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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 309294" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>First off, I would not wean off this with-o a doctor's supervision. Second, what kind of pediatrician tells you that because risperdal works she is bipolar?</p><p></p><p>You NEED to see a child and adolescent psychiatrist. If they will not do a referral get a new doctor who will. Raise a stink if you have to.</p><p></p><p>Risperdal is an atypical antipsychotic. It can help people with bipolar or any one of MANY problems. Wiz took it for YEARS to help with aggression and he has Asperger's - not any kind of mood disorder.</p><p></p><p>Risperdal is not a diagnostic tool. It is a medicine. If they think she is bipolar then they need to work with first line mood stabilizers and the risperdal. </p><p></p><p>ALL medications have side effects and are scary. You need to weigh things carefully. I always asked if her behavior with-o the medication would hurt her more than the medications would. For Wiz it was a safety issue. No medication like risperdal and we would all have been dead. Or he would be. He was that dangerous. he was also that suicidal. Now he doesn't need them, but it took a LOT of work to get him there.</p><p></p><p>PLEASE get a doctor's supervision before you change the medications. PLEASE insist that you need a psychiatrist AND a neuropsychologist evaluation. If you have to find one on your own, gofor it. If you are near OK and want the name of a developmental pediatrician who IS a psychiatrist and insists that his staff do a complete round of testing on each new patient, let me know. This is the doctor that Shari took weegfg to recently - the one who seems to have found the key to helping weegfg. He truly is excellent.</p><p></p><p>I am sorry they are being so difficult.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 309294, member: 1233"] First off, I would not wean off this with-o a doctor's supervision. Second, what kind of pediatrician tells you that because risperdal works she is bipolar? You NEED to see a child and adolescent psychiatrist. If they will not do a referral get a new doctor who will. Raise a stink if you have to. Risperdal is an atypical antipsychotic. It can help people with bipolar or any one of MANY problems. Wiz took it for YEARS to help with aggression and he has Asperger's - not any kind of mood disorder. Risperdal is not a diagnostic tool. It is a medicine. If they think she is bipolar then they need to work with first line mood stabilizers and the risperdal. ALL medications have side effects and are scary. You need to weigh things carefully. I always asked if her behavior with-o the medication would hurt her more than the medications would. For Wiz it was a safety issue. No medication like risperdal and we would all have been dead. Or he would be. He was that dangerous. he was also that suicidal. Now he doesn't need them, but it took a LOT of work to get him there. PLEASE get a doctor's supervision before you change the medications. PLEASE insist that you need a psychiatrist AND a neuropsychologist evaluation. If you have to find one on your own, gofor it. If you are near OK and want the name of a developmental pediatrician who IS a psychiatrist and insists that his staff do a complete round of testing on each new patient, let me know. This is the doctor that Shari took weegfg to recently - the one who seems to have found the key to helping weegfg. He truly is excellent. I am sorry they are being so difficult. [/QUOTE]
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