Risperdal is really bad for adding weight on some kids. I wish I had known when Kat was younger that some of the meds that she was on caused her to gain weight. I thought that she was not active enough. And it was embarassing when she went to try on clothes or get a dress for a school dance.
Kat always tells me what a rough life she has had. That is true. Because of her instability she has gone through some things she never should have known about at those ages. But I tell her that what she does from now on is what counts. Many kids comes form foster homes or abusive situations and turn out well so a bad past is no excuse.
Anita, mom to Kat, 19, BP, lithium, topomax, abilify, buspar,currently enrolled in college and living away from home