Stef
Dazed and Confused
difficult child and I went for a "medication management" review with the beloved psychiatrist, and were told that basically nothing more than what's being prescribed will help him. Presently difficult child takes Risperal .5mg x 2/day. We were originally told that .5mg x 2 would be a starting dose, and we'd most likely go up a bit. difficult child was previously on Risperdal, Depakote & Clonidine. The intent was to wean him off the Depakote and Clonidine over ~1 month, and then treat him exclusively with Risperdal. It sounded to us like a good plan. We don't want difficult child on any more medications than necessary. The thing is, difficult child's been quite testy as of late, and I had thought the next step was to increase the Risperdal dosage to level him out. Now psychiatrist says no; that difficult child will ALWAYS act like difficult child, and that no additional medications or increase will help. Huh? Why am I seeing the guy if he basically refuse's to treat him? So..it looks like I might be shopping for a new psychiatrist if difficult child's behavior doesn't level off. He's been on Risperdal about 8 months now. We have seen some improvement, but he still has the edge, and has proven on more than one occasion that he is still quite capable of wreaking havoc. I don't like throwing medications at problems either, but when the psychiatrist says, I can't help him, that doesn't sit well. I told the psychiatrist, is he receiving a therapeutic dosage? I thought the .5mg x 2 was a starting point. He danced around it and thew the difficult child is difficult child and nothing more will help at me. Bullpuckies. Do you think looking for someone else is in order, or do I wait and see with this guy?
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