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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 78471" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Our experiences with risperdal show that it really does depend on the person.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 1 is ten years older than difficult child 3. Both started on risperdal at the same time - difficult child 1 was 18, difficult child 3 was 8. We quickly found that difficult child 1 was so sleepy we had to only give him a quarter risperdal at night. He had to be ready for bed when he took it because he would be asleep within half an hour. No way could we increase the dose.</p><p>difficult child 3 took a quarter tablet in the morning, and another quarter at night. About a year later this was increased to quarter in the morning and half at night. It did not sedate him in the slightest and he was on 3 times te dose of his big brother.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 did not gain weight, apart from what you would expect. He was still fairly skinny.</p><p>difficult child 1 doubled his weight in six months. He started skinny and became pudgy. Remember, he was on the lowest possible dose.</p><p></p><p>The benefits were there, but only slightly. And it was costing me a fortune, so I asked to take them off the risperdal. By this time, difficult child 3 was studying at home and difficult child 1 had finished high school. It was about 3 years later.</p><p></p><p>It took about three months, but difficult child 1 went from beer keg to six-pack. Trousers we'd bought for him now fall off him. He didn't lose all the weight he'd originally gained, because he'd also done some growing up in that time. How now is trimmed fine, muscular and slender.</p><p>Going off risperdal at 11, difficult child 3 went from 40 Kg to 35 Kg. The doctor was really concerned, although difficult child 3 was eating fairly well. The biggest problem with him has been reminding him to eat - when he remembers he will eat a huge amount, but it is very hard to drag him away from what he is doing, including schoolwork. Now he's hitting puberty, his appetite nags at him more. He's gained back some of what he lost, I think he's back up to 40 Kg again and is 160 cm tall (about 5'). Still too skinny, but not as bad as difficult child 1 was at that age, nor easy child 2/difficult child 2. She could <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> in her tummy and you could see her spine - from the front.</p><p></p><p>What benefit did we see? The risperdal seemed to 'smooth' the peaks and troughs of the stims. It also seemed to calm down some of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), although in the end difficult child 1 did better on Zoloft. For us, there simply wasn't enough "wow" factor to the effect of the risperdal, to justify the exorbitant price we were paying, plus the adverse effects on difficult child 1.</p><p></p><p>It really does depend on the child - we had such a huge difference, just between siblings.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 78471, member: 1991"] Our experiences with risperdal show that it really does depend on the person. difficult child 1 is ten years older than difficult child 3. Both started on risperdal at the same time - difficult child 1 was 18, difficult child 3 was 8. We quickly found that difficult child 1 was so sleepy we had to only give him a quarter risperdal at night. He had to be ready for bed when he took it because he would be asleep within half an hour. No way could we increase the dose. difficult child 3 took a quarter tablet in the morning, and another quarter at night. About a year later this was increased to quarter in the morning and half at night. It did not sedate him in the slightest and he was on 3 times te dose of his big brother. difficult child 3 did not gain weight, apart from what you would expect. He was still fairly skinny. difficult child 1 doubled his weight in six months. He started skinny and became pudgy. Remember, he was on the lowest possible dose. The benefits were there, but only slightly. And it was costing me a fortune, so I asked to take them off the risperdal. By this time, difficult child 3 was studying at home and difficult child 1 had finished high school. It was about 3 years later. It took about three months, but difficult child 1 went from beer keg to six-pack. Trousers we'd bought for him now fall off him. He didn't lose all the weight he'd originally gained, because he'd also done some growing up in that time. How now is trimmed fine, muscular and slender. Going off risperdal at 11, difficult child 3 went from 40 Kg to 35 Kg. The doctor was really concerned, although difficult child 3 was eating fairly well. The biggest problem with him has been reminding him to eat - when he remembers he will eat a huge amount, but it is very hard to drag him away from what he is doing, including schoolwork. Now he's hitting puberty, his appetite nags at him more. He's gained back some of what he lost, I think he's back up to 40 Kg again and is 160 cm tall (about 5'). Still too skinny, but not as bad as difficult child 1 was at that age, nor easy child 2/difficult child 2. She could :censored: in her tummy and you could see her spine - from the front. What benefit did we see? The risperdal seemed to 'smooth' the peaks and troughs of the stims. It also seemed to calm down some of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), although in the end difficult child 1 did better on Zoloft. For us, there simply wasn't enough "wow" factor to the effect of the risperdal, to justify the exorbitant price we were paying, plus the adverse effects on difficult child 1. It really does depend on the child - we had such a huge difference, just between siblings. Marg [/QUOTE]
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