Re: New Member & Risperdal

[Guest guest]

Vicki, we have probbly all tried Risperdal. Karac gained 30 lbs on it and it worked only a short time and then he became aggressive. Pat K************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

[Guest guest]

Hi Vicki,

What behavior did your daughter display which led to the prescription? Was

she aggfressive or self-injurious, or did she have manic behavior? And what

behavior is she showing now? Irritability is a possible side effect, but

that usually happens only when starting on risperdal or increasing the

dosage and goes away after using it for a while. However, I also read that

aggression is a side effect for some autistics. Hyperactivity is also a

possible side effect for some autisitcs. So, well, it's like it could be the

med but it could also be jus ther autism-related irritability symptoms

acting up despite the med. Sometimes, risperdal does have paradoxical side

effects, but it is also quite possible that it's due to her autism and the

med has indeed stopped wroking.

I cannot share any personal experiences. While I'm myself an autistic adult

and was recently prescribed risperdal (0.5mg twice daily), I've only been

taking it for a few days.

Astrid

astrid@...

http://www.astridvanwoerkom.com/

New Member & Risperdal

> Hello Everyone,

> My name is Vicki and I have a daughter that is 14 and diagnosed with

> autism. She's been going through such mood swings that 6 months ago I

> tried Risperdal for her. It worked pretty well in the beginning but now I

> am finding it's not working so well. Has anyone else here tried it and if

> so, has it helped your child?

> Vicki C.

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's

> on, when.

I'm protected by SpamBrave

http://www.spambrave.com/

[Guest guest]

Our daughter has been on respirdol since she was 2 yrs old. she just went off it to go on serequel. both are antipychotics so cannot be on both at such a young age. I preferr the respirdol and will have her doctor change it back as soon as we see our new doctor in a couple of weeks. serequel seems to not effect her. she is on 100 mgs a day and was on 1 mg 2 times daily of respirdol. I do believe that she is at a point that they need to increase it. the problem with most of these drugs are they become inactive after a while and do our kids no good, or they cannot be on them long with their age being so young. my daughter does not eat so respirdol was a big help in that area to get her to realize she was hungry and would eat. with serequel she is eating hardly nothing at all. Betty mom to 6 yr girl with shaken baby syndrom, adhd, ocd, odd

Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when.

[Guest guest]

Vicki,

it did the same for JJ but then came agression and mania. I took him off of it (Very slowly) and then he got mania again. We ended up putting him on zpraxa and I hated to do it but the mania was bad. It helps him sleep good at night but now much else. Lois

New Member & Risperdal

[Guest guest]

Hi Betty,

100mg seroquel corresponds to 1mg risperdal, so now with the seroquel your

daughte ris essentially on a lower dose than she was with risperdal: she

used to be on 2*1mg, and now she takes 100mg once daily (if I read your

message correctly), while she hould've been on 100mg twice daily to have the

same effect she had with the risperdal. Unless of course you're still in the

process of switching her to seroquel. I must say that 100mg is already quite

a lot for a child (and so is 1mg risperdal, let alone 1mg twice daily).

Astrid

astrid@...

http://www.astridvanwoerkom.com/

Re: New Member & Risperdal

> Our daughter has been on respirdol since she was 2 yrs old. she just went

> off it to go on serequel. both are antipychotics so cannot be on both at

> such a young age. I preferr the respirdol and will have her doctor change

> it back as soon as we see our new doctor in a couple of weeks. serequel

> seems to not effect her. she is on 100 mgs a day and was on 1 mg 2 times

> daily of respirdol. I do believe that she is at a point that they need to

> increase it.

> the problem with most of these drugs are they become inactive after a

> while and do our kids no good, or they cannot be on them long with their

> age being so young.

> my daughter does not eat so respirdol was a big help in that area to get

> her to realize she was hungry and would eat. with serequel she is eating

> hardly nothing at all.

>

> Betty

> mom to 6 yr girl with

> shaken baby syndrom, adhd, ocd, odd

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's

> on, when.

I'm protected by SpamBrave

http://www.spambrave.com/