Medications and Responses

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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.