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<blockquote data-quote="miche" data-source="post: 309434" data-attributes="member: 3488"><p>Our daughter hasn't had any side effects to Risperidone. We have read up on what could happen, and the doctor has told us all about the weight gain, muscular problems, etc. that may never go away. We weren't told of any of this when she started the medications. I read the leaflet, but sometimes those side effects are so rare -- I guess in this case they aren't? Anyway, we're not willing to chance it. She's only been on the medications for a month. </p><p></p><p>What are the 'severe' withdrawl effects she might have? I haven't heard of those....she's also on a low dose -- .25 mg twice a day -- which she just started two weeks ago. We've started to give her .20mg today instead. husband is ADAMANT that we stop the medications. I'm not going to be able to talk him into keeping her on them, since I"m afraid of the potential effects as well. It's the term "antipsychotic" that scares both of us. I mean, we both have pretty normal families, nobody is even on prozac LOL. How could BiPolar (BP) just 'show up' in our daughter like that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="miche, post: 309434, member: 3488"] Our daughter hasn't had any side effects to Risperidone. We have read up on what could happen, and the doctor has told us all about the weight gain, muscular problems, etc. that may never go away. We weren't told of any of this when she started the medications. I read the leaflet, but sometimes those side effects are so rare -- I guess in this case they aren't? Anyway, we're not willing to chance it. She's only been on the medications for a month. What are the 'severe' withdrawl effects she might have? I haven't heard of those....she's also on a low dose -- .25 mg twice a day -- which she just started two weeks ago. We've started to give her .20mg today instead. husband is ADAMANT that we stop the medications. I'm not going to be able to talk him into keeping her on them, since I"m afraid of the potential effects as well. It's the term "antipsychotic" that scares both of us. I mean, we both have pretty normal families, nobody is even on prozac LOL. How could BiPolar (BP) just 'show up' in our daughter like that? [/QUOTE]
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