Okay. update on my daughter. The psych. started her on Adderall. She was on it for about 5 days and it made her WILD!!Even more than she already is. She was totally out of control. So we stopped that on Sunday.
About three nights ago she was supposed to be going to bed and she was complaining of hearing noises, monsters,etc. so she came out to me and we started talking and she told me that she was hearing voices in her head that were telling her to kill herself. She adamantly denied that she would ever hurt herself and told me that she would tell me if she ever had those feelings (I believe her) But she said that the voices started when she began taking the Adderall. She has been off of the Adderall since Monday and she said she hasn't heard anymore voices.
Today the psych. wants to start her on Resperidol. I have seen this drug given at the LTC where I work and it just scared me. Have you heard of it being given to a 9 year old before? Some thoughts on this??