Guest guest Posted October 9, 2002 Report Share Posted October 9, 2002 > I've been unsuccessfully searching in the files for a method to > gradually wean my son off Risperdal. I have always been skeptical > about these meds, but yesterday I became worried when I read that > Tardive Diskinesia shows up after you stop this med and the risks of > it are greater with prolonged use. I want to cut my losses short. > Thanks. > G I don't recall how to wean off it being discussed either. I'd suggest reducing it by 1/3 per week until you are at the minimum dosage that does anything at all, then stopping. I also suggest using vitamin A 500-1000 IU per pound per day to change his dopamine sensitivity in a positive manner. What exactly was the indication for the risperdal? That might help understand what to do. Andy . .. . . . . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2002 Report Share Posted October 9, 2002 --- In @y..., " s " <rat.richards@x> wrote: > Hi my little one is on .2ml (point 2 of a ml) we were told to half it for > one week then stop. I don't know about higher doses - maybe cut it down > slowly over a month - should be ok. Infact I don't give it to him on the > weekends anyway he just needs it for concentration at school. So he gets > breaks. If you need to use it that way, try vitamin A instead. 500-1000 IU per pound of kid, daily. Maybe also some tyrosine. .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . > > Regards > T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2002 Report Share Posted October 9, 2002 Hi , This happened with my mother in law (very sad) However, She was on a pretty high dose and did have some psuedoparkinsons s/s while on it. Have you noticed this at all?? -- In @y..., " tamara3810471 " <grullonm@m...> wrote: > I've been unsuccessfully searching in the files for a method to > gradually wean my son off Risperdal. I have always been skeptical > about these meds, but yesterday I became worried when I read that > Tardive Diskinesia shows up after you stop this med and the risks of > it are greater with prolonged use. I want to cut my losses short. > Thanks. > G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2002 Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 > In a message dated 10/9/02 2:57:24 PM Central Daylight Time, > AndyCutler@a... writes: > > > > I also suggest using vitamin A 500-1000 IU per pound per day to change > > his dopamine sensitivity in a positive manner. > > > > How does vitamin A change dopamine sensativity? Does it increase dopamine in > the brain somehow? > Gaylen > Vitamin A increases the number of dopamine D2 receptors in the brain. It may also have other effects, but that one is directly measured and documented in research papers so it is easy to understand what is going on. Andy . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2002 Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 , My mom and her sisters had a spoonful of CLO everyday in the winter when they were growning up in the 40s and 50s. Guess that information was too old fashioned to be passed on to the next generation. Maddie > > In a message dated 10/9/02 2:57:24 PM Central Daylight Time, > > AndyCutler@a... writes: > > > > > > > I also suggest using vitamin A 500-1000 IU per pound per day to > change > > > his dopamine sensitivity in a positive manner. > > > > > > > How does vitamin A change dopamine sensativity? Does it increase > dopamine in > > the brain somehow? > > Gaylen > > > Vitamin A increases the number of dopamine D2 receptors in the brain. > It may also have other effects, but that one is directly measured and > documented in research papers so it is easy to understand what is > going on. > > Andy . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2002 Report Share Posted October 11, 2002 I weaned my son off risperdal over a year ago, and have had no side effects other than the ones risperdal gave disappeared. Can you tell me what this Tardive Diskinesia is? autiemom4 Autism Family Circle http://autismfamilycircle.com Autism Family Circle Group autismfamilycircle Kansas Autism Advocacy Group kansasautismadvoc/ Autism Family Circle Chat House http://pub90.ezboard.com/bautismfamilycirclechathouse Autism Pins at Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem & item=722987663 > I've been unsuccessfully searching in the files for a method to > gradually wean my son off Risperdal. I have always been skeptical > about these meds, but yesterday I became worried when I read that > Tardive Diskinesia shows up after you stop this med and the risks of > it are greater with prolonged use. I want to cut my losses short. > Thanks. > G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2002 Report Share Posted October 11, 2002 I weaned my son off risperdal over a year ago, and have had no side effects other than the ones risperdal gave disappeared. Can you tell me what this Tardive Diskinesia is? autiemom4 Autism Family Circle http://autismfamilycircle.com Autism Family Circle Group autismfamilycircle Kansas Autism Advocacy Group kansasautismadvoc/ Autism Family Circle Chat House http://pub90.ezboard.com/bautismfamilycirclechathouse Autism Pins at Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem & item=722987663 > I've been unsuccessfully searching in the files for a method to > gradually wean my son off Risperdal. I have always been skeptical > about these meds, but yesterday I became worried when I read that > Tardive Diskinesia shows up after you stop this med and the risks of > it are greater with prolonged use. I want to cut my losses short. > Thanks. > G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2002 Report Share Posted October 11, 2002 Tardive dyskinesia is involuntary muscle spasming of the tongue, fingers, toes, trunk and pelvis. It can be a permanent side effect of psychotropic meds. My mother in law has this and her abdomen spasms and her tongue rubs on the top of her mouth. I wouldn't worry about your son at this point...it would have caused problems sooner. > > I've been unsuccessfully searching in the files for a method to > > gradually wean my son off Risperdal. I have always been skeptical > > about these meds, but yesterday I became worried when I read that > > Tardive Diskinesia shows up after you stop this med and the risks > of > > it are greater with prolonged use. I want to cut my losses short. > > Thanks. > > G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 We successfully weaned off Risperdal. Risperdal does suppress certain symptoms. It may be, not that he is dependent upon Risperdal, but that the underlying symptom is allowed to show itself in the absence of Risperdal. I wonder what the bad symptom is that you see as you come off Risperdal. Our own personal devil is " Yeast. " I wonder if that is not what you are seeing. Of course, you have not reported the symptoms, so I am just guessing. We have been figthing " Yeast " for almost 3 years. This week we have it under control for the first time in a long time. We are taking no supplements, except calcium, TD-glutathione, and Authia Cream. We just went SCD. We are taking one prescription for " Yeast " : Nystatin. For the last 3 days we have had some peace. Knock on wood! --- JLJukoski@... wrote: > Has anyone here had success in weaning off > Risperdal? I posted this > question over a year ago and proceeded to wean very > slowly with huge regression > resulting. I weaned at 0.1 mg every two weeks, > which is extremely slow. > > My son has been taking Risperdal for a little over > two years. He benefitted > from it for about two months. Our psychiatrist then > kept increasing the > dose, without any benefit. The first time we tried > to wean, we were able to get > him down to .5 mg twice per day. A few months later > is when I did the .1 mg > every two weeks weaning. By the time, he was down > to .2 mg twice per day, > he was not doing well. And decreasing it further > only made it worse. At that > point, I looked back to the previous weeks during > which we had been weaning > and saw that he did make a gradual decline during > the entire weaning process. > I put him back to .5 mg twice per day and he was > okay again. > > After so many doctors (including DAN) telling me > otherwise, our new DAN > nutritionist finally agrees with me that my son's > body is dependent upon > Risperdal and not benefitting from Risperdal. The > regression from weaning is not > because he is no longer receiving the benefits that > Risperdal provides. > Instead, the regression is because we are taking > away something his body now > requires to function. Our nutritionist says that > Risperdal (as well as other > psychiatric drugs) alters the brain metabolism, > making the brain become dependent > upon Risperdal. > > So that is my long story about Risperdal, and I'm > hoping that someone else > has been where I am and can advise me about what to > do. I definitely want to > wean him soon. Thanks so much for all help. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________ Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music./unlimited/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 --- I have not weaned off of Risperdal, tho I have a nephew that did, luckily he didn't take it for too long. I have weaned off of effexor, or should I say I am still weaning off of it. I agree with this: Instead, the regression is because we are taking > > away something his body now > > requires to function. Our nutritionist says that > > Risperdal (as well as other > > psychiatric drugs) alters the brain metabolism, > > making the brain become dependent > > upon Risperdal. In my physiological psych text there is a discussion about what it means to become dependent on a drug. Basically, the brain itself is altered. It creates new receptor sites that alters the structure of the brain. I have to wonder that if the drug is then removed, how does the brain deal with this? Does it create permanent damage or does the brain prune these new receptor sites? I really needed something to help me to come off. It is the lesser of two evils for me, my plan is to come off of this once the other one is fully withdrawn from my system. The other one is something that I can come off of easily. Even tho I am off of effexor and have been for a number of weeks now, I still get symptoms. This stuff is scarry! As for my nephew, he came off of risperdal easily because he wasn't on it long, and he took another med right away. I'm not suggesting that this is what people have to do, but that it seems that once you get stuck on something, it's easy to see how one med turns to two meds and so on. Just some thoughts, I'm sorry I can't be more helpful Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 I weaned off of Risperdal sucessfully a year ago. It doesn't seem like its been that long ago, but it has. I went really slow at it and I had been taking it for 10 years. I believe Risperdal was causing td type side effects for me. I really don't have any suggestions besides going really slow. For me I didn't start any new med after I got off of it. I was still on Clonidine and I came off that about 6 months ago. I've been med free since then. Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 I guess I wanted to put in my concerns about risperidal too. My son has been on it for 3 years now, and even though it is only 1mg per day. (He was suppose to be on 2mgs a day but we just never increased it even though the doc thinks we have) I wanted to say that the risperdal is a substance that blocks the D2 (dopamine)receptors.. (not sure about seratonin receptors but Im sure it affects them in some way.) We also have tried to wean him off of that. Anything it seems like you do with risperdal you don't see any differences in behavior good or bad till 2 weeks later...I feel. We have tried several times to wean and get the same results. 2 weeks later we see more crying, more aggression, more throw yourself on the floor fits and more non compliance. add it back and well-la...everythings fine with the world. I hate that he is on it. I am afraid of the unknown long term affects of neuroleptic on children. When you find out how to do it right or what to replace it with to make the weaning process run smoothly...post back and let us know. C.F. > > > > Has anyone here had success in weaning off Risperdal? I posted this > > question over a year ago and proceeded to wean very slowly with huge > regression > > resulting. I weaned at 0.1 mg every two weeks, which is extremely > slow. > > > > My son has been taking Risperdal for a little over two years. He > benefitted > > from it for about two months. Our psychiatrist then kept > increasing the > > dose, without any benefit. The first time we tried to wean, we > were able to get > > him down to .5 mg twice per day. A few months later is when I did > the .1 mg > > every two weeks weaning. By the time, he was down to .2 mg twice > per day, > > he was not doing well. And decreasing it further only made it > worse. At that > > point, I looked back to the previous weeks during which we had been > weaning > > and saw that he did make a gradual decline during the entire > weaning process. > > I put him back to .5 mg twice per day and he was okay again. > > > > After so many doctors (including DAN) telling me otherwise, our new > DAN > > nutritionist finally agrees with me that my son's body is dependent > upon > > Risperdal and not benefitting from Risperdal. The regression from > weaning is not > > because he is no longer receiving the benefits that Risperdal > provides. > > Instead, the regression is because we are taking away something his > body now > > requires to function. Our nutritionist says that Risperdal (as > well as other > > psychiatric drugs) alters the brain metabolism, making the brain > become dependent > > upon Risperdal. > > > > So that is my long story about Risperdal, and I'm hoping that > someone else > > has been where I am and can advise me about what to do. I > definitely want to > > wean him soon. Thanks so much for all help. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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