My mom has never put my sister on meds.

Have done any checking into Resperidone? You might wanna do some research on it before you agree to such meds!

My son is on Risperdal is that what you meant? If it is I know it is a hard decision. It helped my son so much with his attention at school and tantruming. Medication is a hard decision, maybe talk to the school psychiatrist to help you with your decision. Denise

Respridone is just another brand name, same thing as Resperdal though. So did it help your son? Did he have many major side effects? I've researched it myself but I just want to see how it affected others kids in everyday life. Thanks.

happy almost friday
risperdol helped steven allot.
calm down so he could focus, meltdown eased. His appitie was higher that was the only side effect that affected steven.

he was on it for a few years,
Now he is on a geodon. Its like risperdol but less hunger pangs and stronger.
good Luck in your decision.
I know its so scarey i had to just think..
we.. this is to help* steven, his mind his body i would not like to feel full of anxiety , aggression, uneasy, and how they feel..
HUGS

My son's developmental pediatrician wanted to put him on Risperdal, but when my husband, who is a family practice doctor, found out he would not allow him to take it. He was afraid of the side effects of the medication. After doing your own research on it, if you decide this is not right for your son see if there is an alternate drug your doctor could put him on.

http://www.depression-guide.com/risperidal.htm

Risperdal
Generic Name: Risperidone

Drug Class: Antipsychotic

Uses of Risperidal:
Risperidone ( Risperdal ) is an antipsychotic drug used in the treatment of disorganized or psychotic thinking. Risperidone ( Risperdal ) is used to treat aggression, false perceptions, Tourette's syndrome,or behavioral problems in persons with mental retardation. Risperidone is used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia (a mental illness that causes disturbed or unusual thinking, loss of interest in life, and strong or inappropriate emotions). Risperidone is in a class of medications called atypical antipsychotics. It works by decreasing abnormal excitement in the brain.

Antipsychotic agent. Acute treatment and maintenance therapy in schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders: Adults: Therapy may be started on either a once-or-twice-daily schedule, generally with 1-2 mg/day. Adjust the dose gradually over several days to a target dose of 4-6 mg/day. If indicated, make further dosage adjustments (i.e. +/- 1 mg) at intervals of not less than 1 week. Safety of Risperdal not established neither above 16 mg total daily dose, administered twice daily nor beyond a single dose of 8 mg once daily.

This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.

How to Take Risperidal
Take this medicine as directed. It can be taken with or without food. Do not stop taking this medicine abruptly without consulting with your doctor.

Side Effects of Risperidal:
Risperidone may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:

drowsiness
dizziness
diarrhea
constipation
heartburn
weight gain
stomach pain
increased dreaming
anxiety
agitation
difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
decreased sexual interest or ability
heavy bleeding during menstrual periods
runny nose
cough
sore throat
muscle pain
dry or discolored skin
difficulty urinating
Warnings and precautions for Risperdal
Before taking risperidone,

tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to risperidone or any other drugs.
tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements and herbal products you are taking. Be sure to mention amiodarone (Cordarone); antidepressants; buproprion (Wellbutrin); carbamazepine (Tegretol); celecoxib (Celebrex); chlorpromazine (Thorazine); cimetidine (Tagamet); cisapride (Propulsid); clomipramine (Anafranil); clozapine (Clozaril); disopyramide (Norpace); dofetilide (Tikosyn); doxorubicin (Adriamycin); ergot alkaloids such as bromocriptine (Parlodel), cabergoline (Dostinex), ergonovine (Ergotrate), ergotamine (Cafergot, Ercaf, others), methylergonovine (Methergine), and methysergide (Sansert); erythromycin (E.E.S, E-Mycin, Erythrocin); fluoxetine (Prozac, Sarafem); levodopa (Dopar, Sinemet) medications for anxiety, high blood pressure, or seizures; metoclopromide (Reglan); methadone (Dolophine); moxifloxacin (Avelox); other medications for mental illness; paroxetine (Paxil); pimozide (Orap); phenobarbital (Luminal, Solfoton); phenytoin (Dilantin); procainamide (Procanbid, Pronestyl); quinidine (Quinaglute, Quinidex); ranitidine (Zantac); rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane); ritonavir (Norvir); ropinarole (Requip); sedatives; sertraline (Zoloft); sleeping pills; sotalol (Betapace); sparfloxacin (Zagam); terbinafine (Lamisil); thioridazine (Mellaril); tranquilizers; and valproic acid (Depakote, Depakene).Your doctor may need to change the doses of your medications or monitor you carefully for side effects.
tell your doctor if you use or have ever used street drugs or large amounts of alcohol and if you have or have ever had Alzheimer's disease, difficulty swallowing, phenylketonuria, breast cancer, angina (chest pain), irregular heartbeat, problems with your blood pressure, heart failure, a heart attack, a stroke, seizures, kidney or liver disease, or if you or anyone in your family has or has ever had diabetes.
tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. If you become pregnant while taking risperidone, call your doctor. Do not breastfeed while taking risperidone.
if you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking risperidone.
you should know that this drug may make you drowsy and may affect your judgement and thinking. Do not drive a car or operate machinery until you know how this drug affects you.
remember that alcohol can add to the drowsiness caused by this drug. Also, using alcohol or street drugs can cause your symptoms to return and make your condition harder to treat.
plan to avoid unnecessary or prolonged exposure to sunlight and to wear protective clothing, sunglasses, and sunscreen. Risperidone may make your skin sensitive to sunlight.
you should know that you may have increases in your blood sugar (hyperglycemia) while you are taking this medication, even if you do not already have diabetes. If you have schizophrenia (a mental illness that causes disturbed or unusual thinking, loss of interest in life, and strong or inappropriate emotions), you are more likely to develop diabetes than people who do not have schizophrenia, and taking risperidone or similar medications may increase this risk. Tell your doctor immediately if you have any of the following symptoms while you are taking risperidone: extreme thirst, frequent urination, extreme hunger, blurred vision, or weakness.It is very important to call your doctor as soon as you have any of these symptoms, because high blood sugar can cause more serious symptoms, such as dry mouth, upset stomach and vomiting, shortness of breath, breath that smells fruity, or decreased consciousness,and may become life-threatening if it is not treated at an early stage.
you should know that risperidone may make it harder for your body to cool down when it gets very hot or warm up when it gets very cold. Tell your doctor if you plan to do hard exercise or be exposed to extreme heat or cold.
you should know that risperidone may cause dizziness, lightheadedness, and fainting when you get up too quickly from a lying position. This is more common when you first start taking risperidone. To avoid this problem, get out of bed slowly, resting your feet on the floor for a few minutes before standing up.
What to do if you take Overdose of Risperidal?
Seek medical attention immediately. For non emergencies, contact your local or regional poison control center.

What to do if you take Missed Dose of Risperidal?
Take your next dose as soon as you remember. If it is time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.

How to Store Risperidal:
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of the reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.

Risperidal Supplied as

0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg, 4 mg tablets; 1 mg/mL oral solution, 30 mL bottles. Also available: 0.5 mg, 1 mg and 2 mg Risperdal M-Tabs (orally disintegrating tablets).

For more information on Risperdal

psychoses.
Thorazine Mellaril, Haldol Prolixin, Risperidal, Zyprexa. Used to decrease agitation, provide sedation, faciliate improvement of thought processing and to reduce or eliminate hallucinations, and delusional thinking. Potentially irreversible, involuntary movements of the face, hands and trunk. (Tardive Dyskinesia) Increased heart rate, low blood pressure and EKG changes. Cases of sudden and unexpected death have been reported. May also cause high fevers, muscle rigidity, altered mental states and instability of blood pressure and pulse; potentially fatal. (Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome)

Here is a list of the side effects. from yahoo.com answers.

Common side effects include nausea, anxiety, dizziness, insomnia, low blood pressure, muscle stiffness, muscle pain, sedation, tremors, increased salivation and weight gain (it is not uncommon for patients taking risperdal over long periods to gain upwards of 50 pounds or even more). It has also been known to cause sexual dysfunction such as retrograde ejaculation.

Occasionally breast tenderness and eventually lactation in both genders may occur. Many antipsychotics are known to increase prolactin because they inhibit dopamine. However, risperidone is known to increase prolactin to a greater extent than most other antipsychotics, such as quetiapine. It is thought that once risperidone raises prolactin, it may cause tumors in the pituitary gland. This may recur even if the patient has switched to a different antipsychotic.

Like all antipsychotics, risperidone can potentially cause tardive dyskinesia (TD), extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), and neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), although the risk is generally less than for the older typical antipsychotics.

Also, like all atypical antipsychotics, risperidone can trigger diabetes and more serious conditions of glucose metabolism, including ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar coma.

I would seek a second opinion, that is always a wise choice, and I would possibly talk to a lawyer. If this is an undocumented side effect you obviously have a right to know.

I hope that helped.
7 months ago
Source(s):
www.risperdal.com

WHen a drug warns'Do not stop abruptly" it means do not take hastily. I think get a good eval from a shrink, child psychiatrist. Docs are too easy to tell you take meds. See CHallengers discussion on therapies

Hi,my son whom is now ten tried a various selection of stimulants and risperadol. They did not seem to make much difference to his behaviour. But we did notice that our sons behaviours were only really that bad with change in routine. We had a brilliant psychiatrist who told us to not put ourselves through it and to stick to routine as much as possible. At that time I thought that was very unfair as we as a family cannot stick to a rigid routine all the time.He even told us to put our younger son in nursery so that he was not there when our elder one with asd came home from school.I did disagree with that.But what I think he means is stick to as much routine as possible as it can help eliminate some behaviours.

Hi,my son whom is now ten tried a various selection of stimulants and risperadol. They did not seem to make much difference to his behaviour. But we did notice that our sons behaviours were only really that bad with change in routine. We had a brilliant psychiatrist who told us to not put ourselves through it and to stick to routine as much as possible. At that time I thought that was very unfair as we as a family cannot stick to a rigid routine all the time.He even told us to put our younger son in nursery so that he was not there when our elder one with asd came home from school.I did disagree with that.But what I think he means is stick to as much routine as possible as it can help eliminate some behaviours.

hello my son been on this the pill and the m-tab disolving and the disolving more fast acting, but it also by pass the stomach, so it dont make you gain weight as much.

they use this alot for autism and bipolar kids, but, i would try low dose better then some of them meds, if you need any question , i try my best. how old is your son? mine 15 take care angel

My son was on it and it did not do much for him. My granddaughter who is 6 and bi-polar needs it and it works pretty well for her.

Kristopher has been on alot of different meds over the years. We did NOT medicate him until he started kindergarten at age 6 because he was very non-verbal and I worried about side effects.

At age 6 he could talk so we started trying different meds because he needed to be able to settle down and learn.

Right now he is on a new medication called Vyvanse (he was on dextroamphetamine) to slow him down. He also is on Geodon (which he has to take at night because it makes him so sleepy he doesn't remember what he is doing) and lamictal to help even out the meltdowns.

I was against medicating my son, too. But, to me, there was no other alternative if my son was going to go to school and learn.

I need him to grow up as an educated young man. So, medication was the way for us.

We tried diets, and different things like brushing, etc. We stuck with Feingold GF/CF until he reached age 11 or 12 and then he refused to stick to it.

If you don't do it whole-heartedly, it won't work anyway so we gave up on it.

Kristopher has alot of problems with ODD (oppositional defiant disorder) and we are working on some of these issues still.

Kristopher is his own worst enemy sometimes. He fights us about everything . . . including things that are in his best interests. He fights to be fighting most days.

But, all in all, he is growing and he is learning and he is alot better than he was 6 years ago so I've got to find the silver lining in that.

hugs,

gaylek11

I don't believe in meds in any situation unless somebody is a danger to themselves or society.

Research first before your decision.

I never placed my son on meds or diets and he's doing well but again to each is their own beliefs

Lisa,

How old is your son??? I read your profile and it says you are only 26 years old. Just curious how old your child is.

I take medication for myself and I'm not a danger to myself or society. I have always wanted what I felt was best for my son and do NOTHING irresponsibly and research everything.

But, I do feel that our food is full of man-made chemicals now and when I put Kris on the Feingold diet it was nothing but good solid whole foods with no artificial colors, flavors, preservatives. . . many of which are petroleum products.

So, I saw no reason to believe it would be hurtful to my child or any child. It was actually alot of work but I did it. At that time the alternative was medication that was NOT gonna happen since he could not tell us how it made him feel.

Doctors said my child would never walk, talk, sit or see and he does all four things because we've always worked with him and done what we could for him from occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, etc. etc. etc.

When none of that slowed my child down enough to even play it was time to try to help him to slow way down. It worked and I will never be sorry.

The way he was before diets or medication made our lives absolutely impossible and his even worse.

So, if your way works for you. . . great!!! : ) We have done everything we can to help our son to thrive and be able to learn.

We must of done something right if he is doing things doctors said he'd very likely NEVER be able to do.

I do believe that as parents God chose special ones for each of our children. Your way may work for yours. My way certainly works as best as it can for me and my son.

I'm not sure how we would have survived 13 1/2 years without all of the help we have gotten from all of the different therapies, medication, and diets.

It worked for us and I'm so grateful because there was a time when it seemed there was no more help out there and that was the most depressing day of my life. But, I got over it!!! I will never give up on my son just as I'm sure you will not ever give up with yours. ; )

Different strokes!!!

Hugs,

gaylek11