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<blockquote data-quote="ivas611" data-source="post: 264673" data-attributes="member: 6645"><p>Hi there... I have not checked in in awhile. Sorry about that it's been a quite a few months. </p><p> </p><p>My 4 year old son was put on dexedrine for ADHD by his psychiatrist. He also had his tonsils and adnoids removed. His sleeping improved but his behavir got worse. He became more agreessive. Finally after a par mortial seizure, the psychiatrist took him off the medicine and basically told us there was nothing more he could do for us. We took our son to a developmental neurologist today. diagnosis him with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and Rx'd a ECG to rule out a seizure disorder and wants genetic testing because he has a bilateral siman crease in is hands(typical with people with down syndrome). In addition to Rx-ing clodidine the medication I orginally refused from the psychiatrist. Tonight is the first night we tried it and I am scared as anything from everything I have read on line. I am being made to feel like a bad parent for putting on the drugs because "he is just a typical boy" and a for looking for a problem and a bad parent if I don't because I could be denying him the help he needs. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/brokenheart.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":brokenheart:" title="brokenheart :brokenheart:" data-shortname=":brokenheart:" /></p><p>I just want whats best for him and I am scared that I am going to end up hurting him. The different diagnosis and no closer to any answers. I cried from the Dr office to the school and all day at work because I feel now I have more questions than answers. And I was offended by the Dr's insensitive comment that this is fixable, Autism is not and this is why it's called practicing medicine, because Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) was not a definitive diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>Isn't Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) a form of autism?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ivas611, post: 264673, member: 6645"] Hi there... I have not checked in in awhile. Sorry about that it's been a quite a few months. My 4 year old son was put on dexedrine for ADHD by his psychiatrist. He also had his tonsils and adnoids removed. His sleeping improved but his behavir got worse. He became more agreessive. Finally after a par mortial seizure, the psychiatrist took him off the medicine and basically told us there was nothing more he could do for us. We took our son to a developmental neurologist today. diagnosis him with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and Rx'd a ECG to rule out a seizure disorder and wants genetic testing because he has a bilateral siman crease in is hands(typical with people with down syndrome). In addition to Rx-ing clodidine the medication I orginally refused from the psychiatrist. Tonight is the first night we tried it and I am scared as anything from everything I have read on line. I am being made to feel like a bad parent for putting on the drugs because "he is just a typical boy" and a for looking for a problem and a bad parent if I don't because I could be denying him the help he needs. :brokenheart: I just want whats best for him and I am scared that I am going to end up hurting him. The different diagnosis and no closer to any answers. I cried from the Dr office to the school and all day at work because I feel now I have more questions than answers. And I was offended by the Dr's insensitive comment that this is fixable, Autism is not and this is why it's called practicing medicine, because Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) was not a definitive diagnosis. Isn't Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) a form of autism? [/QUOTE]
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