Risperidone

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Hi Jane

we are getting some of this with Sam, I think same age as matthew? Can get quite lary at times, picking stuff up to chuck and shouting "NO", I have to try and stay very calm and not react and try and distract him, growing minds stuff has been good for this, if I can take him for a route march, that seems to calm things down! I know you do alot of walking too and it is not always possible if its happening at 10 pm or something!

Sam is on 5htp x 2 twice a day, inositol twice a day and gaba twice a day and most of the time he is not too bad, in fact since we got back from the Isle of Man he is has been mega chilled out back at school, almost like his hormones have settled for abit (sure it won't last!) and it is so unlike him (Mr Whirly Gig). It must be so frustrating for them, as you say, the average 14 year old would probably be sloping round the house shouting at you at how embarrassing you are and then playing ey really loud (well thats what I did, still do sometimes LOL!).

Sorry not much help and hope things calm down for you, great that he enjoyed the football! Sam loved the bike racing on the IOM, amazing since it is soo loud but he was jumping up and down flapping furiiously when they went past!

Di x

In a message dated 10/09/2009 20:24:32 GMT Daylight Time, peter_2_hotmail (DOT) com writes:

GABA and 5HTP >>Not helping here........ ...... Mandi x

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L theanine is a wonder supplement to calm my son works in half hour.. If its

high testerone spirolactone, worked for my sons permanent erection (at 3 1/2 yrs

old) not sure if this ould work for a teenager if testerone is at normal levels,

my sons ere high for his age..

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On 13 February 2010 20:40, harebigears <harebigears@...> wrote:

> Hi

> a mum at sams school was asking me about risperidone, her 9 year old has been

on it for about a year, initally she said it did help with aggression, meltdowns

etc which she described as unmanageable.  However, now the aggression is showing

again and she was asking about possible alternatives, I told her Sam seemed to

do ok on gaba, 5HTP, inositol and she is thinking of looking into biomed more

now.

> She did ask if I knew of other parents who had their children on risperidone

and what their experiences, good or bad! were!  I said I would post on here and

see so let me know, oh yes she was asking about dosing too as her sons dose has

been increased to 10 mg (I think!)

> thanks!  Di

** i went gf/cf/aspartame f/msg f and benzoate f and found my

aggression was better. Also b50 taken 4 times a day helps with mood.

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Hello Di

We use Respiridone because my wife is from abroad and she is adamant it is useful (has been told it makes neurons grow and link in brain)

It did give us help for Sophie to sit at table and work and concentrate and things when we first used it - she had no aggression so that wasnt an issue

I dont like her taking any drugs really psychotic type ones so am glad that apparantly after 2 years we have to wean her off it. We saw no side effects

However the dose you are talking about, if correct, is enormous.

We have only ever used 0.25ml per day

I know the NHS main hosital in Birmingham is allowed to prescribe up to a maximum of 6ml/ day

So 10ml per day seems too much

Good luck

Autism Treatment From: alexis.atrekkie22@...Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:58:52 +0000Subject: Re: Risperidone

On 13 February 2010 20:40, harebigears <harebigears (DOT) co.uk> wrote:> Hi> a mum at sams school was asking me about risperidone, her 9 year old has been on it for about a year, initally she said it did help with aggression, meltdowns etc which she described as unmanageable. However, now the aggression is showing again and she was asking about possible alternatives, I told her Sam seemed to do ok on gaba, 5HTP, inositol and she is thinking of looking into biomed more now.> She did ask if I knew of other parents who had their children on risperidone and what their experiences, good or bad! were! I said I would post on here and see so let me know, oh yes she was asking about dosing too as her sons dose has been increased to 10 mg (I think!)> thanks! Di** i went gf/cf/aspartame f/msg f and benzoate f and found myaggression was better. Also b50 taken 4 times a day helps with mood.-- is

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In a message dated 15/02/2010 21:59:35 GMT Standard Time, mark.grabiec@... writes:

I think there are better versions now and all our kids are different but Tom really suffered with SIB and anxiety and although that's not completely gone he is unrecognisable (in a good way) from the kid he was a year ago now.

>>yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Mandi x

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Hi Di

MIssed this thread but we've had no problems with risperidone although I

appreciate that some have dreadful issues with it. The reduction in anxiety has

definitely improved concentration, digestion and affection and he's much more

alert and less stimmy. that said he's also taking artemisin, Oil of Oregano and

probiotics. But as a combination this is the best Tom has ever been so,

although we ruled it out for six months (having first had it recommended for Tom

by a biomed doctor, in Dr Bradstreet's office) we now wished we'd

started it earlier. His Paed is keen to try stopping it to see if he's managing

to calm himself, I have to say, I'm not keen to rock his boat as yet.

I think there are better versions now and all our kids are different but Tom

really suffered with SIB and anxiety and although that's not completely gone he

is unrecognisable (in a good way) from the kid he was a year ago now.

Steph x

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> , is nd Margaret

> thanks for your messages re risperdone, i will pass onto the mum, yes , I

must have got the dose wrong by the sound of things! He is on a very low dose

apparently!

> Di

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Well you can tell her that they can work alongside (or at least they do here).

Tom still gets aggressive when he's loaded, but it's not anxiety related it's

" ow this hurts and I'm trying to take my mind off it " . Different type of

aggression. Tom's on 10mg and he only weighs 4 stone 5 (and that's a big

increase!)

>

> Hi

> a mum at sams school was asking me about risperidone, her 9 year old has been

on it for about a year, initally she said it did help with aggression, meltdowns

etc which she described as unmanageable. However, now the aggression is showing

again and she was asking about possible alternatives, I told her Sam seemed to

do ok on gaba, 5HTP, inositol and she is thinking of looking into biomed more

now.

> She did ask if I knew of other parents who had their children on risperidone

and what their experiences, good or bad! were! I said I would post on here and

see so let me know, oh yes she was asking about dosing too as her sons dose has

been increased to 10 mg (I think!)

> thanks! Di

>

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I know! He's learned to give hugs and everything! Worth it just for his version

of cuddle!

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> In a message dated 15/02/2010 21:59:35 GMT Standard Time,

> mark.grabiec@... writes:

>

> I think there are better versions now and all our kids are different but

> Tom really suffered with SIB and anxiety and although that's not completely

> gone he is unrecognisable (in a good way) from the kid he was a year ago

> now.

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> Mandi x

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On 15 February 2010 10:54, harebigears <harebigears@...> wrote:

> , is nd Margaret

> thanks for your messages re risperdone, i will pass onto the mum, yes , I

must have got the dose wrong by the sound of things!  He is on a very low dose

apparently!

> Di

>

Anytime wouldnt want the behavioural issues i experienced to happen to

anyone else and be dismissed as " just autism "

--

is

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And of course it's not just a matter of which medication, but at what dose, so a

low dose is much less likely to be problematic.

Margaret

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> In a message dated 15/02/2010 21:59:35 GMT Standard Time,

> mark.grabiec@... writes:

>

> I think there are better versions now and all our kids are different but

> Tom really suffered with SIB and anxiety and although that's not completely

> gone he is unrecognisable (in a good way) from the kid he was a year ago

> now.

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> >>yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

>

> Mandi x

>

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Der! He's actually on .5mg, god knows where I got 10mg from, that would probably

fell an elephant.

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> > Hi

> > a mum at sams school was asking me about risperidone, her 9 year old has

been on it for about a year, initally she said it did help with aggression,

meltdowns etc which she described as unmanageable. However, now the aggression

is showing again and she was asking about possible alternatives, I told her Sam

seemed to do ok on gaba, 5HTP, inositol and she is thinking of looking into

biomed more now.

> > She did ask if I knew of other parents who had their children on risperidone

and what their experiences, good or bad! were! I said I would post on here and

see so let me know, oh yes she was asking about dosing too as her sons dose has

been increased to 10 mg (I think!)

> > thanks! Di

> >

>

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My son saw a new psychiatrist today. He stated that ADHD and Asperger's does not run together, that we need to focus on Asperger's and family history. Since there is bipolar on his father's side, and my son shows anger issues at school and at his dads, PLUS OCD, he put him on .5 Risperidone. He stated it would help with the OCD and the autism. Has anyone had any luck or thoughts about this medication? The doc seemed to know what he was talking about and was extremely pissed that they have been treating my son for ADHD for 5 yrs with meds that have not been working. Baer

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my sons dr gave us risperidone at 1mg to help my son sleep he takes adderall to control his adhd in the low dose the risperidone helps him to sleep.hope this helps u sarahFrom: Baer <amandabaer76@...>Subject: ( ) Risperidone Date: Friday, July 2, 2010, 1:03 AM My son saw a new psychiatrist today. He stated that ADHD and Asperger's does not run together, that we need to focus on Asperger's and family history. Since there is bipolar on his father's side, and my son shows anger issues at school and at his dads, PLUS OCD, he put him on .5 Risperidone. He stated it would help with the OCD and the autism. Has anyone had any luck or thoughts about this medication? The doc seemed to know what he was talking about and was extremely pissed that they have been treating my son for ADHD for 5 yrs with meds that have not been working. Baer

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What does he mean that ADHD and AS does not "run together?"

Roxanna

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

( ) Risperidone

My son saw a new psychiatrist today. He stated that ADHD and Asperger's does not run together, that we need to focus on Asperger's and family history. Since there is bipolar on his father's side, and my son shows anger issues at school and at his dads, PLUS OCD, he put him on .5 Risperidone. He stated it would help with the OCD and the autism.

Has anyone had any luck or thoughts about this medication? The doc seemed to know what he was talking about and was extremely pissed that they have been treating my son for ADHD for 5 yrs with meds that have not been working.

Baer

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My son was recently given the Asperger's Dx again, and the Dr. prescribed Risperidone. She prescribed it PRN, for his anger outbursts. However, the first time I gave it to him, by the next day, he was a little angel. The change in his behavior was just amazing. So, since the Dr. said we could give it every day, I gave it again to him the second night. And the next day................... again he was so calm, thinking more clearly. less aggression. So I said, Okay, one more night. It was just such a relief to see him happy. I asked him how he was feeling on the meds. He said he didn't feel as anxious, and not as angry, and he did feel better. He said he was having no side effects. Day 3 came............. and that morning he woke up, he looked horrible! I noticed him doing strange things. His eyes were darting around the room, like following something fast that wasn't there. He was anxious, cranky, nervous. We tried to do relaxation. I noticed his arms and legs twitching. I asked why he was doing that. He didn't know he was. So, I took him off the meds. It had only been 3 days, and decided to go back to just "as needed for aggression." His odd behaviors stopped, and he went back to normal, for him.

Then he had another really rough day, a few days later. So I gave him the meds. Keeping in mind that it was only PRN this time! No effect that day. Nothing. But by the next morning, he was back to being much more calm, workable, less anxious.

For whatever reason, this med seems to work okay with him, as long as we only use it as needed. But it seems to take an exceptionally long time to work. I can give it to him the afternoon that he is having his emotional problems, and we won't notice any relief for him until the following morning. Can anyone explain that? Does it take that long to work? Why should it take so long, when it's prescribed for aggression and anxiety that he needs relief from SOONER, not later?

This is our experience so far with this med. I hope it helps. I'm keeping a log for the Dr so we can see if there really is a pattern, or if this just isn't working for him as well as another might.

Best of luck to you,

and thanks to all for the warm welcome,

Kathy

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I would not agree with that logic. If one has attention problems, you need to deal with it regardless and sometimes medication does help. My younger ds with HFA also is ADHD. We just recently started medication for ADHD specifically and I feel a little bad that we waited this long. (He is 13 yo now) I mean, he is able to sit through a movie, watch tv shows - lots of things he did not have the attention to stick with before. So sometimes the ADHD is enough of a problem to warrant it's own attention and medication as well, if necessary. For some kids, the attention difficulty is because of the autism. But in some, ADHD is a comorbid dx.

In addition, there is no medication for AS or HFA. We medicate based on symptoms. So if the symptoms of ADHD are there, it doesn't matter what part you blame it on. You can choose not to medicate, of course. It depends on the severity of symptoms.

Roxanna

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

( ) Risperidone

My son saw a new psychiatrist today. He stated that ADHD and Asperger's does not run together, that we need to focus on Asperger's and family history. Since there is bipolar on his father's side, and my son shows anger issues at school and at his dads, PLUS OCD, he put him on .5 Risperidone. He stated it would help with the OCD and the autism.

Has anyone had any luck or thoughts about this medication? The doc seemed to know what he was talking about and was extremely pissed that they have been treating my son for ADHD for 5 yrs with meds that have not been working.

Baer

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Over and over at AS conferences I hear that stimulants with

AS often increases anxiety and has little effect in reducing

anger. For this reason AS kids may have there anxiety treated with

medication like zoloft (that has clinical trials conducted with

autism patients) and aggression and agitation with rispedal (also

had clinical trials).

Then once those issues are better under control there are

some non stimulant medications that some doctors try to add

in to see if executive function is improved (working memory, attention). The

idea is that sometimes anxiety or overstimulation

can cause attentional issues and to treat those first.

Since rispedal causes weight gain and in boys some issues

with breast development more doctors are trying abilify to

replace rispedal for issues with emotional control.

Kids with Autism spectrum disorders often do have co-morbid

attentional issues, anxiety, mood and oppositional disorders

higher than the general population.

Some doctors give multiple diagnosises. Our psychiatrist

gave multiple Dxs and the nueropsychologist gave just one

AS but documented all the cognitive and emotional issues.

Pam

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not run together, that we need to focus on Asperger's and family history. Since

there is bipolar on his father's side, and my son shows anger issues at school

and at his dads, PLUS OCD, he put him on .5 Risperidone. He stated it would help

with the OCD and the autism.

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know what he was talking about and was extremely pissed that they have been

treating my son for ADHD for 5 yrs with meds that have not been working.

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My son is 6 years old and had been taking Risperidone since April, his dose is

also 0.5mg, it as helped with his anxiety, OCD behaviors as well as he is able

to listen to directions better when he is focused on his obsessions, Trains and

Dinosaurs, he can easily be pulled away from those to eat, get dressed, clean

his room, going from being asked/told 10-15 times down to the more normal 2-3

times. He has not experienced any weight gain or other side affects. He takes .5

twice a day, in the morning and at 4:30. Right now he is also on Adderal after

literally bouncing off the walls and furniture for weeks, enough so that his

therapist whom he was seeing once a week ask what was going on had anything

changes because he has never presented like this before, it too has helped.

Basham

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weight gain we switched. we even ate well and stayed active and exercised too.

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> My son saw a new psychiatrist today. He stated that ADHD and Asperger's does

not run together, that we need to focus on Asperger's and family history. Since

there is bipolar on his father's side, and my son shows anger issues at school

and at his dads, PLUS OCD, he put him on .5 Risperidone. He stated it would help

with the OCD and the autism.

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know what he was talking about and was extremely pissed that they have been

treating my son for ADHD for 5 yrs with meds that have not been working.

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That's not true-my son is medicated for his ADHD and it does improve his focus and concentration. Obviously it doesn't help with his Asperger's, but the conditions sometimes do co-exist.

From: Baer <amandabaer76@...> Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 2:20:39 PMSubject: Re: ( ) Risperidone

he stated that the attention and hyperactivity is with AS that a diagnosis of ADHD is not needed, therefore medicating for ADHD is not necessary

From: Roxanna <MadIdeasaol (DOT) com> Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 2:03:41 PMSubject: Re: ( ) Risperidone

What does he mean that ADHD and AS does not "run together?"

RoxannaWhenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

( ) Risperidone

My son saw a new psychiatrist today. He stated that ADHD and Asperger's does not run together, that we need to focus on Asperger's and family history. Since there is bipolar on his father's side, and my son shows anger issues at school and at his dads, PLUS OCD, he put him on .5 Risperidone. He stated it would help with the OCD and the autism.

Has anyone had any luck or thoughts about this medication? The doc seemed to know what he was talking about and was extremely pissed that they have been treating my son for ADHD for 5 yrs with meds that have not been working.

Baer

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Good to seek new input - if what you are doing isn't working...

If your new Psychiatrist said that ADHD and Aspergers don't don't occur together

then he is an idiot. For our son - a classic aspie - adhd meds helped to " take

the edge off " the challanging conditions of the classroom and made all the

difference (he is still a firecracker).

On the other hand if your Psychiatrist was just pissed off because someone had

you dosing your son for five years he is dead on. From everything I have heard

and from my family's experience adhd meds basically work instantly or they don't

work at all, and then you know that the adhd diagnosis is incorrect. Sorry that

I don't have knowledge about Risperidone but at least you are moving forward.

Good luck. We are all praying for you.

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not run together, that we need to focus on Asperger's and family history. Since

there is bipolar on his father's side, and my son shows anger issues at school

and at his dads, PLUS OCD, he put him on .5 Risperidone. He stated it would help

with the OCD and the autism.

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> Has anyone had any luck or thoughts about this medication? The doc seemed to

know what he was talking about and was extremely pissed that they have been

treating my son for ADHD for 5 yrs with meds that have not been working.

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> Baer

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I think part of the doctor's concern may stem from the fact that he's suspecting

bipolar disorder. Stimulant meds like the ones used to treat ADHD can make kids

with bipolar disorder more touchy/aggressive. We had this problem with one of

my sons. He does have ADHD too, but the side effects of the stimulant meds are

unacceptable, so we had to take him off that and just learn to deal with the

ADHD symptoms as best we/he/the school can. The fact that stimulant meds are

counter-indicated for people with a mood disorder is something a competent

psychiatrist should know. Maybe that's what's irritating your son's current

doctor. Hopefully getting off the ADHD med will help with your son's anger

issues.

Best of luck.

Sue

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I have the same question regarding this Doc.?

My DD took risperdal as ant-psychotic med. for extreme anxiety.

It did cause weight gain, so the pdoc adjusted her dose, and added exercise to

her daily goals. we only gave her the risperdal on a " PRN " basis, when

necessary, and it worked very well.

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We used risperdone for our son too, and you needed to take it each day and let

it build up in the system. then when we took him off it, we needed to wean him

off slowly to be safe. it is not a med you just take when needed.

Sara

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My son was recently given the Asperger's Dx again, and the Dr. prescribed

Risperidone. She prescribed it PRN, for his anger outbursts. However, the

first time I gave it to him, by the next day, he was a little angel. The

change in his behavior was just amazing. So, since the Dr. said we could give

it every day, I gave it again to him the second night. And the next

day................... again he was so calm, thinking more clearly. less

aggression. So I said, Okay, one more night. It was just such a relief to see

him

happy. I asked him how he was feeling on the meds. He said he didn't feel as

anxious, and not as angry, and he did feel better. He said he was having no

side effects. Day 3 came............. and that morning he woke up, he

looked horrible! I noticed him doing strange things. His eyes were darting

around the room, like following something fast that wasn't there. He was

anxious, cranky, nervous. We tried to do relaxation. I noticed his arms and

legs

twitching. I asked why he was doing that. He didn't know he was. So, I took

him off the meds. It had only been 3 days, and decided to go back to just

" as needed for aggression. " His odd behaviors stopped, and he went back to

normal, for him.

Then he had another really rough day, a few days later. So I gave him the

meds. Keeping in mind that it was only PRN this time! No effect that day.

Nothing. But by the next morning, he was back to being much more calm,

workable, less anxious.

For whatever reason, this med seems to work okay with him, as long as we

only use it as needed. But it seems to take an exceptionally long time to

work. I can give it to him the afternoon that he is having his emotional

problems, and we won't notice any relief for him until the following morning.

Can anyone explain that? Does it take that long to work? Why should it take

so long, when it's prescribed for aggression and anxiety that he needs

relief from SOONER, not later?

This is our experience so far with this med. I hope it helps. I'm keeping a

log for the Dr so we can see if there really is a pattern, or if this just

isn't working for him as well as another might.

Best of luck to you,

and thanks to all for the warm welcome,

Kathy

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From what I understand from research as well as talking to my sons doctors,

Aspergers also mirrors a lot of other disorders including ADHD, Bipolor, OCD,

Paranoia, severe anxiety as well as many other behaviors. For instance a child

who had ADHD does not have the ability (I have ADHD) to sit still for hours at a

time watching the same movie over and over again (dinosaurs and trains for my

son) completely unable to pull him away from the TV, but if it is something else

on then he can barely make it 5 minutes. Personally as a child I could barely

make through one set of commercials. But children can have hyperactivity related

to changes around them or a variety of other triggers, not really sure what

C.B.s trigger was but for 3 weeks straight he was bouncing off the walls,

furniture and anything else he could bounce off of, it was like he was ingesting

nothing but pure sugar. He has some obsessive behaviors coupled with paranoia

but noting along the lines of what is seen in those with ODC, they come and go

depending on something I may have said.... 3 weeks of nonstop does that have

sugar, how much sugar is in that, I cant have that I have had too much sugar

today.... all because when he wanted to drink vanilla flavored soda syrup, but I

told him no if you have too much sugar you wont grow up to be strong and

healthy.

The Psychologist who tested and wrote the report for CB with the diagnosis

stated in some cases that while some of his behaviors could be diagnosed as

ADHD... " The patient evidences some stereotypic behaviors in that he wrings his

hands, Perseveration was evident in his response to the Incomplete Sentences

stems. Further, his history of repeating a particular behavior, only to later

seemingly replace it with another underscores the diagnosis. Because he is

impulsive and tends toward repetitive behaviors, the patient is likely to

experience difficulty with authority figures who view his inappropriate and

repeated behaviors as oppositional. While some evidence of possible defiance,

the patient's behaviors seem to instead represent neurodevelopmental delays.

Attention and concentration problems are certainly apparent. However, it seems

that they are a function of the pervasive developmental delays and may not be

related to a separate diagnostic entity. The patient's apparent Low Average

level of intellectual functioning underscores the appropriateness of the

diagnosis. " While each child is different and certainly there is no definitive

book to go by for us as parents as well as our childs caregivers, for instance

some therapist say NO steming behavior at all it will be a major set back to any

progress made, other therapists feel that steming should be allowed, allowing

the children to cope with what ever it is that they are feeling at the time of

the steming, I personally believe in the latter, because I have seen how quickly

CB can go from a complete melt down to calm after placing a Iso Flex stress ball

in his hands, His steming behavior is wringing of the hands.

Right now CB is on Adderal once a day it had helped a lot although there are

days where he has been given his a.m. meds and is still bouncing off the wall,

but he is 6 so I guess that is 'normal' behavior for that age.. I have no idea!!

The Risperidone seems to be helping, he has had no adverse side affects from

either medication at this point. We also give 2 3mg of melatonin at 6:30pm (bed

time is 730) to help with his sleep.

I hope that the information I have shares helps some.

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> > My son saw a new psychiatrist today. He stated that ADHD and Asperger's does

not run together, that we need to focus on Asperger's and family history. Since

there is bipolar on his father's side, and my son shows anger issues at school

and at his dads, PLUS OCD, he put him on .5 Risperidone. He stated it would help

with the OCD and the autism.

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> > Has anyone had any luck or thoughts about this medication? The doc seemed to

know what he was talking about and was extremely pissed that they have been

treating my son for ADHD for 5 yrs with meds that have not been working.

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My son started taking this about two months ago. We have noticed some

improvement in his temper outbursts and definitely an increased appetite. I read

the info on Risperidone on the website and it says it takes 8 weeks to show

improvement!

http://www.risperdal.com/faqs_autisticdisorder.html#improvement

That seems odd that the Dr would prescribe as needed to me too.

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