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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 117706" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Hi, FP.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child is on Risperdal. They said it would make him sleepy and may counter some of his hyper behavior, but the reason for prescribing it was for his aggression.</p><p></p><p>The first time we gave it to him, we gave him the smallest dose made, and the only thing it did to him was make him seem "drunk". So we had a hyper, aggressive 3 1/2 year old, jumping off furniture and swinging skillets at us, only he was so drunk he could barely walk...</p><p></p><p>So we reduced the dose by half, gave ourselves a week to build up the guts to try again, and tried again. With the same results.</p><p></p><p>So we dropped the Risperdal idea.</p><p></p><p>4 or 5 months later, another doctor suggested it again, and I guess I was feeling pretty defeated that day, because I agreed to it to humor the doctor. This time, it was like a light switch. Our child who had never picked up a pencil was interested in coloring. We sat on the floor and played together WITH toys for hours every evening, it was a miracle drug for him that time. Why that time and not the others? Still no clue. But he is still on it.</p><p></p><p>He built up tolerance to it rather quickly and had to increase it a few times right off the bat, but he was (and still is) well under the max daily doseage. It does not work as well as it did 2 years ago when we first started it, but its made a huge difference in our lives and his.</p><p></p><p>The side effects are scarey, and I'm always leery. I still hate medicating my child, especially in the world of unknowns. But he was so agressive, we actually had people outside our family telling us we could not safely keep him at home much longer.</p><p></p><p>That's our Risperdal story for now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 117706, member: 1848"] Hi, FP. My difficult child is on Risperdal. They said it would make him sleepy and may counter some of his hyper behavior, but the reason for prescribing it was for his aggression. The first time we gave it to him, we gave him the smallest dose made, and the only thing it did to him was make him seem "drunk". So we had a hyper, aggressive 3 1/2 year old, jumping off furniture and swinging skillets at us, only he was so drunk he could barely walk... So we reduced the dose by half, gave ourselves a week to build up the guts to try again, and tried again. With the same results. So we dropped the Risperdal idea. 4 or 5 months later, another doctor suggested it again, and I guess I was feeling pretty defeated that day, because I agreed to it to humor the doctor. This time, it was like a light switch. Our child who had never picked up a pencil was interested in coloring. We sat on the floor and played together WITH toys for hours every evening, it was a miracle drug for him that time. Why that time and not the others? Still no clue. But he is still on it. He built up tolerance to it rather quickly and had to increase it a few times right off the bat, but he was (and still is) well under the max daily doseage. It does not work as well as it did 2 years ago when we first started it, but its made a huge difference in our lives and his. The side effects are scarey, and I'm always leery. I still hate medicating my child, especially in the world of unknowns. But he was so agressive, we actually had people outside our family telling us we could not safely keep him at home much longer. That's our Risperdal story for now. [/QUOTE]
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