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<blockquote data-quote="Feeling Helpless" data-source="post: 226559" data-attributes="member: 5963"><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The psychiatrist put my difficult child on Risperdal 5 weeks ago and he is 7. She upped his Concerta during the day to 54 mg. and he is doing much better in school. The first 2 weeks he was on the Risperdal he was like a different child. No meltdowns at all. It did nothing to improve his sleep. She has him on the 0.5 mg.The 2nd 2 weeks he started to have meltdowns again.He got very fidgety and having some attitude again. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When we took him back to the psychiatrist she left his dosage the same but has him now take one pill at 4 and one and a half at 7. It does help some but now he has begun to make strange noises a lot and is still very hyper at night. Still no meltdowns though. He has developed more fears. His appetite has greatly increased. It still does nothing for his sleeping and she suggested to try melotonin. It does help him sleep but takes a while to work. Just thought I would share our experience with the medications.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feeling Helpless, post: 226559, member: 5963"] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3]The psychiatrist put my difficult child on Risperdal 5 weeks ago and he is 7. She upped his Concerta during the day to 54 mg. and he is doing much better in school. The first 2 weeks he was on the Risperdal he was like a different child. No meltdowns at all. It did nothing to improve his sleep. She has him on the 0.5 mg.The 2nd 2 weeks he started to have meltdowns again.He got very fidgety and having some attitude again. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3]When we took him back to the psychiatrist she left his dosage the same but has him now take one pill at 4 and one and a half at 7. It does help some but now he has begun to make strange noises a lot and is still very hyper at night. Still no meltdowns though. He has developed more fears. His appetite has greatly increased. It still does nothing for his sleeping and she suggested to try melotonin. It does help him sleep but takes a while to work. Just thought I would share our experience with the medications.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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