risperidone for children with autism

She was on risperidone for many years but stopped abruptly for weight gain?? Hm. Well if that class of antipsychotic medication worked to control her symptoms, there are others in the class. I'd try that. And weight gain---- well, in the area of managing a difficult patient's symptoms, most physicians look at benefits verses cons. If the benefits are greater often a medication is continued even if it has an unwanted side effect.

She has been on risperidone for many years. Recently we have tried other drugs and her symptoms of aggression have increased. She is currently on Strattera, serequel, and hydroxizine (to help her sleep). She has only been on the serequel 2 days and it is not helping. The risperidone was stopped immediately because of weight gain. I need some suggestions on what we can do. HELP!

my son has mild autism he is taking risperidone 1mg twoice a day is there another?

She has been on risperidone for many years. Recently we have tried other drugs and her symptoms of aggression have increased. She is currently on Strattera, serequel, and hydroxizine (to help her sleep). She has only been on the serequel 2 days and it is not helping. The risperidone was stopped immediately because of weight gain. I need some suggestions on what we can do. HELP!

First, I can find no indication that risperdal is indicated for ADHD. " In 2006, the FDA approved risperidone for the treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism.[6] The FDA's decision was based in part on a study of autistic people with severe and enduring problems of violent meltdowns, aggression, and self-injury; risperidone is not recommended for autistic people with mild aggression and explosive behavior without an enduring pattern.

s called Behaviour Intervention for Young Children with Autism by Maurice, Green and Luce. It lays out good programs to use for children. What does your son's outbursts consist of?

I am writing for answers for my 15 Year old son with Autism. He has been on Risperdal for about 5 years now and was taking 4mg x 2 daily, HIGH, I KNOW. He is 5'10" 165 lbs. For about the past 6 months he has started with some new behaviors. I relayed these to his Psychiatrist and she has had no comment on them. I researched them myself and found they mimic Tardive dyskinesia in many ways. I have found a new Psychiatrist but can not get in to see her for approx 2 more weeks.

I would absolutely recommend seeking appropriate special education and speech therapy services for your child. The evidence is very clear that children diagnosed with autism can make substantial progress when they receive appropriate and intensive intervention at a young age. I strongly recommend that you avoid using medication to treat behavioral difficulties, especially with a child as young as yours.

I currently work with developmentally delayed children doing behavioral modification. We work with children who have autism, along with aggression, self injurious behaviors, hyperactivity, and a whole slew of other mental illnesses. What are his behaviors at home? Is home time carefully structured, or does he get to do or have whatever he wants? Are his sensory needs being met at school? Is "sensory needs" a familiar term to you?

Prozac is a medication commonly used to treat anxiety whereas risperidone is an antipsychotic that is used to treat irritability and behavior problems in individuals with autism-spectrum disorders. The best that I can tell you is that the medication may help. The most important thing is to make sure that you have a psychiatrist that you work well with and who is responsive to your needs.

I have an 8 year old child with autism. He has been taking respirdone for the past year for aggressive self-injurious behavior. He has been diagnosed by a pedatric neurologist as having complex partial seizures with a recommendation starting on lamictal for the seizures. Is this combination of drugs safe? I have read about the serious side effects of lamictal and about possible drug interactions between lamictalan resirdone.

thanks for link we are in karachi pakistan ware the docs are for money only i have taken him to almost all best physco and neuro of city docs do not guide or advise here they want you to visit and visit some of them tried risperidone olanzapine tageral ritalin epival somanew dosik and more with these medicine he get sleep at night only when he is awake he dos not set for one minute he moves he put light and tv on and off he understand but do not do what we say he stick doing things for

I am NOT at all a fan of giving young children heavy duty psych meds. Actually, treating children for psych disorders is TRICKY tricky business. The assessment process is very very difficult and often leads to misdiagnosis. It's very hard to assess a young child who hasn't grown, matured and even really begun learning. There are many doctors who won't really even acknowledge the validity of a child psych diagnosis, because of the above reasons I mentioned.

I posted a question on april 9th about symptoms Im noticing with my son,My son is 8 years old took him to mD today she spent over 1 hour with my son watching him asking questions (this is a new MD) in her observation she was pretty sure he has aspergers syndrome, I have to take him for a head ct, she also thought my son also has mild cp may be diabetic and hypothyroidism, Just waiting for blood results and scans she refered me to a psychiatrist,to do exam to confirm diagnoisI really been hit wit

I must disagree with the other poster. Risperdal was approved by the FDA for use in children on the spectrum in 2006 to treat *repeated* bouts of aggression and irritability as are other anti-psychotics. My son was diagnosed with Asperger's when he was 3 and has been taking Risperidone (Risperdal) for 4 years in varying dosages. Without it he could not have attended mainstream schooling as his aggressive outbursts were a danger to himself, other children and adults.

Hi I had been on Risperidone 1 mg for a year. I left it, and went cold turkey. Now the only problem I am facing right now is Insomnia. Can anybody tell me, how long this can go like this.

my nephew is two months away from turning four, he has shown signs of having autism, and is awaiting an appointment with a specialist he has recently begun eating his own feces...........could this be another sign of the autism?

There is no real link between MMR vaccine and autism. The only thing that was a cause for concern with childhood vaccinations was a mercury based preservative called Thimerosal. Studies Even showed that that didn't even have a direct link with an increased chance of autism developing in children but just to be safe the FDA banned it from being used in childhood vaccinations. I believe by 2001, if not earlier, all childhood vaccinations no longer contained that ingredient.

they offer services with pple like psychologists who can help u and ur family how to deal with autistic children.. My child had several evaluations and still couldn't pinpoint his problem until yesterday when he had his appointment for psychological evaluation.... It hurt me soo much to find out he is autistic and even though I kinda knew... I was in plain denial... Heatherm4 mentioned about diet and medication... I agree... plz look into it because thats what I'm going to do...

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I am trying to speak with parents or people with first hand experiences with autism. I have a 9 month old niece and my brother informed my mother that the pediatrician had mentioned she may be autistic because of the size of her head. Everything I have read states that autism is diagnosed through milestones, etc. and not by physical characteristics. My niece was born 5 weeks early, but didn't have to go to the NICU after birth.

Neuroimaging work has found that children with autism aged 2 to 4 had larger brains with more cerebral and cerebellar white matter and more cerebral cortical grey matter than typically developing children of the same age (Courchesne et al., 2001). However, Carper and colleagues (e.g., Carper et al., 2002) found that children with autism gain substantially less grey and white matter in the frontal lobes from early to late childhood relative to typically developing children.

His friends get bored with him, even his cousins that he was once closer to as children are getting bored with him, , I dont think they fully understandhis disorder.. I wondered what causes the sensory issues (pulling back when someone tries to hug him or gets to close to him, wearing loose fitting clothing etc.? What more can I do to help him more? thanks.

s brain, would effectively change him into a different person. For some parents with severely autistic children that option may have been a blessing. Just thought I'd throw out this information for discussion.

Risperidone for children with autism

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