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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 487419" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>medications are a two way street. They can make things better or even worse. </p><p></p><p>If your child has a change in behavior after a new medication is added, my own belief (which could be 100% wrong <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />) is that it is probably the medication. Sometimes it takes time, until the medication builds up in the child (or adult's) system. My son did not get violent on Risperdal, but he had so many horrible side effects (his bones hurt, headaches, slept all the time, then started getting involuntary movements) that he was pulled off it cold turkey with no weaning. I have a motto: Less is more. Do the most you can with a few medications because every new one that is added has the potential to screw with the ones that are already there and can make things worse. Again, I am NOT anti-medication...I take medications and will have to until the day I die. I am anti too-many-medications and doctors who just throw medications at kids to see what sticks. It's a good idea to look up each medication your child is prescribed before giving it to him. That way you can know in advance what could happen...and can spot reactions. Another motto: Knowledge is Power <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>I know; I'm a bad cliche.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 487419, member: 1550"] medications are a two way street. They can make things better or even worse. If your child has a change in behavior after a new medication is added, my own belief (which could be 100% wrong :)) is that it is probably the medication. Sometimes it takes time, until the medication builds up in the child (or adult's) system. My son did not get violent on Risperdal, but he had so many horrible side effects (his bones hurt, headaches, slept all the time, then started getting involuntary movements) that he was pulled off it cold turkey with no weaning. I have a motto: Less is more. Do the most you can with a few medications because every new one that is added has the potential to screw with the ones that are already there and can make things worse. Again, I am NOT anti-medication...I take medications and will have to until the day I die. I am anti too-many-medications and doctors who just throw medications at kids to see what sticks. It's a good idea to look up each medication your child is prescribed before giving it to him. That way you can know in advance what could happen...and can spot reactions. Another motto: Knowledge is Power :) I know; I'm a bad cliche. [/QUOTE]
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