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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 203847" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>We have never used clonidine, but I totally know how you feel about the lifetime issue part of this deal. It really stinks and hoovers. I think that by starting Wiz on medications early, and by stressing that the interaction of his medications and illegal/not-prescribed-for-him/even herbal medications could hurt him seriously, makes him willing to take the medications as prescribed and has kept him away from trying pot or any other drugs. He knows they are out there but is very afraid of them. Somewhere he got the idea that they would kill him. and he HATES my bro's behavior and has studied enough about alcohol to keep him away from that as far as we can tell. We were VERY open about alcoholism running in families, it making his medications very dangerous, AND the possiblity of him behaving the way my bro has/does (the behavior doesn't alway stop just because the alcohol does, sadly). Someone told him that drugs and his medications would kill him and he believes it.</p><p> </p><p>It doesn't mean he won't ever try them, it just combined with the </p><p>aspie-ism" to make him firm on the rule that drugs/alcohol are very bad things. So, that is one of the few "good" things about having an aspie. Once they get a rule, they really have it.</p><p> </p><p>I hope the chlonidine 2x a day will really help. It IS very different to see a doctor who knows about brain chemistry and what may help your child's given brain chem. FAR different than docs who just deal in behavior. I hope she is very helpful, and maybe can see you sooner if you need her?</p><p> </p><p>This may be a lifetime issue, well, it IS a lifetime issue, but it can have its good times too!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 203847, member: 1233"] We have never used clonidine, but I totally know how you feel about the lifetime issue part of this deal. It really stinks and hoovers. I think that by starting Wiz on medications early, and by stressing that the interaction of his medications and illegal/not-prescribed-for-him/even herbal medications could hurt him seriously, makes him willing to take the medications as prescribed and has kept him away from trying pot or any other drugs. He knows they are out there but is very afraid of them. Somewhere he got the idea that they would kill him. and he HATES my bro's behavior and has studied enough about alcohol to keep him away from that as far as we can tell. We were VERY open about alcoholism running in families, it making his medications very dangerous, AND the possiblity of him behaving the way my bro has/does (the behavior doesn't alway stop just because the alcohol does, sadly). Someone told him that drugs and his medications would kill him and he believes it. It doesn't mean he won't ever try them, it just combined with the aspie-ism" to make him firm on the rule that drugs/alcohol are very bad things. So, that is one of the few "good" things about having an aspie. Once they get a rule, they really have it. I hope the chlonidine 2x a day will really help. It IS very different to see a doctor who knows about brain chemistry and what may help your child's given brain chem. FAR different than docs who just deal in behavior. I hope she is very helpful, and maybe can see you sooner if you need her? This may be a lifetime issue, well, it IS a lifetime issue, but it can have its good times too! [/QUOTE]
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