Anyone else's child on Risperdal?

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look, you can be anti-meds all you want. it will not convince me to take my son off the meds that are working. he is 1 million times calmer & able to cope now on meds than he ever was when he wasn't taking anything or when he was on meds that didn't work & ended up increasing his anxiety level ......he is not on a high dose of anything. he is currently only on seroquel and prozac.
i am not trying to convince anyone that meds is the only way to go. i just simply feel that you need to explore your options before simply giving up. you need to educate yourself by researching on an un-biased website. there are websites out there that provide information about both the negative side effects of meds & the positive effects of meds.

Stick with the natural alternatives THEY ARE WAYYYYY MORE EFFECTIVE. HONESTLY!! All my family including ME was on Ritalin/ Resperidone/Strattera/Prozac/Cipramil etc etc ( not all at once though ) NOW WE ARE ON NONE OF IT!!

PHOSPHATIDYL SERINE ROCKS! Check it out folks, you won't be disappointed. Avoid chemicals if you can and I am a nurse!!

No need for anti depressants either!! PS makes you feel GREAT within half an hour! Seeing is believing! Only contraindication is if you are taking anti coagulation therapy such as warfarin or heparin?

Enjoy!

PROZAC

OOOh noooooooo!! !!

PLEASE TRY PHOSPHATIDYL SERINE YOU WILL BE AMAZED. Sorry for shouting but it really is a miracle!! !! PLEASE TRY IT!

Alex was on risperidal for a while after he was hospitalized for depressions and suicidal thoughts two years ago. The risperidal increased his anxiety, he reacted like a zombie and could never think clearly. During this therapy...his liver enzyme levels went off the charts. Alex struggles with focus, he is verbal, he has been on concerta for a couple of years with great effects and he also takes remeron at night to elevate mood, sleep and it increases his appetite. This is his current regime of meds for over 2 years and he has made tremendous progress in school and with his mood.

beth, please look into Phosphatidyl Serine !

your son is zonked out nothing more. I agree with mage hes been sucididal at age nine but you cant put the dots together that its these drugs that have been causing this? Unbiased information in favor of meds? Thats like saying unbiased information in favor of slavory. You should be aware that none of these drugs are approved for anyone under 18 and in fact its illegal to give these drugs to a child in the uk. You should be aware you are causing your child severe brain damage and setting him up to be a lifelong basket case.


I have been through the system. Mostly because my parents did to me what you are doing to your child. THey made me take meds at young age and i had a horrible reaction(which by the way wasnt visible to an outside person) that led to increasingly more severe treatments until i wound up in the worst part of a state hospital. I have seen the effects of the meds from real close up and they help virtually no one.

I am sorry if sound harsh but you should be aware of what is really happening

You really should consider naturopathic treatements, you should also know about the glutein casien allergy and try out cranial sac therapy.

nightbender, I completely agree with what you are saying. Children should be on natural alternatives if they are available.

Poor beth is just trying to do what she has been advised. So many mums are between a rock and a hard place. It is hard out there for everyone so please can we be harsh but kindly?

Beth PLEASE try PS! I am a nurse, I would not be recommending it if it didn't work honestly. Please just try. All my children are now OFF prescriptive medications.

Oooh Beth please.

www.jelibean.com/

all of this drugging is to make your child easy for them to deal with- not to help your child.



its sooo wrong. Absolutely say no to drugs.

Oops, my mistake. I didn't know of a way to legit quote both besides copying them both to a notepad and repasting them, and I honestly though they were both the same poster based on the text and not the name. I'll be more careful in the future.

No worries, Mage. Keeping posts and posters straight isn't so easy. I would not have pointed it out except that tying the two posts together was leading to some incorrect conclusions later in the thread.

I'm with Ster on this. I used to be VERY anti-drugs for kids, especially for treating autism. There's a difference. There's treating to try to "cure" autism and then there's treating to help with common co-morbid conditions like anxiety and depression. I am not treating my daughter's autism, but co-morbid conditions that make her life much harder. I didn't want to take drugs myself either. After I finally went on an SSRI to help with my mild bipolar disorder(daughter is suspected to also be mildly bipolar) and anxiety, I was amazed at how much it helped me feel better and lowered my anxiety levels so even sensory input was not nearly as bad for me. After it helped me so much, we decided to try Allaura on it too. The SSRI in combination with low-dose Risperdal has helped her soooooooooo much! She is doing so much better in school, with sensory stimulus, meltdowns which were almost a daily event are almost nonexistant these days. She is happier all around and SHE wants to continue taking the meds bcause of how much better she feels. We have given her some say and if she doesn't think they are helping, she can tell us and we can stop them or find something else. Her teacher has noticed a huge change in her as well and he was not informed of the meds she was on. She raises her hand to answer questions in class now, she has more friends, she does not jump at the slightest unexpected noise. She is happier. He's noticed, we've noticed, and she tells us so. I know that these meds are helping her. I know that meds are helping me too.

How can you possibly know if something is not going to work unless you try it?

BTW, Allaura has been on SSRI for nearly a year and Risperdal for 4 months. She has no side effects other than positive ones, like sleeping better at night. She is not a drugged zombie in the least. I have seen nothing but positive outcomes from her meds.

Respradol is for quieting the mind, but unless you want to developmentally delay them I would not use it.
I would find an alternative.

All Risperdal did was make me puke. I couldn't keep anything down on it. My boyfriend was on it as a teen for his aspergerian issues but he no longer takes it.