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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 582793" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Risperidone is a medication that has to build up in your system. I'm not aware of 3x/day dosing. psychiatrists here will sometimes split dose to reduce some of the side-effects (light-headedness, for example, is worse at higher doses but splitting the dose seems to reduce impact).</p><p></p><p>This caught my attention, though:</p><p></p><p>His dxes are ADHD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and ODD?</p><p>Take that ODD and stuff it somewhere else, because... chances of there being something ELSE going on is sky high.</p><p>been there done that.</p><p>After-school melt-downs? been there done that too.</p><p>They almost stuck the ODD label on my difficult child too, but... we fought back.</p><p></p><p>Result?</p><p>Multiple additional dxes.</p><p>And that is NOT unusual.</p><p></p><p>ADHD can stand alone as a diagnosis. I have a child like that.</p><p>More often, it will either be a case of ADHD plus other stuff, OR it will be something else entirely (Aspie, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Bi-polar...)</p><p></p><p>Who gave the dxes, and what kind of testing was done?</p><p>Has he ever had a comprehensive evaluation? </p><p>Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 582793, member: 11791"] Risperidone is a medication that has to build up in your system. I'm not aware of 3x/day dosing. psychiatrists here will sometimes split dose to reduce some of the side-effects (light-headedness, for example, is worse at higher doses but splitting the dose seems to reduce impact). This caught my attention, though: His dxes are ADHD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and ODD? Take that ODD and stuff it somewhere else, because... chances of there being something ELSE going on is sky high. been there done that. After-school melt-downs? been there done that too. They almost stuck the ODD label on my difficult child too, but... we fought back. Result? Multiple additional dxes. And that is NOT unusual. ADHD can stand alone as a diagnosis. I have a child like that. More often, it will either be a case of ADHD plus other stuff, OR it will be something else entirely (Aspie, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Bi-polar...) Who gave the dxes, and what kind of testing was done? Has he ever had a comprehensive evaluation? Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation? [/QUOTE]
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