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Coming off medications? (risperdal)
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<blockquote data-quote="IT1967" data-source="post: 611670" data-attributes="member: 15615"><p>DDD, did your kids come off the Risperdal successfully? </p><p></p><p>I had a positive meeting with-the kids' counsellor today. Based on ongoing in depth evaluations and analysis, she feels that hopefully, most likely, the kids don't have mood disorder, but are suffering from ADHD/anxiety - difficult child 1 anxiety worse than ADHD - difficult child 2 ADHD worse than anxiety. So, she feels that coming off the Risperdal is actually a good thing and should hopefully not impact the kids' behaviors negatively and they may even do a bit better. It was a good meeting and really helped me come to slightly better grips with-this whole thing. However, she also feels that their Celexa should probably be increased, which I'm petrified to do. It has definitely helped their anxiety, and they are on the lowest dose and I know that in theory, they'd do better with-a higher dose. However, the kids were previously tried on Zoloft and Prozac and things started out good, but when we upped the dose, the kids spiralled out of control. Because of that, I feel paralyzed. I'm really glad we have this second opinion coming up. It's not that I think our psychiatrist is the worst, but I don't think he is that great either. He's just been dismissive of my concerns and when we see him, I feel like he never remembers where things are at with-my kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IT1967, post: 611670, member: 15615"] DDD, did your kids come off the Risperdal successfully? I had a positive meeting with-the kids' counsellor today. Based on ongoing in depth evaluations and analysis, she feels that hopefully, most likely, the kids don't have mood disorder, but are suffering from ADHD/anxiety - difficult child 1 anxiety worse than ADHD - difficult child 2 ADHD worse than anxiety. So, she feels that coming off the Risperdal is actually a good thing and should hopefully not impact the kids' behaviors negatively and they may even do a bit better. It was a good meeting and really helped me come to slightly better grips with-this whole thing. However, she also feels that their Celexa should probably be increased, which I'm petrified to do. It has definitely helped their anxiety, and they are on the lowest dose and I know that in theory, they'd do better with-a higher dose. However, the kids were previously tried on Zoloft and Prozac and things started out good, but when we upped the dose, the kids spiralled out of control. Because of that, I feel paralyzed. I'm really glad we have this second opinion coming up. It's not that I think our psychiatrist is the worst, but I don't think he is that great either. He's just been dismissive of my concerns and when we see him, I feel like he never remembers where things are at with-my kids. [/QUOTE]
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