Concerta and Resperidal - Page 2

Jennita · 06-08-2007, 03:00 AM

Aggression, anger, irritability, mood swings, depression...all can be caused by stimulant drugs. Risperdal is a major tranquilizer and tranquilizers are nervous system depressants. Could be that all his symptoms are actually drug-induced...

Apodder · 07-19-2007, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sillysilly_ goose

any child or person that is on a add/adhd med is going to have terrible temper issues. i think its the concerta causing these outbursts... how old is your child? obviously older than 6 but how can children become depressed at such a young age? i dont buy it. my anger issues have gone away now that im off my adderall. much happier too.

Not true for all children. My 14 year old does great on Concerta. He's never been an outburst sort of fellow. Now, my 10 year old has PDD-NOS and outbursts are typical for him, meds or not.

216mg-concerta · 07-26-2007, 06:02 AM

hey, ive been on concerta since they took me of ritalin when i was about 10-11 (had been taking it since i was about 5-6) and its one of the only meds that actualy works for me i find becuase when i havent had it i can get very anger to the point of,as i call it seeing red, where i can see whats happening but there is no control and once that has stoped i have very litle memorey of it but it makes me feel upset and stuff so concerta xl i reckon is one of the best... and i was on rispiradol but i stoped it becuase it has some very bad effects for the growth if you know what i mean... it basicly shudent be taken by anyone under 25 i reckon... but i guess it helps with the lashing out side of things tho but not as well as with concerta .....

4x36mg of concerta xl in morning and 2x concerta xl in the afternoon

armyofone05 · 07-31-2007, 02:16 AM

i dont know about concerta...never been on it. im on adderall. but i am on risperdal, although it's for anxiety. they use it on austistic children (because they have bad tempers) and shitzophrenics (mood swings). i take 1.5 mgs a day and it helps my mood stabilise more than just the adderall and antidepressant itself. we had to up the dose but after that it works just fine. it also only has a half life of three hours....so that could be a problem? if the dose is divided up during the day, it's more likely to keep the temper in check.

doyle624 · 08-07-2007, 06:36 AM

I'm concerned about a new side effect. My son has started having some kind of nervous twitches and I don't remember him having them before he started taking Resperidal. He shrugs his shoulders constantly and rubs his hands together for minutes at a time. I asked him why he does it and he says he doesn't know. His doc says it's just a nervous thing that kids with ADHD have sometimes. Well I don't think he ever had it before the resperidal and if he did, it wasn't this bad. Anyone else seen this kinda thing?