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antidepressants after 1 week - IQ/executive function drop?
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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 414163" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>I just typed a long answer--but my child did the same thing going into a neighbor's house and eating kids' candy while they were away. It is funny now. All the instances of stealing were while they were on ADs. And in my kids' case the disinhibition lasted the whole time they were on it (weeks in one case) before we figured out what was going on.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest that you think about consequences that try to teach --like writing an apology or doing a chore for the neighbor. We try to think restitution and perspective taking--how does it make the other person feel. It is a very long process but it is to try to get the cognitive ability to inhibit behavior developed. It takes years. School is now doing it to--son has a check in with Special Education teacher every day --sets a goal (like not poking anyone so his friends will want to hang with him). Idea is to make kid aware of consequences of behavior but really it takes years of repeated learning.</p><p></p><p>Boundary issues are common I think--they just don't think about it being some one else's stuff.</p><p></p><p>I think it is good that you are pursuing a diagnosis. It will help. I would ask about doing neuropsychologist testing--my son has average IQ but slow processing speed. He functions best in a small learning environment with minimal distractions. Which of course is hard for school to provide but he has had some pullout work in reading writing etc and some work with aides in classroom and has managed to keep up with his peers pretty well. </p><p></p><p>good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 414163, member: 2322"] I just typed a long answer--but my child did the same thing going into a neighbor's house and eating kids' candy while they were away. It is funny now. All the instances of stealing were while they were on ADs. And in my kids' case the disinhibition lasted the whole time they were on it (weeks in one case) before we figured out what was going on. I would suggest that you think about consequences that try to teach --like writing an apology or doing a chore for the neighbor. We try to think restitution and perspective taking--how does it make the other person feel. It is a very long process but it is to try to get the cognitive ability to inhibit behavior developed. It takes years. School is now doing it to--son has a check in with Special Education teacher every day --sets a goal (like not poking anyone so his friends will want to hang with him). Idea is to make kid aware of consequences of behavior but really it takes years of repeated learning. Boundary issues are common I think--they just don't think about it being some one else's stuff. I think it is good that you are pursuing a diagnosis. It will help. I would ask about doing neuropsychologist testing--my son has average IQ but slow processing speed. He functions best in a small learning environment with minimal distractions. Which of course is hard for school to provide but he has had some pullout work in reading writing etc and some work with aides in classroom and has managed to keep up with his peers pretty well. good luck. [/QUOTE]
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