Concerta and Resperidal

[doyle624]

My stepson has been on Concerta 36mg for about 6 years and was recently prescribed Reperidal 1mg by a child phych. doc. He seems to have very bad mood swings and the resperidal seemed to work for a period of time. I'm wondering if anyone has a child that has been given resperidal and has seen any different affects. My son's temper is awful and the resperidal was supposed to level his outbursts. It did until a recent bad outburst like I've never seen before from him. He's normally a great kid with a quiet mood, but the outbursts are absolutely horrible. His doc said he isn't bipolar and I feel that way also. His doc said that his problems are mostly from depression and built up anger from that depression. His doc didn't want to put him on anti-depressants and I'm not really sure why. I don't know much about them but if all of these incidents are from depression, then why not. Just curious about other experiences and was wondering about resperidal.

[deskette]

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.

[Sydneysue]

My son is on Concerta also and does wonderful with it, he use to be on the Resperiadal but he was getting depressed and was saying he didn't want to live, he also has the outbursts, so they took him off the resperidal and put him on seroquel and he is doing great he still has his outbursts when his meds need to be increased but otherwise he has been doing great, and is very happy, I think it just depends on the child on what medication works for them. It took us about a year before we found the right one for our children. I wish you luck, it will all work out, but you are not alone.

[blalockm]

My son, now 15, is also on Concerta 36 mg, and 2.5 mg of Risperdal. It must be a normal sort of treatment combination.

[LL29]

I've been on Concerta 18mg and I am HORRIBLE - crying, depressed, outbursts, etc.. I was on Adderall but heard about 20 deaths in Canada and got paranoid so I got off of it almost a year ago and now I'm thinking of getting off of the Concerta. I'm 37 yrs old so I can't speak on the effects of kids but I know it's driving me away from everything.

Time to seek a new doctor since I self diagnosed myself - poor memory, couldn't focus or concentrate, etc..