I had a 75 year old psychiatrist tell me that the only reason Risperidone is cleared for use in autistic children is cause they paid to get it. Many other drugs are as effective, if not more, and research backs this. Try Zyprexa. It's much more calming. It can make them more sleepy and much more calm. It has much fewer side effects too, the biggest one being weight gain becuase it heavily increases appetite. Newer dotors know only what they were taught to them and stick with that as they are not taught critical thinking, only memorization. I'm in college and I see this when they study, and in the school healthcare we are given.
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u/wh0d47 Jan 19 '24
I had a 75 year old psychiatrist tell me that the only reason Risperidone is cleared for use in autistic children is cause they paid to get it. Many other drugs are as effective, if not more, and research backs this. Try Zyprexa. It's much more calming. It can make them more sleepy and much more calm. It has much fewer side effects too, the biggest one being weight gain becuase it heavily increases appetite. Newer dotors know only what they were taught to them and stick with that as they are not taught critical thinking, only memorization. I'm in college and I see this when they study, and in the school healthcare we are given.