difficult Child'd on 3/7/07 due to: tongue thrust, drooling, movements-abnormal to her regular ones. Increased agitation. Overall just bad side affects... oh and the weight gain. So...
  11. waytootired

    Is it just annoying behavior or bipolar ?

    I have a question for all the experienced warrior parents of difficult child's with BiPolar (BP). We are having problems with behavior when difficult child is bored. When he is playing playstation, swimming or busy in an activity behavior is normal(for him). Other times..he is rolling around on the ground, whinning," I'm bored...
  12. givnmegryhr

    Titrating off of Trileptal -long

    difficult child's new psychiatrist has decided to take him off of Trileptal ,which is fine because we didn't think it was doing anything anyway. She said it actually works against lamictal in the way that you have to raise the lamictal dose when you add Trileptal , so if you raise the dose of the Trileptal you end...
  13. A

    Sad day...

    We thought our difficult child was doing really well on the Risperdal and that he was much more in control of himself than he had been previously. So, we decided to put him into a day camp for March break. It was a small group of kids, really close to home, and I had a long talk with the counsellors prior...
  14. I

    Just read something here that has me worried

    We are still not right with-the medications for either of my kids. :( My difficult child 1 was on Zoloft (after failing on Prozac) and we just weaned her off because I didn't think it was helping and thought maybe it was making her more angry. Maybe I was wrong because she's been completely off the Zoloft since last week...
  15. JJJ

    Tongue Thrusting

    Ugh ugh ugh! Eeyore has been on Geodon for 4 days and he woke up this morning with tongue thrusting. So frustrated...now he can't take Risperdal (lactated) or Geodon (td) and insurance no longer covers Abilify or Seroquel and our doctor hates Zyprexa and won't even talk about the old school APs...
  16. T

    difficult child up all night...At my wits end

    Hi, difficult child has been transitioning from Trileptal to Depakote ER since our psychiatrist visit two weeks ago. He has now finished Trileptal and is taking 500 mg of Depakote ER. We made this switch after several very good months on Trileptal because difficult child once again became hypomanic a few weeks ago. psychiatrist had...
  17. B

    Went to the doctor

    So difficult child went to the dr. yesterday. It was his first appointment. after our horrible weekend last weekend that included a trip to the psychiatric hospital. Anyway, the dr. at the hospital told us to ask for him to be tested for bipolar. I was unable to go to the appointment. because of work, but husband took him. I trust husband to take...
  18. J

    got diagnosis, drug thorazine

    hi so i went to dr. and he diagnosis difficult child with bipolar (not otherwise specified), adhd, and severe anxiety disorder. so there it is my ex husband is screaming and carrying on which is a nightmare for me and additional stress. i think he's going to take legal action against me at this point and try to stop me from...
  19. totoro

    medication ? Tenex...

    Hi my understanding family!!! I feel so horrible ugh! Well We started the Tenex on Thursday, .5mg @ 3pm and then she does that in the a.m. as well. I have read up on it and the side affects etc... but want anyone who actually *knows* lol Or your opinions!!! So far she has still been angry...
  20. Alisonlg

    medication Change & Gearing up for Discharge...

    Well, they lowered difficult child's Risperdal a few days ago from .5 mg twice a day to .25 mg twice a day to see if that would lessen/get rid of the side effects (sleepy, VERY blurred vision, and a vocal tic- clearing his throat every second). We've noticed that after a couple days on the lowered dose, he...
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