Sorry to bring this subject up again...but how much is too much respiradone. Dh is now on .5 three times a day..more than double what he was on, is that too much, all he wants to do is sleep...I don't want him to be zombie like! Yesterday I visited his NH Dr...he had no idea about Dh's background ( abusive childhood), no idea about his swollen legs, it's all on file. I told him I was not happy last week when I made the appontment to see him because Dh was sleeping all the time and dribbling. He said he would see him that night...well he did and uped his meds, said Dh gets agressive. Could the respiradone be making him worse, more agressive.. Thanks..
Everyone responds differently to medications. It is possible that the Risperdal is making him more aggressive. Does he have his own doctor who knows him better and can better assess his situation?
Yes, it's possible the Risperdal is making him aggressive-everyone has different reactions to these meds. But if he was already sleepy and drooling, I would have thought he would reduce the amount not increase it.
LFL...yes, I don't get it, that's what I thought too. I was not happy to go in again only to find out the Dr increased the meds.
The Dr seeing him is the homes Dr...his own personal Dr that he had before N/H doesn't do house calls.... If I had doped him up that much at home and he slept like that much, I might have kept him home, he would have been easier to handle, but i don't want him to be zombie like. They said they need to keep him and the others safe to be able to care for him..
Joan,, I'm going to see if i can get an appoinment for his geriatrian that he had before at the hospital..she knows him well, it was she who told me to give him .25 Risperidal in the evening and again in the morning if needed, but she preferred i didn't if possible...so I didn't. Now this .5 x 3 a day worries me. Thank you