Risperdal: Does any jelly have experience with this drug?

My step son has been experiencing physical symptoms of choking due to anxiety. A few weeks ago, he thought he was dying and in such a panic when he was at his mother’s… she phoned us. (yes, I know she should have phoned the doctors, which is what we did and he eventually got to the hospital..) They checked everything physical before deciding that it had to be psychosomatic. He is autistic and has never had very serious physical problems before. When he was young, he would break out physically when he would get angry about something, hitting the kids around him, but as he aged, that seemed to go away and some of the hurting of other people became a bit more scary, but much less frequent. He is almost 6 foot now and turns 18.

She sent him to us this weekend without a word about the medicine having been prescribed. I just found it in his bag. I had to send a message to her asking about it, when he gets it and how much.

This a heavy duty antipsychotic they prescribe for schizophrenics, isn’t it? Should I be glad he is on it? Is this a good thing? Does this drug get prescribed off list for autism a lot?