What Risperdal Did to Me: Adult with Autism Speaks

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April 24, 2009

What Risperdal Did to Me: Adult with Autism Speaks

Managing Editor's Note: Sondra , wife, Mom, writer (and adult with autism) wrote a post for us about the Sky murder case (HERE.) One of her own comments on the post referred to her having been put onto Risperdal, like Sky (the "he" she refers to.) I asked for (and received) her permission to run the comment as a post. Her final sentence chilled me, "yes much scary life when autistic and not have a voice." Thank you, Sondra. Jane did not know he was of resperadol as I to been of that one too and it was of the worse drug ever for me in this life. I to gaiend of much weight almost of 70 pound sin 3 or so months, wet of the bed every night in floods not just slight accident, drooled and began of tardive issues, I to also had of no monthyly and began of lactating as if were of nursing a baby. they had of me on so much medication could do nothing but sleep most of my entire 24 hour day.

it was still for me undx autism at the time and the symptoms they seen were of all parts of autism but they were of only seeing parts of the whole and not putting all the parts together and thus over medicated as if the more the better and the more the less autistic I would of be to them.

in my of my past mental health records of the late 1990's much of the nurse and doctor notes shout of autism and yet none dx of me of it. was told was mentally ill and mild retardations. some of the things shared odd posture, no eye contact, odd pacing, long bouts of being of non verbal and not responsive and would not begin any task even though verbally told what to do unless one was in my space and began to physically get me to begin through prompts and cues of one to one. rigid notes of need for the same nurse to be in on the clinics, and the odd confused appearance of fear and such and then much also comment on the flat affect of me emotionally. One doctor asked of the husband over my eye contact and the husband shared it has been that way all or our marriage and dating time and that it was not new, the doctor asked of him do you think of that as odd he shared no it is of just her.

but anyways reperidol was of the culprit to me that eventually lead of me to be of locked away to massilon state hospital with very serious mentally ill people. yes much scary life when autistic and not have a voice.