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One of those Neverending Irrational Conversations with a difficult child......
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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 543549"><p>It could bery well be Tourettes then. I was just curious. The big difference between that and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (besides the tics obviously) is the social aspect and thinking errors. Those are very definitely Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), at least in our case and puberty made thinks jump a few notches, Know what I mean?? As for the medications, the Strattera is for the ADHD symptoms. He's been on it since he was 5 and it works wonders for him. I have heard of others here that it was a nightmare or unhelpful for their difficult child's so it's a hit or miss type thing. The Tenex (a short-acting version of Intuniv) helps him calm enough to sleep. He was on a smaller dose during the day as well but it didn't do much and they couldn't up it at all because of the effects on his blood pressure. I was told that it helps with the impulsivity and it would have been nice to see if a higher dose during the day would have made a difference but we decided keeping the higher dose at night to help with sleep was more important. </p><p></p><p>You may very well be looking at all three things overlapping. Is your difficult child on any ADHD medications? Do they help? difficult child 1 has ADHD as an additional diagnosis to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) because of his EXTREME hyperactivity without the medications. If it weren't for that, I would have agreed with others that the inattention was due entirely to his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Does your difficult child have an extremely high level of hyperactivity or is it more the inattention and inability to focus? Just curious. Except for the tics, he sounds a lot like my difficult child 1.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 543549"] It could bery well be Tourettes then. I was just curious. The big difference between that and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (besides the tics obviously) is the social aspect and thinking errors. Those are very definitely Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), at least in our case and puberty made thinks jump a few notches, Know what I mean?? As for the medications, the Strattera is for the ADHD symptoms. He's been on it since he was 5 and it works wonders for him. I have heard of others here that it was a nightmare or unhelpful for their difficult child's so it's a hit or miss type thing. The Tenex (a short-acting version of Intuniv) helps him calm enough to sleep. He was on a smaller dose during the day as well but it didn't do much and they couldn't up it at all because of the effects on his blood pressure. I was told that it helps with the impulsivity and it would have been nice to see if a higher dose during the day would have made a difference but we decided keeping the higher dose at night to help with sleep was more important. You may very well be looking at all three things overlapping. Is your difficult child on any ADHD medications? Do they help? difficult child 1 has ADHD as an additional diagnosis to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) because of his EXTREME hyperactivity without the medications. If it weren't for that, I would have agreed with others that the inattention was due entirely to his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Does your difficult child have an extremely high level of hyperactivity or is it more the inattention and inability to focus? Just curious. Except for the tics, he sounds a lot like my difficult child 1. [/QUOTE]
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