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Is Risperdal worth the weight gain??
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 323202" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>difficult child 1 doubled his weight in six months, when he began risperdal. He was only taking quarter of a tablet, too. Once a day, before bedtime. We took him off it eventually because the benefits were just too minimal. We left difficult child 3 on it for a lot longer - he didn't really gain weight although it must have had an effect, when we took him off risperdal (because the benefit was just not enough to justify the cost) he lost a little weight.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 1 also lost weight when he came off risperdal - it came off slowly, he didn't lose all the weigt because in the meantime he had grown taller and filled out a little in the chest. But he's back to being thin andwiry, not an ounce of spare fat on him anywhere.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 is also a stick - if you saw that film clip I posted a fortnight ago with his TV interview, you will see a very thin kid.</p><p></p><p>What I'm saying here - we only took our kids off it because the benefit was minimal. When we did, the weight gain reversed.</p><p></p><p>Any ongoing weight problems are probably ones the person would have had anyway for other reasons.</p><p></p><p>However, teaching helathy eating is a good idea - that, and exercise. Personally I would enjoy the benefits and as gthe child matures (and learns more self-control) then consider reducing the dose to a point where you can still get some benefit from the medications without as much of the problem.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 323202, member: 1991"] difficult child 1 doubled his weight in six months, when he began risperdal. He was only taking quarter of a tablet, too. Once a day, before bedtime. We took him off it eventually because the benefits were just too minimal. We left difficult child 3 on it for a lot longer - he didn't really gain weight although it must have had an effect, when we took him off risperdal (because the benefit was just not enough to justify the cost) he lost a little weight. difficult child 1 also lost weight when he came off risperdal - it came off slowly, he didn't lose all the weigt because in the meantime he had grown taller and filled out a little in the chest. But he's back to being thin andwiry, not an ounce of spare fat on him anywhere. difficult child 3 is also a stick - if you saw that film clip I posted a fortnight ago with his TV interview, you will see a very thin kid. What I'm saying here - we only took our kids off it because the benefit was minimal. When we did, the weight gain reversed. Any ongoing weight problems are probably ones the person would have had anyway for other reasons. However, teaching helathy eating is a good idea - that, and exercise. Personally I would enjoy the benefits and as gthe child matures (and learns more self-control) then consider reducing the dose to a point where you can still get some benefit from the medications without as much of the problem. Marg [/QUOTE]
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