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<blockquote data-quote="ellenr1" data-source="post: 19040" data-attributes="member: 2547"><p>(Risperdal is an antipsychotic, used for the short term for raging, but it's not a mood stabilizer and won't hold things for the long term. )</p><p></p><p>My two difficult child's were on risperadal. It made my daughter's nipples leak fluid like a nursing mother and she ate her way into another jeans' size in two weeks. </p><p></p><p>My son was on .5 mg for at least 18 months, in conjunction with-zoloft. I was never told that it was for short term use. He ended up back in the hospital. All risperadal did for him was make him groggy enough to fall asleep quickly at night, and then getting him up in the morning (6:30 am) for middle school was just an awful chore. </p><p></p><p>I find myself getting more and more ticked off at how medications are so casually prescribed for kids without concern for side effects, and this is by child psychiatrists who are supposedly good at what they do!</p><p></p><p>I wish I could tell you that Lamictal helped my daughter, but I think she may be one of those adolescents who has treatment resistant depression, or she has been consistently prescribed the wrong medications.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ellenr1, post: 19040, member: 2547"] (Risperdal is an antipsychotic, used for the short term for raging, but it's not a mood stabilizer and won't hold things for the long term. ) My two difficult child's were on risperadal. It made my daughter's nipples leak fluid like a nursing mother and she ate her way into another jeans' size in two weeks. My son was on .5 mg for at least 18 months, in conjunction with-zoloft. I was never told that it was for short term use. He ended up back in the hospital. All risperadal did for him was make him groggy enough to fall asleep quickly at night, and then getting him up in the morning (6:30 am) for middle school was just an awful chore. I find myself getting more and more ticked off at how medications are so casually prescribed for kids without concern for side effects, and this is by child psychiatrists who are supposedly good at what they do! I wish I could tell you that Lamictal helped my daughter, but I think she may be one of those adolescents who has treatment resistant depression, or she has been consistently prescribed the wrong medications. [/QUOTE]
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