I have an autistic 6 year old. Over the last few months there has been a lot of changes which means that her behaviour has massively deteriorated - on bad days she continuously hits herself, hits others, is very impulsive and throws heavy things in the air without any warning which have injured people. I would say she has days like this at least 3 out of 7 days of the week.
Her consultant has prescribed her some short term risperidone to see if it settles down her behaviour, but knowing that it’s an antipsychotic is really making me feel conflicted, especially because she can have good days where the behaviour is more manageable and then it makes me feel guilty. I also feel like should I hang on for a couple more weeks until she’s back at school and see if her behaviour settles down at all.
Has anyone got any experiences with this please?