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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 391670" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Pam - another big fan of risperdal here. thank you first went on it when he was 6, after some disastrous false starts with- other medications. We saw pretty quickly a decrease in the intensity and frequency of his raging/mood swings. Went from who knows how many hundreds a day to a handful a day (not really joking), then a handful a week, then month, to his best "stable" state of about 2-1/2 months of generalized crankiness and irritability then 2 weeks of whoa-Betsy out of control raging (usually resulting in hospitalization) and then back to just being irritable. At one point (around 9 or 10) he was on Celexa and risperdal, as well as Depakote, and I thought it was a decent combo (though he was in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) by that time). As he got older, we had to play with- dose of risperdal. Actually, thinking back now, he had to come off it for a period of time around age 8 because he was on a monster dose and was starting to have side effects. We tried other antipsychotics, but risperdal really was the best for him. He did end up back on risperdal in by the time he was 9 or 10, and I think stayed on it until he stopped all medications altogether at 18.</p><p></p><p>Yes on the wt gain. thank you went from a stick figure at 6 to a kinda chunky 9-year-old. The kid was a carb vacuum. Craved salami, pasta, chips. Absolutely no moderation at all. Really didn't crave sweets. It was kind of a double-edged sword. While his raging for the most part was better on the risperdal, on those occasions when he did flip out and we had to restrain him, it was just that much more difficult because of his size. He outweighed me by the age of 9.</p><p></p><p>But... bottom line, I'd do it again in a heartbeat. It was one of the most effective medications he's ever been on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 391670, member: 8"] Pam - another big fan of risperdal here. thank you first went on it when he was 6, after some disastrous false starts with- other medications. We saw pretty quickly a decrease in the intensity and frequency of his raging/mood swings. Went from who knows how many hundreds a day to a handful a day (not really joking), then a handful a week, then month, to his best "stable" state of about 2-1/2 months of generalized crankiness and irritability then 2 weeks of whoa-Betsy out of control raging (usually resulting in hospitalization) and then back to just being irritable. At one point (around 9 or 10) he was on Celexa and risperdal, as well as Depakote, and I thought it was a decent combo (though he was in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) by that time). As he got older, we had to play with- dose of risperdal. Actually, thinking back now, he had to come off it for a period of time around age 8 because he was on a monster dose and was starting to have side effects. We tried other antipsychotics, but risperdal really was the best for him. He did end up back on risperdal in by the time he was 9 or 10, and I think stayed on it until he stopped all medications altogether at 18. Yes on the wt gain. thank you went from a stick figure at 6 to a kinda chunky 9-year-old. The kid was a carb vacuum. Craved salami, pasta, chips. Absolutely no moderation at all. Really didn't crave sweets. It was kind of a double-edged sword. While his raging for the most part was better on the risperdal, on those occasions when he did flip out and we had to restrain him, it was just that much more difficult because of his size. He outweighed me by the age of 9. But... bottom line, I'd do it again in a heartbeat. It was one of the most effective medications he's ever been on. [/QUOTE]
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