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diagnosis changed from ADHD to Asperger's - FRUSTRATED!
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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 449359"><p>I feel very sorry for him. My son was diagnosis'd with ADHD at 4 yo. Adderall was a big no-no. They put him on Straterra when he was 5. For us, that has been wonderful. In 3rd grade ODD was added. I didn't know any better so it stayed. It wasn't until this last Fall that things didn't seem quite right. He was raging more and was clearly frustrated most of the time. School personnel "ruled with an iron fist" because that is how you deal with ODD. It didn't work and actually backfired. Did further testing in January and the ODD diagnosis was changed to Autism Spectrum Disorder (leaning towards Asperger's). The psychiatrist put him on Risperdal to help with the "autism related anxiety". It took 2 months of non-stop rages and property destruction for me to realize it was the medication. I tried working with the psychiatrist and all they wanted to do was keep changing the dosage. After 2 months, I informed them I was NEVER giving him Risperdal again and the behaviors went away. I also changed how I handled things realizing that his THINKING was different and I started spending more time teaching the lacking skills rather than punishing. Things here have improved drastically. Unfortunately, school personnel won't change their mindset and are still doing the "iron fist" treatment because he "has to be made to follow the rules like everyone else". This caused difficult child to become EXTREMELY depressed. We started him on Prozac and the depression is all but non-existant so we are weaning him off it. Needless to say, we are changing schools so the school-induced depression doesn't come back.</p><p></p><p>The reason I asked the questions about the medications is because my son went through some pretty horrible things as a result of wrong diagnosis and wrong medications. Personally, I would still be skeptical of the voices thing for now. What are they hoping the Abilify will do? Just curious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 449359"] I feel very sorry for him. My son was diagnosis'd with ADHD at 4 yo. Adderall was a big no-no. They put him on Straterra when he was 5. For us, that has been wonderful. In 3rd grade ODD was added. I didn't know any better so it stayed. It wasn't until this last Fall that things didn't seem quite right. He was raging more and was clearly frustrated most of the time. School personnel "ruled with an iron fist" because that is how you deal with ODD. It didn't work and actually backfired. Did further testing in January and the ODD diagnosis was changed to Autism Spectrum Disorder (leaning towards Asperger's). The psychiatrist put him on Risperdal to help with the "autism related anxiety". It took 2 months of non-stop rages and property destruction for me to realize it was the medication. I tried working with the psychiatrist and all they wanted to do was keep changing the dosage. After 2 months, I informed them I was NEVER giving him Risperdal again and the behaviors went away. I also changed how I handled things realizing that his THINKING was different and I started spending more time teaching the lacking skills rather than punishing. Things here have improved drastically. Unfortunately, school personnel won't change their mindset and are still doing the "iron fist" treatment because he "has to be made to follow the rules like everyone else". This caused difficult child to become EXTREMELY depressed. We started him on Prozac and the depression is all but non-existant so we are weaning him off it. Needless to say, we are changing schools so the school-induced depression doesn't come back. The reason I asked the questions about the medications is because my son went through some pretty horrible things as a result of wrong diagnosis and wrong medications. Personally, I would still be skeptical of the voices thing for now. What are they hoping the Abilify will do? Just curious. [/QUOTE]
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