Stef
Dazed and Confused
Hi:
My son somewhat recently had his medications changed to place him on Risperdal. He was previously on Depakote and Clonidine. The psychiatric felt that Risperdal would adress his aggresive behavior better than the Depakote. When I read up on Risperdal though, it says it can increase agressiveness 26% of the time as a side affect! Ummmm? I ask the doctor about it and he says that that's a possibility, and we'll "just have to monitor the situation." Right. Has anyone here had any experiences with Rispedal with an aggressive teen? I don't need to worsen his behavior by playing wait and see games.
Thanks
My son somewhat recently had his medications changed to place him on Risperdal. He was previously on Depakote and Clonidine. The psychiatric felt that Risperdal would adress his aggresive behavior better than the Depakote. When I read up on Risperdal though, it says it can increase agressiveness 26% of the time as a side affect! Ummmm? I ask the doctor about it and he says that that's a possibility, and we'll "just have to monitor the situation." Right. Has anyone here had any experiences with Rispedal with an aggressive teen? I don't need to worsen his behavior by playing wait and see games.
Thanks