I'm concerned because it sounds like you are secondguessing your son's dr every step of the way. Does his mother have faith in this dr? As JoAnn mentioned, there are many people on the board whose children have benefited from the Geodon. It's VERY important that you don't make any med changes on your own. It takes close cooperation between your grandson, his mom, his dr, and input from you to determine how things are working. If you want to make a chart of behavior or moods that you see and when they occur as well as when the meds were given, this could serve as a useful tool for everyone. Also, remember that they have to list the possible side effects ( whether rare or not) for every drug prescribed but that does not mean that your grandson will experience them. It can often be quite unsettling to read that when you pick up the prescription, but bear in mind it in no way means your grandson will necessarily experience them. I know you are just being protective of your grandson, but it's important not to make decisions for him on your own. Work with and talk with his mom and dr. It really takes working together as a team, rather than making decisions on your own and possibly making it harder to see what is working or not working. The drs know how to gradually make changes and give the meds time to reach a therapeutic level in his system. If you do things on your own inbetween, they can't get an accurate idea of how something is or isn't working. Again, I think you could be very helpful by charting behavior for them, it would give them a useful tool to wrok with.