Since my son got on Risperdal he seem to be able to delay his reactions in different trying situations. He's not as violent anymore- PHEW! But when it comes to his bad language it is still very much there. The words pop up just like that. Seems like the med help selectivly inside of his brain. But better non- violent and cursing... than violent...
My question is: Does anyone else have experience of kids and Risperdal when it comes to the fact that we have to change the dosage very often as the med stop working? My son can be pretty ok for a few weeks up to 1 ½ month, then suddenly - without outside changes - he gets much worse again and we have to change the meds again.

[rainbow62]

Hi!

Yes, my 6 yr old son has to "tweek" his dosage whenever he has growth spirts. He's pretty tall for his age so I've noticed that he has to increase dosages usually around every 2-4 months.

I hear you about the swear words. I hate going in public sometimes and he's come home from school with more nasty words. That's something that every kid goes through but for our kids, it's magnified for some reason.

Risperdal for my son has been the wonder drug for violence tho! One thing I've noticed too is that I forgot his morning dose yesterday and the summer school teacher noticed that he was flying all over the room but no violence. So I guess he's become more dependent on the drug itself to help his brain.

Hi!

Thank you for your reply!
It's interesting to share experiences like this.
We're going to up our son's dosage tomorrow. Hopefully it'll help him settle down again.

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I feel for you in your struggle!

[rainbow62]

Any word yet on how the increase with Risperdal is helping? I hope you see some changes soon. My boy's metabolism is fast so we usually see changes within the same day of increase for some reason lol. And that's a good thing!

Keep us updated

We upped our son's medication last week but still no change.
He's worse than he's been for months. He threatened me and his sister with a pair of scissors this Sunday. Today he sprayed a cleaning product in the eyes of of the personnel working with him at the respite... hmm... big sigh...
This afternoon he had an outburst again and hit me and called his grandmother a bunch of not so nice names.

[Melinda2boys]

I am sorry you are going through such a heard time also. I wish I had more answers for you. Just take one day at a time. It is very hard and stressful though. My 9 year old almost 10 year old has ADHD, Asperger's, ODD and depression and my 8 year old has ADHD and I think he has tourettes, bipolar or ODD also. I am new to this whole thing because they have only been dx'd for a few months but will lowering his dose help????

[rainbow62]

I'm so sorry it's not given you the control you wanted. What's his dose like?

My son takes 2.5 mg per morning and 2 mg every night. but he's also on 2 mg Tenex every morning and 10 mg Focalin XR every morning. So he has his own "cocktail" of meds every day. And he takes 4.5 mg of Melatonin(over the counter sleep aid) every night to help him fall asleep.

My boy is 43 lbs so I'm wondering if your boy has found a good dose yet. You're in my thoughts and prayers!

Just ask his doc if you can adjust his Risperdal again since it's not working or even ask his opinion on what other meds he can take.

[Melinda2boys]

Can Risperdal cause tics or has it with anyone here?