Re: Risperdal/Impulsiveness

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In a message dated 8/27/00 3:40:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

egroups writes:

<< He was out of it- zombie

like, no personality. I told the Dr. I didn't want to risk him gaining

more weight and didn't feel like messing around with this stuff, trying to

cut an even smaller piece of this pill. He agreed. (The Risperdal tends

to not help his OCD-type behaviors, and doesn't seem to help impulsiveness.

He is certainly not sedated on it. >>

Wow, MB! is on 1 mg. 2 x a day, and is STILL running around!! You're

right, though, it clearly does NOT help with the impulsiveness......it has

stopped his teeth grinding and growling, and helps him sleep better at night,

although he still tends to wake up earlier than I would like him to!