This medication change has been so frustrating for me. D's last day of Risperdal was a week ago Sunday. I was so hoping that the sleepiness would get better once we had him off that. Nope......and I have a bad feeling that we we see Dr. T again in a week, that there's a good possibility he's going to say that this medication isn't going to work either. Arg.
This is how D's day goes right now.....
Awake EARLY (between 5:30 and 6:00 AM, normally he would get up around 6:45 or 7:15) and hyper as all get out. He's unable to keep his hands to himself and he doesn't listen. He's not a kid who will eat breakfast until he's ready and it's not at that early hour so around 7:00 or so he's usually ready to eat. He HAS to eat a meal with this medication.
Then by 9:00 AM, he's sleepy. Very, very sleepy. Most days he's been falling asleep and will sleep a couple of hours. If we have something going on, he'll go but let's just say he won't "do" anything. He's fallen asleep in the front yard, at the park and during therapy.
Once he wakes up, he's groggy for some time. Around 2:30 PM or so, he starts getting wired, not listening, not keeping his hands to himself, yelling, hitting, and very, very defiant, etc. And it stays that way until his dinner does (5:30 ish) hits him around 7:00 or so, then he wants to go to bed.
Yeah, I don't think that this is going to work. How in the world will be function in school?
Sigh....it's just hard to know how well the Risperdal worked in all but one area. The weight gain was not do good. So, so hard right now.
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