My husband's GP having talked to his consultant at the Cognitive Disorders Clinic has prescribed this for David. She left me an ansaphone message about this at lunchtime. I have not picked it up yet so I do not know what dose. They were talking of a very low dosage.
The day centre asked me to go to the GP as David was getting very agitated in the ambulance transport and this was not only upsetting him but other service users.
I have tried putting his headphones on in the ambulance with calmimg music, but only since last Thursday, and they report this is helping. Also, I think he is uncomfortable in his wheelchair and this is made worse by the uneven roads in our area. I have managed to get an urgent re-assessment by the wheelchair service which we are attending tomorrow pm.
As far as I can see risperidone should only be prescribed for six weeks. Can anyone tell me what happens when it is ceased at the end of this period?
I am a bit in shock that they are prescribing an antipsychotic as I had expected it to be something like Citalopram.
If he cannot attend the daycare then I will be really struggling as he is at the severe stage now. His mobility is really poor, such that he has to use a wheelchair outdoors at all times as his sense of uprightness has gone. It is a real struggle to get him in the car and he is not very happy on car journeys either. The daycare requested about three weeks ago that I send him in his wheelchair. Their ambulance has a tail-lift.
I thought we were pretty well future proofed for me keeping him at home as we have the through the floor lift in the house, which currently he uses sitting in a normal chair but if he was to become completely wheelchair bound even in the house I can manage but I had not factored in that he may be unable to attend daycare.
Tre