Re: New med for Autism, Show ADD & Loving it!

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Intuniv/tenex perhaps?

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>

> Hi everyone:

>

> Thx for all your previous suggestions and help regarding my Aspie/AdHD 20 yr

old

> DS. I again seek all comments, thoughts , suggestions etc.

>

> PBS showed " ADD & Loving It " 12/4/10 in the la/orange county area of Ca. This

> was an excellent overview of diagnoses, treatment, social aspects ,

occupations

> etc for children and adults with ADD/ADHD. One comment a psychiatrist made was

> that 20% of people will not respond to Ritalin, addreal or other amphetamine

> based RX. The people said the felt like a zombies when on these traditional

> meds. My son has for over 2 years tried most all stimulant medications without

> success. He currently is again trying Addreal 60mg day( 40mg am, 20

afternoon).

> He stated they only worked for 1st several days then he was unable to focus on

> reading. or doing tasks. The Psychiatrist from University of Ca, Irvine made a

> statement that he has not been on it long enough for accurate results. I

thought

> this medication did not have to build up in system to show effects.

>

>

> Does anyone know what she would be referring to? Also if anybody has someone

who

> has not responded to stimulate medications what has the MD prescribed? I can't

> believe there is not another class of RX if 20% of ADD/ ADHD patients do not

> respond to med. Ideas?

>

> Also, my son was doing research on his own and found several studies by

> Universities doing trials for Autism using a medication called Memantine. This

> is a drug approved for treatment of Alzheimer's, but from studies I've read

has

> remarkable beneficial effects for autism. Mds have been prescribing it off

label

> for Autism and patients are swearing it cures phobias, ocd, accting out,

> behaviors, etc etc. Also, researches have found no side effects on test

> patients.

>

> Is anyone in the group heard about this med or is on Memantine? If so what

have

> been the results. Hopefully, we have a new RX on the horizon to treat our

loved

> ones. Any thoughts would be helpful.

>

>

> Happy Holidays,

> Mark

>

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I have not heard of that medication but I encourage 2 things:1. Test for lyme disease2. Try Feingold DietResearch by ARI will show you what has worked more successfully.-- Sent from my Palm PreOn Dec 5, 2010 17:49, Mark Calvert <tustinmark1956@...> wrote:

Hi everyone:Thx for all your previous suggestions and help regarding my Aspie/AdHD 20 yr old DS. I again seek all comments, thoughts , suggestions etc.PBS showed "ADD & Loving It" 12/4/10 in the la/orange county area of Ca. This was an excellent overview of diagnoses, treatment, social aspects , occupations etc for children and adults with ADD/ADHD. One comment a psychiatrist made was that 20% of people will not respond to Ritalin, addreal or other amphetamine based RX. The people said the felt like a zombies when on these traditional meds. My son has for over 2 years tried most all stimulant medications without success. He currently is again trying Addreal 60mg day( 40mg am, 20 afternoon). He stated they only worked for 1st several days then he was unable to focus on

reading. or doing tasks. The Psychiatrist from University of Ca, Irvine made a statement that he has not been on it long enough for accurate results. I thought this medication did not have to build up in system to show effects. Does anyone know what she would be referring to? Also if anybody has someone who has not responded to stimulate medications what has the MD prescribed? I can't believe there is not another class of RX if 20% of ADD/ ADHD patients do not respond to med. Ideas?Also, my son was doing research on his own and found several studies by Universities doing trials for Autism using a medication called Memantine. This is a drug approved for treatment of Alzheimer's, but from studies I've read has remarkable beneficial effects for autism. Mds have been prescribing it off label for Autism and patients are swearing it cures phobias, ocd, accting out, behaviors, etc etc. Also, researches have found no side effects on test

patients.Is anyone in the group heard about this med or is on Memantine? If so what have been the results. Hopefully, we have a new RX on the horizon to treat our loved ones. Any thoughts would be helpful. Happy Holidays,Mark