Re: Medications and Responses

[Guest guest]

Hi CJ,

Well, my son started on Concerta. This seemed to work and calm him more at school until 4th grade.It suddenly didn't seem to work. We tried Adderal. This had no affect.

So, we went to Focalin.

This worked like the Concerta did, until by mid 5th grade, he got angry, anxious, upset, whatever you want to call it. He started seeing the negative "feedback" he was getting, saw that he didn't fit, etc.

The school started to say to us that maybe he needed to get admitted somewhere and be totally evaluated.

Before we went to that, he was put on Risperdal. This was supposed to help with the anger.

The same time we put him on the Risperdal, we also decided to yank him out of school at the end of the school year (which was about 2 months).

I don't know to this day if it was the Risperdal or him knowing that the torture (for him) was going to finally be over,,,,,,,but he seemed to calm down. It was horrible for him before this.

When we brought him home after 5th for summer vacation, we took him off both of them.Never went back on. Never felt the need.

Don't know if this helped,,,,,hope so.

I DO have to say, that in a perfect world, none of us would have to take medicine or have our kids take meds.

But,,,,,things happen and sometimes, there are "shorts" or "deficiencies" or whatever you want to call it........and I struggle to admit this, but sometimes, meds help. Sometimes, meds help make it bareable for our kids to keep going.

I struggle to be grateful for the meds we've tried. Even though I'd rather have him off it all.

Good luck to you.

Robin

From: caijiao <caijiao@...>Subject: ( ) Medications and Responses Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 12:52 PM

Hi, all, I am wondering if I can solicit your feedback on the usage of medications for our kids? We are in the process of looking for another psychiatrist. Meanwhile, I would really love some feedbacks on what medications you use, how your child do / did on the medications, and what side effects you are aware of?My son is 11 and has quite a bit behavior issues in school, mainly: loud & often meaningless sounds in classrooms, easy to get frustrated over things he perceived negative (slight raise of voices or negative words or cirticism), some minor form of aggression (often reactive to the physical contact or strong criticism by peers). We never really observe the aggressions at home, but the frustrations, disruptive and silly behaviors are very prevalent. I am at a point that I am not sure that he can succeed in the public school anymore, even with 1-on-1 aid. So we are considering medications. A little history: we tried

this last summer and he turned more aggressive in an more explosive fashion such that the school tried to pin "Bipolar" on him. Fortunately the psychiatrist school brought in & our private psychiatrist both concluded that it's just Asperger and poor handling. We tried low-dose Prozac for a month, switched to Celexa for another month, and quit after that. He returned back to his own self within 4-6 weeks of stopping Celexa. Thanks, C.J.

[Guest guest]

I am so sorry the SSRI's didn't work for your son. My daughter

was helped greatly by a 50mg dose (this is a low dose) of zoloft.

Her meltdowns were reduced, she can know where socks after

years of sensory issues, she is ot panicing over noise although

still sensitive to it.

I went to an Asperger conference last Friday in NJ and they

had a child psychiatrist there very experienced in treating

Asperger kids.

She said that Asperger kids don't have to be on meds long term.

She often perscribes them for short periods to help them

get thru certain developmental phases.

I personally see my daughter on zoloft long term her issues

have been present since infancy with overreactivity.

The doctor said for outbursts she likes Abilify for quieting

outbursts. She prescribes Depokote often if there is a mood

imbalance and it is for long term use. She said rispedal

is often prescribed in younger kids but they have seen

issues with it preventing/slowing puberty in boys and some

brest development so she doesn't use it too much. There an

be weight gain on Abilify but she said she works with the kids

to help keep this in control.

She said AS kids have more adverse effects from meds so she

likes to keep the doses low.

She said the SSRIs prozac, zoloft etc work well in some

kids cause tics etc in others.

I hope this helps. It was a nightmare leaving so many years

with meltdowns and rages. I was afraid to try the medication

but wow what a difference.

I am hoping that you find the right one for your son!

Pam

Pam

>

> Hi, all, I am wondering if I can solicit your feedback on the usage of

medications for our kids? We are in the process of looking for another

psychiatrist. Meanwhile, I would really love some feedbacks on what medications

you use, how your child do / did on the medications, and what side effects you

are aware of?

>

> My son is 11 and has quite a bit behavior issues in school, mainly: loud &

often meaningless sounds in classrooms, easy to get frustrated over things he

perceived negative (slight raise of voices or negative words or cirticism), some

minor form of aggression (often reactive to the physical contact or strong

criticism by peers). We never really observe the aggressions at home, but the

frustrations, disruptive and silly behaviors are very prevalent.

>

> I am at a point that I am not sure that he can succeed in the public school

anymore, even with 1-on-1 aid. So we are considering medications.

>

> A little history: we tried this last summer and he turned more aggressive in

an more explosive fashion such that the school tried to pin " Bipolar " on him.

Fortunately the psychiatrist school brought in & our private psychiatrist both

concluded that it's just Asperger and poor handling. We tried low-dose Prozac

for a month, switched to Celexa for another month, and quit after that. He

returned back to his own self within 4-6 weeks of stopping Celexa.

>

> Thanks,

> C.J.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, my son is 5 and our meltdowns would last for 2-3 hours sometimes. His

pediatrician had him on daytrana then switched him to vvynaise along with

clonidine. After he saw the neurologist we got him into a wonder ful pschy. She

has him on 40 mg of vvynaise 0.25 risperdil in am and 0.50 risperdil pm. he

still takes the clonidine for sleep but we are cutting that back and using

melatonin. Since he was put on the risperdil he is a different child (I

actually like him again lol) he is sweeter and more loving, if he gets angry it

only lasts for a minute. He is ADHD and Aspergers with a whole lot of OCD. Good

Luck, Lynda

> >

> > Hi, all, I am wondering if I can solicit your feedback on the usage of

medications for our kids? We are in the process of looking for another

psychiatrist. Meanwhile, I would really love some feedbacks on what medications

you use, how your child do / did on the medications, and what side effects you

are aware of?

> >

> > My son is 11 and has quite a bit behavior issues in school, mainly: loud &

often meaningless sounds in classrooms, easy to get frustrated over things he

perceived negative (slight raise of voices or negative words or cirticism), some

minor form of aggression (often reactive to the physical contact or strong

criticism by peers). We never really observe the aggressions at home, but the

frustrations, disruptive and silly behaviors are very prevalent.

> >

> > I am at a point that I am not sure that he can succeed in the public school

anymore, even with 1-on-1 aid. So we are considering medications.

> >

> > A little history: we tried this last summer and he turned more aggressive in

an more explosive fashion such that the school tried to pin " Bipolar " on him.

Fortunately the psychiatrist school brought in & our private psychiatrist both

concluded that it's just Asperger and poor handling. We tried low-dose Prozac

for a month, switched to Celexa for another month, and quit after that. He

returned back to his own self within 4-6 weeks of stopping Celexa.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > C.J.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

My grandson was put on Prozac 3 years ago. When we left NY last year, at age 7, he was on 3 ml. He did fine on that until this May when he went back to NY to see his mother and all heck broke loose when he came back.

He hadn't had a meltdown in years until then. In July he was diagnosed with AS, his Prozac was increased to 5 mg and now its at 10 mgs and we don't see any change in his behaviors and meltdowns. They're still just as intense and frequency and my husband and I are really having a difficult time with it.

Seeing that his medication has been tripled since May and its still not helping, I think its time for a new med. I'm interested in what others have to say as well. We're not big advocates for meds and actually resisted meds for a long time for him but right now we have to do something, anything to try to get some peace in our home.

Dillon's case manager is going to be working with Dillon on anger management, she says. We'll see.

Laurie

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In a message dated 10/30/2009 8:25:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dlbalke@... writes:

My daughter on Zoloft was less iritable and more hyper at baseline but when she got mad the Zoloft made her go from 5 minute tantrums to 2 hour ugly violent rages. If you aren't getting benefit, switch..... We started her on 2.5 mg of Abilify per day and that just takes the edge off everything, no more no less.....

Two different members of my family have been on Zoloft and both tried to commit suicide on it. So I'm definitely going to stay away from that! Dillon has a med appointment with his psychiatrist next Thursday and I'm going to talk to her about switching to something else. Tripling what he's on hasn't helped so it's time to try new!

Laurie

[Guest guest]

My daughter on Zoloft was less iritable and more hyper at baseline but when she got mad the Zoloft made her go from 5 minute tantrums to 2 hour ugly violent rages. If you aren't getting benefit, switch..... We started her on 2.5 mg of Abilify per day and that just takes the edge off everything, no more no less.....

Re: ( ) Medications and Responses

My grandson was put on Prozac 3 years ago. When we left NY last year, at age 7, he was on 3 ml. He did fine on that until this May when he went back to NY to see his mother and all heck broke loose when he came back.

He hadn't had a meltdown in years until then. In July he was diagnosed with AS, his Prozac was increased to 5 mg and now its at 10 mgs and we don't see any change in his behaviors and meltdowns. They're still just as intense and frequency and my husband and I are really having a difficult time with it.

Seeing that his medication has been tripled since May and its still not helping, I think its time for a new med. I'm interested in what others have to say as well. We're not big advocates for meds and actually resisted meds for a long time for him but right now we have to do something, anything to try to get some peace in our home.

Dillon's case manager is going to be working with Dillon on anger management, she says. We'll see.

Laurie