i belive you are saying that your daughter doesnt sleep well, do you think this is why your having problems daytime with her, son would suffer parionia at night time imaging all sorts and also suffered quite bad with growing pains, i do notice if he doesnt get enough sleep he is impossible even with his adhd meds, there are other side effects to Risperidone im not sure of all the facts but i know when its given to the elderly it can make them go of there legs seen this while working with the eldely, so finding out as much as you can before you decide is the for the best , we were the one of the first to use ritilin in britain on daughter when she was about 7 it took me nearly a month to decide and all i had wa a piece of paper from inside the tablets, wish we had the internet back then, you can find out so much again good luck in your decision and your up comming meeting