Re: FOR SCOTT

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Hi my name is Patty and i am in calif. i was reading your post and you know my

daughter put on so much weight from resperidal that i had to get her off, she

was allready very overweight to begin with, makes me wonder why the dr put her

on that , after seeing how overweight she allready was, anyway no the weight

didnt drop off , its been about 6weeks now but she isnt eating me out of house

and home anyway, I wish they could give her something to curve her appetite at

least till her stomach shrunk, she s so unhappy being as overweight as she is.

she is 12yrs old and weighs 175lbs allthough she gained a good 25lbs with the

resperdal, i gots to go now take care everyone and hang in there love

patty in calif.

Re: bye bye Risperdal

> Hi Joni, I've been wondering about you. Thought you might have

> finally got that job!! Then again I also thought that was

> probably doing so well there was nothing to tell. You know I have

no

> experience with meds but what if took the a.m. dose and not

the

> p.m. What's the difference? How's feel about the weight

> gain? Will it sort of " melt away " if they switch him from the

> Risperdal? I would think so if that's what put the weight on.

>

> Wow, a break from OCD!! Haven't you been bored without it? It

must

> be too calm!!

>

>

Hey (and all),

Nope, I'm still a 'lady of leisure' (don't hate me too much and

I've postponed going back to work till after the holidays. I figured

I DESERVE THIS BREAK. I've had one heck of a year, with my

oldest being hit by a drunk driver over the summer and 's OCD

flaring up so badly that sharp objects were being thrown at me,

etc... Not to mention other family problems...and Sept 11th and my

relatives in NYC and NJ.. well, I could go on all night!

And, no... I have NOT been bored without OCD!! LOL In fact, it's

been so great without it. is doing so well, that we even

stopped therapy until after the holidays. His last therapy appt. was

just before Thanksgiving, if memory serves. OCD has been virtually

non-existant until we adjusted the Risperdal down two weeks ago.

Then, *bam* overnight, here comes all the whining and puke fears all

over again!!! It's hard to believe that such a small dosage decrease

would effect him this way! I thank God everyday for medication!!!

's doctor wants to try another mood stabilizer when we see him

after Xmas. But, and this is for too, I'm thinking of doing the

same thing you're doing, - and experimenting w/ the new

medication during his *Xmas break*. I've also ignored the doctor's

instructions, and started to give him his morning dose of Risperdal

again... because it *is* too stressful right now to be messing around

with his medication! The weight he can lose. But, OCD is another

matter all together!

On another note, had a physical performed by the school last

week and if he had been on his normal dosage, I'm sure he would have

sailed right through it. However, the doctor that performed the

physical told him that he needed to lose weight because he " might get

diabetes. " Well, all week long, the only thing has talked

about is the fear of getting diabetes. He will ask me a reassurance

question before he puts ANYTHING in his mouth: " Will this make me get

diabetes?? " <insert panic and terror> !!!! I wanted to CHOKE

that doctor, but I guess she didn't know (or didn't read his chart)

that she was dealing with a severe hypochondriac! ugh!

Oh well... we'll see how it goes. Just thought I'd pop in and wish

everyone a wonderful holiday. I hope all is going well with YOU,

and everyone else!! ((((lots of hugs all around))))

Ho, ho, ho!!

Joni