Hi, Doctors have recently prescribed risperidone for my 97 year old Mom who is in a care home. She sometimes has episodes when she becomes frightened to the point of crying because of something bad happening, or sees things which are scary to her. Is this the correct drug? if so how much should she be started on and when She is also taking Zoloft and Tylenol 3x per day. She has recently started sleeping a lot and has lack of appetite . We are wondering if there are side effects and how long we should allow for her system to become accustomed to the new drug
Hi, I Have gone through your query and understand your concern towards your moms' illness ....it seems that she has some behavioral disturbances ...in addition to that if she has any psychotic symptoms like talking to self, auspiciousness ... then Risperidone is the appropriate Chat Doctor. .and it has some additive effects like sedation which definitely helps in improving the course of disease...it must be started with minimum depending on the severity and slowly tapered to effective dose can understand that crying, getting scared and negative thoughts...all come under course of disease... I would suggest you to consult your doctor to get clear idea about titration of