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child taken off Risperdal
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 304918" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Hi Pauline, and welcome!</p><p> </p><p>I'm not sure what Depakote would do for your son. It depends on why you originally tried the Risperdal... if it was for aggression and agitation, then Depakote might not be a good fit. We use Depakote to help control my difficult child 2's manic symptoms, which look like extreme ADHD, but he has racing thoughts and sometimes pressured speech, along with hyperactivity and increased impulsiveness. </p><p> </p><p>Has your son tried Seroquel? It's used for similar issues that Risperdal is used for. We've found it to be a little better with the weight factor once my difficult child got up to a high enough/therapeutic dose. He started out ravenous, but that was at lower doses, and now his appetite is very normal and his weight has leveled out.</p><p> </p><p>What does the psychiatrist say?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 304918, member: 3444"] Hi Pauline, and welcome! I'm not sure what Depakote would do for your son. It depends on why you originally tried the Risperdal... if it was for aggression and agitation, then Depakote might not be a good fit. We use Depakote to help control my difficult child 2's manic symptoms, which look like extreme ADHD, but he has racing thoughts and sometimes pressured speech, along with hyperactivity and increased impulsiveness. Has your son tried Seroquel? It's used for similar issues that Risperdal is used for. We've found it to be a little better with the weight factor once my difficult child got up to a high enough/therapeutic dose. He started out ravenous, but that was at lower doses, and now his appetite is very normal and his weight has leveled out. What does the psychiatrist say? [/QUOTE]
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