Risperidone for dementia. Does anyone have experience with this?

I want to thank everyone who responded to my post about Respiradone. I found all of your answers extremely helpful and appreciate you all taking the time to comment.

No experience with LBD but with vascular dementia. My mother was having hallucinations, and risperidone was very effective in getting rid of them. She continued on it for several years until her dementia progressed to the point that it didn't help her at all. We didn't notice any side effects other than weight gain. She was on a small dose.

I agree with cwillie that it would be unusual to medicate for the reason above. A caregiver would be/should be able to handle this common acting out with Lewy's.
This is quite a common medication and is frequently given. I would say with any medications that altar brain activity it requires starting slow and monitoring closely. I have never seen in all my long career a death due to starting this type of medication, but I have seen MANY falls, many people turned into automotons with little emotional affect at all.
So it bears monitoring carefully.
You will find a lot of medication information for this particular commonly used medication online.
There is often no choice but to use these medications; only you and the doctors can know if you are "there" yet.

I don't want to scare you but someone in our extended family did die in hospital unexpectedly after being medicated with an anti psychotic, but I don't know which one it was. Is the prescribing doctor an expert that is very experienced in LBD? Drugs like this can have dire side effects and must be used with extreme caution and as a last resort, I'm not certain the behaviour you are describing merits them.

https://www.agingcare.com/articles/facts-about-lewy-body-dementia-174545.htm

https://www.lbda.org/treatment/