Hi all hope all coping ok ?
me again after some advice on risperdrone so my dad was put on risperdrone in nov dose was upped from 0.5 to 1/12 mg as dad was agaited agrresive erc nearly sectioned went missing was dreadful but ..since being on the drug has calmed down all thats gone ish but in came the side effects hunched walking glazed up eyes not sleeping dementia detorated terrible i asked the dr if i could try cutting it down she agreed well within 2 days he was back to hes normal antics which was hell i thought to myself what have i done! I quickly resumed the original dosage again asap i feel awful giving him this drug watching him in this state but im stuck between a rock and a hard place as if i take him off i know this is hell on earth dr said cannot give him anything else no more drugs to try and will not look into it again for 3 months ie decrese dose
Anyone took their lo off risperdrone and tried anything else that worked as a alternative bearing in mind my dad is extremely aggressive without it drs said he got a form of dementia that is violent i forget the name is called it bspd or similar
me again after some advice on risperdrone so my dad was put on risperdrone in nov dose was upped from 0.5 to 1/12 mg as dad was agaited agrresive erc nearly sectioned went missing was dreadful but ..since being on the drug has calmed down all thats gone ish but in came the side effects hunched walking glazed up eyes not sleeping dementia detorated terrible i asked the dr if i could try cutting it down she agreed well within 2 days he was back to hes normal antics which was hell i thought to myself what have i done! I quickly resumed the original dosage again asap i feel awful giving him this drug watching him in this state but im stuck between a rock and a hard place as if i take him off i know this is hell on earth dr said cannot give him anything else no more drugs to try and will not look into it again for 3 months ie decrese dose
Anyone took their lo off risperdrone and tried anything else that worked as a alternative bearing in mind my dad is extremely aggressive without it drs said he got a form of dementia that is violent i forget the name is called it bspd or similar