risperidol

Ok guys, help me out here. difficult child started on 5mg/2x a day of ritalin almost two weeks ago, after a few days of no change the plan was to up it to 10mg/2x a day. On day 5 of the medications difficult child had a spectacular morning at school, refused afternoon medications and was aggressive and acting out. Tuesday took...

difficult child is nearing the end of his stay at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC). husband and I had an appointment with his team on Monday. The way things stand now, he will be released from Residential Treatment Center (RTC) in the next two weeks (this is mainly insurance based) and then moving into a day treatment program for a few weeks. They have diagnosed a...

I'm not sure what the deal is with difficult child. We started risperdal @ .5mg back in October. Saw immediate results. But now, we're starting to see some of her symptons again. We're not sure if its due to the excitement of the holidays and all the **** that's been going on or if we should ask the psychiatrist to...

Hello. I'm new here. My husband and I have a 6 year old daughter. We adopted her through the foster care system. She came to live with us at 4 months old, but went into foster care directly at birth. Her birth parents are both diagnosed schizophrenic. Birth mother is also bipolar. Birth...

HI My youngest has been on Zoloft for two weeks (one week at 25 mg and one week at 50 mg). His behavior has become increasingly disruptive in class and he was suspended yesterday for the second time in a week for kicking a kid hard, apparently pretty much unprovoked. He is a big physical kid...

So..... whenever difficult child rages and turns our household upside down - I go into crisis mode and want something to change immediately. After Tuesday night's rage, I faxed a letter to the psychiatrist saying I wanted to take difficult child off Concerta entirely and just try Intuniv alone. (Background: He just increased...

Eeyore is now hearing voices. His voices aren't threatening like Kangas. It (he calls it Bob) is more full of mischief and talks to John about the future. I can't handle any more mental illness...

Sigh. Just when we get 1 or 2 behaviors under control, another one crops up. The other day, difficult child bit my hand. Hard. Drew blood. He was already ramped up and I made it worse by being sarcastic, and when he started in on me by screaming in my ear and making every sentence start with-"F" I lost it...

Today has been a VERY challenging day with B2... I am not sure if it is caused by the change in routine after coming home from the weekend at the lake or if his medications just arent working today. His behavior has been almost as bad as it was before he went on his medications 3 weeks ago. He is back to...

Just an update on my difficult child's prolactin levels. We were referred to an endocrinologist for an MRI because of high prolactin levels. The doctor stated that he thought it was medication related and did not warrant an MRI at this time. Good News. Yeah. He is to have more blood work done in a...

Hi, I'm a New member in desperate hopes to find other Moms dealing with Bipolar and ODD, ADHD children. My 12 year old is Bipolar/ ODD and ADHD. My 16 year old is Autistic. I feel like I need to be a Split personality to parent the 2 of them because they are in Need of 2 different parenting...

Hi! I know I haven't been around lately (mostly in the Watercooler) but difficult child 1 is going south rapidly. They've added mood disorder not otherwise specified to his diagnosis of aspergers and learning disability. My husband (now officially known as AH) and I separated over Easter break and difficult child 1 prior to and currently is...

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...

I have lived for 5 yrs with my precious difficult child whom I love very much. Our lives were in a constant uproar because of his behaviors that all of it over time seemed like a very normal lifestyle and behaviors even though I knew they were all abnormal. Now that we have him on medications and seemed to have...

The last Phsych visit we had Dr wanted to add Risperdal to 72 mg Concerta to curb the angere issues. I dunno how I feel about that. Should I try Vyvanse I have been told the rebound is not as severe. Also supposedly not too severe with Datrana. Any thoughts? A question about Risperdal...

difficult child is on the Adderall and Risperdal for his ADHD/ODD. I cannot tell you the HUGE difference it has made in him. He's like a different kid. He's so enjoyable to be around now. I miss him so much when he's not here. I want to come home to be with him instead of dreading it. He has gotten...

I have been lurking here for several months. I read a whole lot but do not post. My liitle boy has aspergers syndrome and is taking Risperdal and taking concerta for ADHD. I was wondering if Risperdal would make his prolactin levels go up. He is 8 years old and the doctor now wants him to have...

didn't want to hijack any other treads, considering there seems to be alot of other difficult child's in the same boat as us latley. we saw a new psychiatrist on monday. 2 hrs away, but she spent 2 hrs with- us(double session)and started changing medications.(we have another 2 hr apt next week!) difficult child was nervous. he was...

So our difficult child got out of inpatient, was put on stratterra because we've tried stimulant medications and we don't like the side effects nevermind they increase his aggression. Our difficult child is covered by medicaid, well after discharge upon taking the prescription to the pharmacy we find out that in our...

My autistic son of 17 years was percribed Risperdal which he took for 3 months. During that time he balooned in weight and wanted to sleep all the time. We told his doctor that because we did not see enough benefits and my sons self esteem was very low, we wanted him to come off it. He has been...