ADHD and Disruptive Behavior - ADD / ADHD Message Board

MaggieB · 02-28-2002, 03:12 PM

My son is 9 years old and has been treated for ADHD for the past two years mostly with Concerta. He has always be disruptive in the classroom, but lately he has become more aggressive and the other kids are shying away from him. The school insisted that he see a psychiatrist (the pediatrician has been managing the ADD meds). I switched him from Concerta to Adderall because I heard that Concerta can cause aggressive behavior. Well, the psychiatrist has put him on Risperdal .25 mg twice a day. Does anyone else use this? Does anyone else see alot of aggression? The kid is fine at home but, apparently, a holy terror at school. Suggestions? Thanks. Maggie

mlgable · 03-01-2002, 07:16 AM

We use a lot of Reperidol at the nursing home I work at with very good results. I realize this is not exactly the same but the fact that I have seen good results with Resperidol has me thinking that it will hopefully work quite well for your son. I hope the phsychiatrist is making progress with your son's agressive behavior in the counseling sessions. Hopefully he can get to the bottom of your son's agressive behavior and figure out what is causing this in school. Good Luck

MaggieB · 03-01-2002, 02:54 PM

mlgable: Thanks for the response. I also work in a nursing home and my experience has been that Respirdal puts the old folks to sleep which, obviously, would make them less aggressive. I guess I'll just have to wait to see the difference in the way the age groups react. So far, nothing but it's still early in the game. Maggie

Babernethy · 03-07-2002, 09:23 AM

I wrote the story here a year ago about my cousins son who became an animal after eating a lunch of Cheesies and Coke...he went berserk and was even biting at his mother. I spoke to her about changing his diet and he has never looked back. By the age of 7 he had been kicked out of school 4 times, had bitten several students and sworn at the teacher...he was unhandleable.
He was a changed boy when he returned to school...marks went up, has never been in a fight since, never thrown out...a joy of a boy now. They keep him on a strict diet like the ones we use and have not had any more problems...and the other 2 are also doing better in school. This is now 5 years later.
Check out what your kids are eating...you may get a big surprise! So many things can trigger this behaviour but you can reduce it or eliminate it by sticking to a natural food diet, away from sugars and chemical additives.
B

mandy · 03-07-2002, 01:37 PM

I don't mean to keep harping on this point either but check out my post about anger, aggression and food. We had the same situation as Babernethy and what a changed boy we have now simply by changing his diet. What have you got to lose?

(P.S. He is not on any medications.)

[This message has been edited by mandy (edited 03-07-2002).]