Weight loss and stomach issues

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My son has recently been diagnosed with Aspergers. He is not on any meds for the Aspergers yet. Matter of fact they are still going through the finishing process of the testing. My question is he has major stomach issues, such as chronic constipation, and weight loss. His doctor said Aspergers can be related. Has anyone heard of this before? He is 13, almost 14, he has many other health impairments as well too including Type 1 insulin dependant diabetes, and thyroid disease. The doctor wanted him on Zoloft today along with other meds for the other conditions but due to some of the stories of teens becoming suicidal on antidepressants, I really do not want to put him on them. Have any of your children been on antidepressants? What about the stomach issues? He is being worked up for those right now. Its

strange because the more I read about Aspergers, the madder I am at myself for not realizing something wasn't right before. Although, I knew he was different, I just could not pinpoint it.Thanks for any of your help, DarlaFrom: " " < > Sent: Wed, September 1, 2010 7:36:23 AMSubject: ( ) Digest Number 11586

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Re: How do you handle the obsessions?

From: Pruden

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Re: How do you handle the obsessions?

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Re: How do you handle the obsessions?

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school and weight gain

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Re: Abilify

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Re: How do you handle the obsessions?

Posted by: " Pruden"

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missypruden

Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:53 pm (PDT)

I am wondering about this with our son. He is 4.8yrs old and REALLY into the Tank Engine and Friends, has been since he was 2 yrs old. We have almost all the trains for him. There are puzzles and of course lots of books. But I noticed the action scenes where a train crashes or something like that, he hides from these scenes. Then he started telling me he didn't want to watch a specific video or episode because it was scary.  So, we stopped the videos for awhile. Now they have a newer CGI version with new shows. He saw an advertisement for a newer 'movie' and asked to see it. So we found it and let him watch it. He really enjoyed it and almost seemed all choked up when it started, like when you see a family member who has moved away and it's been years. He actually said, "Hello ! I am so glad you are here!"  It

was sad to see him like that......Then he completely got into the 'movie' and was excited (rather

a compilation of 4 or so episodes). He has asked for that 'movie' a few times, so we put it on and same emotions come but a little milder. The problem is when it is over he gets upset and insists to watch it again, which we don't allow. Too much and he gets lost in world and that is all he talks about....echolalia, etc.

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So I don't know how to handle this. I don't want to completely take it away  from him when he obviously enjoys it so much. He still plays with his trains (wooden, metal, and legos)every day and we read the books about twice a week.  I don't want to take it away.....but I don't like how upset he gets after it is over. His meltdowns/tantrums are generally non-violent. ...they tend to be more sad with some violent sounding language ("when I break the...add in whatever he is upset about") but he never acts on it. Is this considered a transition as the movie is over and his emotional excitement has to come back down?  Any ideas would be great, and I appreciate the post about 'Back to the Future' it helps me see it more from his angle. Â

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Hi ,

My son obsesses over things as well. Right now, he goes through spells of being a cat, especially when he is stressed. We had company over the other day, and it was loud and he got so over stemulated that he started being a cat and he had a VERY panicked look on his face. I had to take him out of the room and he couldn't come out of it until he had calmed down. Â Then it was like he flipped the cat switch off and came back to being himself. Â Very odd thing to see, and kind of freaked me out a little. Â

I have noticed him doing this, pretending to be a cat, but I didn't realize WHY he was doing it, and that he was doing it as a reaction to stress or anxiety. Â

Good luck in finding out what causes his obsessions to heighten.

Ashton

> Anita - Abilify was a wonder drug for my son. But, he gained a huge amount

> of weight and we also saw a craving for sugary foods and drinks and almost

> an obsession with food - he was always hungry. He also developed Metabolic

> Syndrome which can be a precursor to diabetes and had to take Glucophage; he

> also had high cholesterol and triclyceride levels requiring meds. He was on

> it for several years. Last year we tried to change from Abilify to Geodon

> without success. In May, we switched from Abilify to Intuniv and he has

> lost about 40 pounds since then; we have also noticed a decrease in

> appetite. We thought there was also less craving for sugar but we are

> getting reports from the people that are working with him on independent

> living skills that they are seeing the sugar craving and all the problems

> that come with that. We have adjusted the Intuniv a couple of times with

> some improvement but I am not sure we have it right yet. Even though

> Abilify was one of the most successful meds he has ever been on we really

> don't want to go there again due to the weight and medical problems it

> caused. Sigh.

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> [mailto: ] On Behalf Of anita wagner

> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 6:29 PM

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> Cc: Anita Wagner

> Subject: Re: ( ) Abilify

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> My ds is now 17 and his Dr. put him on Abilify approx. 4 months ago for his

> behavior. The major side effect that I have noticed, is he has gained a lot

> of weight. He has put on about twenty five pounds. I have also noticed an

> increase for sugary foods/drinks. Especially since his Dr. raised the

> dosage. I have read a lot of posts about this medication causing these

> symptoms and this is beginning to really worry me. He is doing fine on the

> medicine though. His behavior really has changed, although he hasn't been in

> school for the past couple of months, I would like to see how he is on the

> higher dose while in class. He has an appt. soon & I'm going to bring up

> these issues with her when we see her.

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