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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 584300" data-attributes="member: 15799"><p>Personally, if the psychiatrist isn't listening to your concerns, you need a new psychiatrist. When difficult child 1 was on Risperdal, he gradually became more angry, obstinate, and then violent....over a period of 3 months. When I realized the Risperdal was actually causing the behavior and wanted to stop it, the psychiatrist went along with me (I was right by the way). By then, difficult child 1 was being punished on a daily basis at school for the behavior and when we stopped the Risperdal, he went into a really deep depression. The psychiatrist put him on Prozac (totally different class of medications). The same thing happened as did on the Risperdal only more gradual (over a period of 6 months). We stopped the Prozac and within a week difficult child 1 was back to "normal". Of course, by then we had the RIGHT diagnosis. The accommodations, at home and school, and knowing the REAL issues have made more difference than any medications could. I'm actually glad he's not on muchj of anything for medications. Since then, I have found out that there are sooooo many medications that can actually make Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) symptoms soooo much worse that it's scary. We could have gone through a whole lot more if I hadn't insisted on digging until we got the right diagnosis. It took 4 years and I don't know how many psychiatrists, Occupational Therapist (OT)'s, tdocs, and finally a really good neuropsychologist to get to the real root of the problem.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I would question the medications but from the things you've been describing, I really can't help wonder if you have the right diagnosis's. Something just doesn't sound quite right...as in not matching up. You might have some more digging to do...with someone that will actually listen to you (EVERYTHING you say) and make sense of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 584300, member: 15799"] Personally, if the psychiatrist isn't listening to your concerns, you need a new psychiatrist. When difficult child 1 was on Risperdal, he gradually became more angry, obstinate, and then violent....over a period of 3 months. When I realized the Risperdal was actually causing the behavior and wanted to stop it, the psychiatrist went along with me (I was right by the way). By then, difficult child 1 was being punished on a daily basis at school for the behavior and when we stopped the Risperdal, he went into a really deep depression. The psychiatrist put him on Prozac (totally different class of medications). The same thing happened as did on the Risperdal only more gradual (over a period of 6 months). We stopped the Prozac and within a week difficult child 1 was back to "normal". Of course, by then we had the RIGHT diagnosis. The accommodations, at home and school, and knowing the REAL issues have made more difference than any medications could. I'm actually glad he's not on muchj of anything for medications. Since then, I have found out that there are sooooo many medications that can actually make Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) symptoms soooo much worse that it's scary. We could have gone through a whole lot more if I hadn't insisted on digging until we got the right diagnosis. It took 4 years and I don't know how many psychiatrists, Occupational Therapist (OT)'s, tdocs, and finally a really good neuropsychologist to get to the real root of the problem. Yes, I would question the medications but from the things you've been describing, I really can't help wonder if you have the right diagnosis's. Something just doesn't sound quite right...as in not matching up. You might have some more digging to do...with someone that will actually listen to you (EVERYTHING you say) and make sense of it. [/QUOTE]
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