My son use risperidone for a year we just took him off for 3 weeks now but his behavior got worse already. I am thinking of putting him back on it.

If a toddler or any child is put on too high of a dose, it will cause severe neurological damage. If you can try other meds, I would. No parent should go thru what I did with my son when a neurologist started taking him off of it because of the high risk of liver and pancreas damage.

my four year old has been on depakot four times a day for almost a year now. He also takes clonodine at bed time and prn if needed. the clonodine helps him sleep and the depakate levels out his moods. I recently found out that I am not allowed to the doctor or his nurse but have to go through a third person if I have medication issues for my son. I felt like a failure when i first put him on meds but it was worth it just to be able to get him to school

Risperdal caused my son to have tardive dysconesia. Trust and believe, no parent EVER wants to go thru that. It was like a severe case of turrets disease. That med is now listed as an allergy on my son's records, with several seizure meds.

Medication is a God send. My son could not function without it. He would be locked up because of his temper and control issues without medication. I do my best to monitor his bodies reactions and take him to his doctor for a check up every 3 months. Its the best I can do for him and it helps, alot.