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<blockquote data-quote="EndangeredCheerleader" data-source="post: 598693" data-attributes="member: 15279"><p>I completely understand your hesitation regarding medications. Pig Pen had a breakdown in third grade and developed major school phobia. Something had to give because he was completely shutting down in his educational environment no matter what modifications were made. He had been doing weekly behavioral play therapy for over a year without much success. We enrolled him in a therapeutic day program- where he still couldn't cope- which lead to week at a psychiatric hospital. and medications. It was a difficult road. He is now on a classic psychiatric medication combo of Zoloft 75mg/Risperdal 0.5mg/Concerta 54mg. His ability to cope with life in general is so, so, so much better. He still perseverates but not in the abusive manner we had become accustomed to. His 14 year old cousin is on the same kind of combo- FocalinXR and Risperdal- with huge improvement in social functioning. (His mother held off medicating until puberty)</p><p></p><p>medications don't work the same for everyone, even within the same classification. We added one medication at a time even during stay at psychiatric hospital. and day treatment. Pig Pen had a bad reaction to Prozac- physical aggression- but Zoloft works great. Intunive actually made his cousin (and Poppy) dizzy and caused stomach aches. It's not easy getting the right combo but sometimes it's what needs to happen in order for the family to function.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EndangeredCheerleader, post: 598693, member: 15279"] I completely understand your hesitation regarding medications. Pig Pen had a breakdown in third grade and developed major school phobia. Something had to give because he was completely shutting down in his educational environment no matter what modifications were made. He had been doing weekly behavioral play therapy for over a year without much success. We enrolled him in a therapeutic day program- where he still couldn't cope- which lead to week at a psychiatric hospital. and medications. It was a difficult road. He is now on a classic psychiatric medication combo of Zoloft 75mg/Risperdal 0.5mg/Concerta 54mg. His ability to cope with life in general is so, so, so much better. He still perseverates but not in the abusive manner we had become accustomed to. His 14 year old cousin is on the same kind of combo- FocalinXR and Risperdal- with huge improvement in social functioning. (His mother held off medicating until puberty) medications don't work the same for everyone, even within the same classification. We added one medication at a time even during stay at psychiatric hospital. and day treatment. Pig Pen had a bad reaction to Prozac- physical aggression- but Zoloft works great. Intunive actually made his cousin (and Poppy) dizzy and caused stomach aches. It's not easy getting the right combo but sometimes it's what needs to happen in order for the family to function. [/QUOTE]
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