Treatment options for Self-Injurious Behavior

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I'm re-posting the following post since I only received a few responses to the original post. I appreciate the few I did receive but would be grateful for any additional input.Thanks in advance,Dolly

In the last week, our non-verbal 11 year old son had begun very occasionally lightly poking at his head. That lasted a few days & then it progressed to more-frequent in duration & more intense "head-knocking" & open-palm hitting within 24 hrs. We were out of town & I called our pediatrician & got an appt the next day (Friday) to rule out an underlying medical/dental condition. The exam didn't indicate any condition that might be indicative of a medical or dental issue. He also received his 2nd Varicella (Chicken Pox) & Pneumococcal injection at the appt. He was more lethargic & had a loss of appetite this weekend. He vomited last night after dinner & again this afternoon after eating lunch. I'm beginning to think there was a medical issue (stomach or other-wise) after all that was undiagnosed after all that worsened after the injections. He may have been as simple as a headache or stomach-ache that's difficult to ascertain as he's generally non-communicative & has a high tolerance for pain. He's re-gained his appetite & energy-level since he got sick this afternoon. The Dr's office recommended the usual protocol for post-vomiting care & unfortunately we couldn't get in for an appt today. We're not sure if maybe the self-injurious behaviors are sensory, medical, or attention-getting in nature (or combination of all 3) but would appreciate any advice or sharing of similar experiences.

Prozac was recommended to address & reduce the self-injurious behavior as well as food-allergy testing, neurological testing, & a few other recommendations. My question is have any of you had experience with using Prozac to treat such behaviors with your child or any other medication or other approaches to reduce to address similar behaviors? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Dolly

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i personally would look more into the sudden occurrence of this behavior than just try to stop it with psychotropic meds. what else happened in the day or days prior? was he upset with something, did he eat something new, did someone do something to him, was he out of his routine? maybe take him to an autism specialist or neurologist to rule out any neurological issues. could he have had a head injury that no one saw?Sent from my iPhone

I'm re-posting the following post since I only received a few responses to the original post. I appreciate the few I did receive but would be grateful for any additional input.Thanks in advance,Dolly

In the last week, our non-verbal 11 year old son had begun very occasionally lightly poking at his head. That lasted a few days & then it progressed to more-frequent in duration & more intense "head-knocking" & open-palm hitting within 24 hrs. We were out of town & I called our pediatrician & got an appt the next day (Friday) to rule out an underlying medical/dental condition. The exam didn't indicate any condition that might be indicative of a medical or dental issue. He also received his 2nd Varicella (Chicken Pox) & Pneumococcal injection at the appt. He was more lethargic & had a loss of appetite this weekend. He vomited last night after dinner & again this afternoon after eating lunch. I'm beginning to think there was a medical issue (stomach or other-wise) after all that was undiagnosed after all that worsened after the injections. He may have been as simple as a headache or stomach-ache that's difficult to ascertain as he's generally non-communicative & has a high tolerance for pain. He's re-gained his appetite & energy-level since he got sick this afternoon. The Dr's office recommended the usual protocol for post-vomiting care & unfortunately we couldn't get in for an appt today. We're not sure if maybe the self-injurious behaviors are sensory, medical, or attention-getting in nature (or combination of all 3) but would appreciate any advice or sharing of similar experiences.

Prozac was recommended to address & reduce the self-injurious behavior as well as food-allergy testing, neurological testing, & a few other recommendations. My question is have any of you had experience with using Prozac to treat such behaviors with your child or any other medication or other approaches to reduce to address similar behaviors? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Dolly

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I recommend biomedical intervention. Use anything you can to detox for metals.

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Lorree wrote:

>i personally would look more into the sudden occurrence of this behavior than

just try to stop it with psychotropic meds. what else happened in the day or

days prior? was he upset with something, did he eat something new, did someone

do something to him, was he out of his routine? maybe take him to an autism

specialist or neurologist to rule out any neurological issues. could he have

had a head injury that no one saw?

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>Sent from my iPhone

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>> I'm re-posting the following post since I only received a few responses to

the original post. I appreciate the few I did receive but would be grateful for

any additional input.

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>> Thanks in advance,

>>

>> Dolly

>>> In the last week, our non-verbal 11 year old son had begun very occasionally

lightly poking at his head. That lasted a few days & then it progressed to

more-frequent in duration & more intense " head-knocking " & open-palm hitting

within 24 hrs. We were out of town & I called our pediatrician & got an appt the

next day (Friday) to rule out an underlying medical/dental condition. The exam

didn't indicate any condition that might be indicative of a medical or dental

issue. He also received his 2nd Varicella (Chicken Pox) & Pneumococcal injection

at the appt. He was more lethargic & had a loss of appetite this weekend. He

vomited last night after dinner & again this afternoon after eating lunch. I'm

beginning to think there was a medical issue (stomach or other-wise) after all

that was undiagnosed after all that worsened after the injections. He may have

been as simple as a headache or stomach-ache that's difficult to ascertain as

he's generally non-communicative & has a high tolerance for pain. He's re-gained

his appetite & energy-level since he got sick this afternoon. The Dr's office

recommended the usual protocol for post-vomiting care & unfortunately we

couldn't get in for an appt today. We're not sure if maybe the self-injurious

behaviors are sensory, medical, or attention-getting in nature (or combination

of all 3) but would appreciate any advice or sharing of similar experiences.

>>>

>>> Prozac was recommended to address & reduce the self-injurious behavior as

well as food-allergy testing, neurological testing, & a few other

recommendations. My question is have any of you had experience with using Prozac

to treat such behaviors with your child or any other medication or other

approaches to reduce to address similar behaviors? Any help would be greatly

appreciated.

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>>

>>> Dolly

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