Re: Question about risperdol..

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Kathy,

Risperdol has really helped out son (16) who has severe OCD. He is also on

Zoloft, but it was pretty ineffectual until Risperdol was added. I would talk to

your doctor about the side effects. With all drugs it is a balance between

possible side effects and benefits.

Good luck!

Sinead

Question about risperdol..

As you know my two DDs went on this drug about 2 weeks ago.

The daughter who pulls her eyeslahes has had great success and almost

has eyelashes again. I posted this success on the trichotillomania

board and the board moderator sent me a note about the horrid side

effectgs and is not recommended unless life threatening. I feel

confused and now worried about the drug. I know you here have more OCD

and things like that, but having a kid pull all her hair out is not

easy either--it affects self esteem and so forth. Its just a different

variety of anxiety.

thoughts?

kathy

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Its FDA approved....the only one that has been approved for ASD behavior-that

made me feel a little better putting my son on it. As many of the drugs havent

even been approved for kids etc....check out this sight: http://crazymeds.org/

its got all the good/bad on everything-Ive found her sight to be really

helpful:)

I guess you have to judge for yourself if pros outway the cons-in our case

its a definite yes.

Dont let others who dont live with what your kids and you are living with

day in and day out sway your judgement when it comes to this sort of thing.

You are doing what you think is best for your children{{HUGS}}

Sometimes you just have to walk away from these types.....and yes, each

child responds sooo differently that someone out there could have had a really

bad reaction to some med, but that doesnt mean it couldnt mean all the

difference to one of your kids -kwim?

My son( 8) ASKS and reminds me for his meds-he knows they help him and hes

glad he is on them

Hope this helps ya-and I think we've all been there with the looks and

talkings abt etc-hang in there girl {{HUGS}}

Love ya,

tammy

stinkydogkid <stinkydogkid@...> wrote:

As you know my two DDs went on this drug about 2 weeks ago.

The daughter who pulls her eyeslahes has had great success and almost

has eyelashes again. I posted this success on the trichotillomania

board and the board moderator sent me a note about the horrid side

effectgs and is not recommended unless life threatening. I feel

confused and now worried about the drug. I know you here have more OCD

and things like that, but having a kid pull all her hair out is not

easy either--it affects self esteem and so forth. Its just a different

variety of anxiety.

thoughts?

kathy

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" .....I posted this success on the trichotillomania board and the

board moderator sent me a note about the horrid side effectgs and is

not recommended unless life threatening. " kathy

Everyone has their opinions about using medications. YOU can see if

the medication is helping your kids. Janie has had some severe bad

reactions to some medications, but the same meds have done great

things for other kids. Perhaps that moderator had a bad experience. Do

what is right for your own kids. Our household would be in deep misery

without meds for Janie and Katelyn. We use just enough to be able to

work on behavior issues and getting the kids focused to learn. I deal

with a temporary person for Janie's medication prescriptions who wants

to over-medicate Janie. She would be a zombie if I gave her all the

meds prescribed, so I don't. You know your kids and are the best judge

of what works for them. Therapies are important and sometimes the meds

are necessary in order to do therapy. If your kids get side effects

that are worse than the benefits, you will know and can get it changed.

P.