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When they have to be hospitilized
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<blockquote data-quote="Christy" data-source="post: 295655" data-attributes="member: 225"><p>I know everyone reacts differently to medications and for many the medication your son is taking is very helpful, however, I just wanted to add that my son was on both depakote and serequel for quite some time and neither was helpful in fact now looking backwards, I think they may have made him worse. Serequel showed some initial improvement but it didn't last nor did his symptoms improve. Depakote took forever to get to the theraputic dose and even then had little to no effect. I'm sorry to say that we tried so many medications with little benefit. Risperdal seems to be the most effective medication for controlling our son's violent outbursts. He's not perfect by any stregth but is remarkably improved. I don't want to second guess your psychiatrist and I don't know what you've already tried but I just wanted to share this because it is so beneficial for our son. We were at the point where Residential Treatment Center (RTC) was a very definite possibility and it has allowed us to keep him home, he had a successful summer school experience, and hopefully the positives we are seeing will continue. </p><p></p><p>Christy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christy, post: 295655, member: 225"] I know everyone reacts differently to medications and for many the medication your son is taking is very helpful, however, I just wanted to add that my son was on both depakote and serequel for quite some time and neither was helpful in fact now looking backwards, I think they may have made him worse. Serequel showed some initial improvement but it didn't last nor did his symptoms improve. Depakote took forever to get to the theraputic dose and even then had little to no effect. I'm sorry to say that we tried so many medications with little benefit. Risperdal seems to be the most effective medication for controlling our son's violent outbursts. He's not perfect by any stregth but is remarkably improved. I don't want to second guess your psychiatrist and I don't know what you've already tried but I just wanted to share this because it is so beneficial for our son. We were at the point where Residential Treatment Center (RTC) was a very definite possibility and it has allowed us to keep him home, he had a successful summer school experience, and hopefully the positives we are seeing will continue. Christy [/QUOTE]
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