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ecki · Posted: January 14 2009, 3:02 PM Post subject: Risperdal plus stimulant?

Are any of your kids taking Risperdal plus a stimulant? If so, which one?

We are seeing Kayla's dev ped tomorrow and we had talked about adding a stimulant to decrease her appetite and increase her attention. Wondering if anyone's had some experience with thes.

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Tom · Posted: January 14 2009, 4:41 PM Post subject:

Mikey uses Focalin

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EAS1971 · Posted: January 14 2009, 4:50 PM Post subject:

We tried Vyvanse. It did decrease Oliver's appetite, but he didn't sleep AT ALL!! So we stopped, but will likely try something else again....

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Tom · Posted: January 14 2009, 5:06 PM Post subject:

Mikey gets two doses of Focalin. The last is at 1PM.

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momofrussell · Posted: January 18 2009, 9:51 AM Post subject:

We do not to a stimulant. We are good with just the Risperdal. Let us know how it goes if you do decide to add one!

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ecki · Posted: January 20 2009, 8:51 AM Post subject:

Well, Kayla didn't gain any weight over the past two months (yay!) so we don't need to add a stimulant.

The dev ped was disappointed in Kayla's progress on Risperdal, tho. He was hoping she'd go from being nonverbal to verbal. Shocked

Geez, I wasn't even expecting that!

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