lynn1967

Okay, just for the record, I meant screw the medication, not you guys advice!! Just wanted to make that clear!Thanks for all the helpful replies!~

You know what..........SCREW THAT!!!!!...............I refuse to put my daughter on a medication that I have to be scared to death to give her!!! HOW FU*&^%^ING ridiculous is that? She did have a previous appointment with her pediatrician for tommorow (we had that appt. before the psychiatrist appt.) and I think I will keep that appt. and ask my pediatrician about what she recommends. I have enough worries without worrying about whether my daughter will develop neuromalignant syndrome or tardive dyskinesia for petes sake!!!

I am just so paranoid about using this. I am considering trying it and seeing how she does with it, watching her VERY closely. She actually did say that she figured it was from the Adderall but that the Risperdal would help calm her down in school-which is one of the major problems. She did suggest Depakote at our previous visit, which actually sounds alot safer to me!!!

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??

Well, hold on to your hats, I know this is going to cause a rush of people applying at my facility but if you pick up a shift, you get a free meal!!!woooohooooo. Oh, but if you want cappuchino (sp) with that it will be an extra .75 cents