Z/Gareth update

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<<Those of you that have children on zoloft around the age of 9-12 what

dosage

are they on?? >>

Hi, Everyone.........I went back through Gareth's med chart. He was put

on Zoloft in '99....he would have been 10-11 ish. In his chart, I put that

his aggression was increased, his fears of thunderstorms was increased, he

couldn't handle lights/sunshine, his OCD was really bad, and his growling,

echolalia, and anger was bad. All in all, not a good drug for him.

Also......he

had bronchial spasms/asthma on that med....one of the rare side affects.

Sorry I can't remember the dosage, but his is why I stress that parents keep

charts of all the meds they try on their kids.

As for meds, I have finally been able to decrease G's Risperdal from 1 mg to

..50-.75 mg since he started on the Depakote/Topamax. I see no

anger/aggressiveness/defiance.......yet!!! We had to wean him off the Depakote

because he

put on 25 #'s in 3 months....worse than the Risperdal!!! Now, he's on the

Topamax and lost 5 lbs but isn't sleeping like he use to. He goes to bed

after 10:00 (use to be 7-8:00) and is up at 6 am or before. I guess I have to

decide if I want an overweight kid or a kid that doesn't sleep?!?!?

Also.....it's back!!! That disgusting pilonidal cyst has returned. He

hasn't had one in 4 yrs and he will have to have surgery this summer......the

8th

time for this. The doc said he has to have a plastic surgeon reconstruct his

back end because he can't handle more surgeries back there....it's all

granulation tissue, not normal tissue. With the Connective tissue

disease/Sclero

his body isn't healing properly. It is not going to be easy. When we get a

date, I will let you all know. Please keep him in your prayers.

Take care, Everyone.

Margaret

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