Medicine experiences to share? (long, I'm sorry)

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Hi all-

It's time for me to pursue meds (again) for my son.

He's in detention again for pinching this time. I've

asked before for Paxil and the ped at the time had

declined but now it's time to get pushy I suppose.

I wanted to compare what meds were successful for some

- my memory has left me.

My son's primary issues that would benefit from meds

are getting too angry in reaction to what he

mis-perceives. He thinks people are laughing at him

and making fun of him even if they are not (although

they have and do). He threatens, yells, and scares

kids throughout the day at school... of course he

really dislikes just about all of them, so they're not

exactly liking him back. Overall a negative

experience for all of the class. (Teacher is good - I

like her fine and know she is not at fault here.)

This problem is not going away, and he says he cannot

help it. I believe him, see it at home, but he simply

controls himself better in this less stressful

environment. Discipline has been in place on this for

over a year - I don't believe the fault lies there.

The other problem is he talks incessantly (except at

school it's not so much), and if he's not talking,

he's thinking thinking thinking so much that he cannot

always process what he's supposed to be doing (don't

we all? lol). I guess it's similar to OCD in some

ways and I can relate, but it does feel a bit

different than what I have w/PANDAS. And the topic

matter is strange - wanting to modify motors and

engines (from a 7 yr old perspective), and asks

questions constantly. Also, he lectures on and on

about how his engine (himself, because he's not a

person, doesn't have lungs, stomach, brain, etc 'cause

he's a computer) is running, etc etc etc. There's

very little time in his brain for other thoughts. And

if there are other thoughts, they tend to be negative.

He's also now having trouble controlling hyper spells

- gets carried away and knows he's going lose

something but can't stop.

Also, he freaks out at the sight of the bottom of

anyone's feet (even pictures in ads like of babys)

like it hurts - he'll flinch and tighten up and start

keening yelling " Feet! Feet! " . We initially thought

it was a control thing but it's not. He's really

repulsed and it's just like 'fingers on a chalkboard'.

I feel some of this could be biological, and foods and

yeast could be involved as well, but sensory problems

are bad too and diet changing isn't going great right

now - but I'll continue to work on that. Yeast isn't

going to be treated any time soon I can assure you,

but of course I'm trying to manage diet. He is

currently on antibiotics and I see no changes in the

thought processes, and I think I already would be

seeing a subtle change if his turning was really OCD

related. I could be wrong. That's not the point

right now anyway - gotta see how a relationship w/a

new pediatrician is going to pan out for now.

So I wanted to find out if someone else has seen

improvements in the areas I've addressed based on any

particular meds. Dr G had had him on Paxil and Tenex

which had him bright but had not addressed the

misperceptions. I think it's going to be very hard to

identify what is going to be helpful and that it's nto

going to be a 'quick fix', but I'd appreciate input so

much.

Thank you, and I'm sorry for the long post but there's

probably no better place to ask.

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