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<blockquote data-quote="ML" data-source="post: 285804"><p>I look at medications as just one tool in my arsenal to live a stable and productive life. Yes, medications are over prescribed, especally for kids. When it was suggested that my son start them at 7 and 8 I refused them. I relented and tried an SSRI to deal with the anxiety when he was 9. I kind of wished I'd waited a little longer but at the time was convinced his quality of life was diminished and had tried fish oil, calcium and a battery of vitamins till he could choke down no more. I'd also tried some CBT ideas from our therapist at the time. I changed insurance a year and a half ago because Kaiser was known for poor mental health (counseling) services. I am on the waiting list now for a highly recommended therapist who has experience with aspies, and with their parents!</p><p></p><p>So now I still wonder if I'm doing the right thing by using clonidine to help the tics and the 20 mg of zoloft that the pediatrician. said was too low to be doing anything but which my psychiatrist is hesitant to increase because of my reaction to medications in general (I hear too much hear to not have anxiety about it).</p><p></p><p>I would like to ween away from medications for manster. Perhaps if this new therapist is as good as I hear we will learn some skills and tools to enable this to occur. In the meantime I continue to use medications and feel an ache in my gut every time I give him his pills. This includes the ones for allergies and asthma.</p><p></p><p>ML</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ML, post: 285804"] I look at medications as just one tool in my arsenal to live a stable and productive life. Yes, medications are over prescribed, especally for kids. When it was suggested that my son start them at 7 and 8 I refused them. I relented and tried an SSRI to deal with the anxiety when he was 9. I kind of wished I'd waited a little longer but at the time was convinced his quality of life was diminished and had tried fish oil, calcium and a battery of vitamins till he could choke down no more. I'd also tried some CBT ideas from our therapist at the time. I changed insurance a year and a half ago because Kaiser was known for poor mental health (counseling) services. I am on the waiting list now for a highly recommended therapist who has experience with aspies, and with their parents! So now I still wonder if I'm doing the right thing by using clonidine to help the tics and the 20 mg of zoloft that the pediatrician. said was too low to be doing anything but which my psychiatrist is hesitant to increase because of my reaction to medications in general (I hear too much hear to not have anxiety about it). I would like to ween away from medications for manster. Perhaps if this new therapist is as good as I hear we will learn some skills and tools to enable this to occur. In the meantime I continue to use medications and feel an ache in my gut every time I give him his pills. This includes the ones for allergies and asthma. ML [/QUOTE]
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