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Really bad day....how long for medication to take affect?
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<blockquote data-quote="ML" data-source="post: 232278"><p>Bless your heart! I don't have much to add on the medicine component except that manster is on tenex and from what I understand it's supposed to help with hyperactivity but not attention. That seems to be the case. </p><p></p><p>My son was similar to yours when he was younger and I remember just how exhausting it can be. And I didn't have a second child to trigger him. It's true that for kids on the spectrum medications are never "the" answer but they can help with some of the symptoms. Like Marg said, if you don't get the "wow" factor, you might as well drop them because medications almost always have side effects and you want to make sure the cure isn't worse than the "disease". Manster has been on zoloft for 2 months now and while I'm not saying "wow" I am getting there. He has not had a meltdown in weeks. I wouldn't have wanted to try it when he was younger and I have mixed feelings about even trying it at 10. But my goal is the give him a quality of life and to that end I will exhaust all avenues.</p><p></p><p>Thinking of you and hoping you get some rest and time for yourself. That is so essential.</p><p></p><p>Hugs,</p><p></p><p>ML</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ML, post: 232278"] Bless your heart! I don't have much to add on the medicine component except that manster is on tenex and from what I understand it's supposed to help with hyperactivity but not attention. That seems to be the case. My son was similar to yours when he was younger and I remember just how exhausting it can be. And I didn't have a second child to trigger him. It's true that for kids on the spectrum medications are never "the" answer but they can help with some of the symptoms. Like Marg said, if you don't get the "wow" factor, you might as well drop them because medications almost always have side effects and you want to make sure the cure isn't worse than the "disease". Manster has been on zoloft for 2 months now and while I'm not saying "wow" I am getting there. He has not had a meltdown in weeks. I wouldn't have wanted to try it when he was younger and I have mixed feelings about even trying it at 10. But my goal is the give him a quality of life and to that end I will exhaust all avenues. Thinking of you and hoping you get some rest and time for yourself. That is so essential. Hugs, ML [/QUOTE]
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