Does anyone take Rispadel?

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I am currently on Lamictal and Wellbutrin XL and they seem fine but now this new Psychiatrist wants to put me on Rispadel LUCKILY unlike the previous one he LISTEN when I mention my AS traits YA! So he says I could also have AS. He actually LISTENED! The last one said "that's something diagnosed in children and there's no pill for that and this is a place that gives pills." I was like Uhh. YA!

I was on Risperdal from 1995 to 2002.

What did it do for you? Any weird behaviors,sleep patterns etc.? Don't want to be tired and yet don't want to act insane either,or depressed etc.

Is there a link between Rispadel and AS? Does it target any specific symptoms?

Based off of research I did it "supposedly" helps with Schizophrinia,Bipolar,Autism,and Asperger's Syndrome (mostly children-adolecesent ages) It was just approved for Autism in 2006 which is fairly recent.

Antipsychotics are really powerful drugs to be messing with in this way. I think Risperdal has been approved to treat "agitation" in autism. There are no drugs that actually TREAT autism, just some that are marginally approved to treat some symptoms that occur; it's not like AS is really a chemical condition. If he's just tossing in the idea of Risperdal because it was approved to treat some features that sometimes occur in autism, it's really not a good idea. Did he give any actual reason for wanting to prescribe it? Usually when things "seem fine" you don't randomly add powerful drugs into the mix.

I've never taken rispadel, but i did try abilify and i can suggest against taking anti-psychotics. Any positives you gain from taking it will be drowned out by the various negatives.

Level my mood was what he said. Perhaps I came off too strong not sure. I went into great detail about different AS traits and some issues that relate to those traits mostly focused on the aspect of me thinking I have AS.

If you have excessive stimming that is uncontrollable in public, or stimming that is self-mutilating then an antipsycotic might be useful. I get the impression however that you are not afflicted in this way. If you believe your mood needs to be stabilised, surely lithium would be a better option? With that said, he is your psychiatrist and it doesn't hurt to try new drugs...

Nope but perhaps I can start this and get off the Lamictal and Wellbutrin XL.

I'm on Risperdal to treat specifically my tics but I think it helps me do other things that are more related to, or at least what I suspect to be, Asperger's.

Zilch for the side effects for me.

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=risperdal&cond=%22Asperger+Syndrome%22

Doesn't look like they've posted the results.. I think they have to after a certain amount of time, not totally sure how much time. Fairly sure they would have posted the results if they liked 'em.. One of the listed studies hasn't been completed yet, though. The whole mandatory publish of study results thing is pretty new, because of all the studies that were swept under the rug when the pharmaceutical companies didn't like the results.

http://carlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2008/11/fdas-indictment-of-psychiatric-cme.html

Freaking terrifying. Guess since they're testing on kids with no real rights, they can pretend the side effects don't exist. As long as they get the kids to shut up and the parents don't complain, they can claim the trial was successful.