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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 699006" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>There is no one medication that helps everyone. For me and my fsmily, Prozac was worse than poison. It had one of the worse affects on me that any antidepressant had. My daughter took it for a brief while and it made her so hyper and impulsive thar she put a k ife to her throat.Three weeks in the hospital at age 17 My autistic son became psycotic on it. I thank you he the pills down the toilet.</p><p></p><p>Finding the right medication, if medications are what the individual needs, is a trial and error game, less so now that they have a genetic maker test to show the doctor what may or won't work. Insist on one before anyone gives your child any medication. medications don't help everyone. Some actually get worse on medications. THe problem with kids is that often the first few diagnoses areally wrong..</p><p>So what are you medicating? Do they even know? My son with autism was being medicated for childhood bipolar, and it turns out he clearly doesn't have it. The psychiatrist insisted. My gut said autism. Should have trusted my mom gut. Problem is psychiatrists do not all understand that some neurological differencesay look likeentail illness...and this psychiatrist did not know. Scary!!! My son spent a few years on heavy drugs for a mental illness he doesn't have. He became obese. He still did not lose that drug weight</p><p></p><p>It took me ten yearsat as an adult with a serious mood disorder to find a medication that truly helped me and it is paroxatene, although many can't take paroxatene. It's good for me. No one size fits anyone except you.</p><p></p><p>Many times I felt like a guinea pig, but now they do have.the test I talked about. So it's a little more scientific. Medicaid covers it. I assume all insurance does in 2016. Maybe not. Check.</p><p></p><p>I think seeing a neuro Psycologist for intensive testing is best before medicating. My autistic son is now grown, doing great, working and on his own. Interventions helped much better than medications ..He takes none.</p><p></p><p>There is no rush. Find out what is wrong and then get a second opinion. Medication is serious. Don't take it lightly. Research each medication before you allow your child on it. Knowledge is power. It's ok to refuse.</p><p></p><p>Repeat: see a neuro psychologist. In the US, they are the most thorough diagnostic professionals. Do not trust a pediatrician, teacher or plain therapist for a diagnosis. They are not the experts with the right intensive training. Don't listen to what they think. They are not legally able to diagnose.</p><p></p><p>Good luck. It's not easy or fast to find the right answer. My son was 11 before he finally got the right diagnosis. I was happy to o wean him off his lithium and seroquel. He was much more alert and bright eyed without them. His defiant behavior had disappeared years before this. He is fully functional today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 699006, member: 1550"] There is no one medication that helps everyone. For me and my fsmily, Prozac was worse than poison. It had one of the worse affects on me that any antidepressant had. My daughter took it for a brief while and it made her so hyper and impulsive thar she put a k ife to her throat.Three weeks in the hospital at age 17 My autistic son became psycotic on it. I thank you he the pills down the toilet. Finding the right medication, if medications are what the individual needs, is a trial and error game, less so now that they have a genetic maker test to show the doctor what may or won't work. Insist on one before anyone gives your child any medication. medications don't help everyone. Some actually get worse on medications. THe problem with kids is that often the first few diagnoses areally wrong.. So what are you medicating? Do they even know? My son with autism was being medicated for childhood bipolar, and it turns out he clearly doesn't have it. The psychiatrist insisted. My gut said autism. Should have trusted my mom gut. Problem is psychiatrists do not all understand that some neurological differencesay look likeentail illness...and this psychiatrist did not know. Scary!!! My son spent a few years on heavy drugs for a mental illness he doesn't have. He became obese. He still did not lose that drug weight It took me ten yearsat as an adult with a serious mood disorder to find a medication that truly helped me and it is paroxatene, although many can't take paroxatene. It's good for me. No one size fits anyone except you. Many times I felt like a guinea pig, but now they do have.the test I talked about. So it's a little more scientific. Medicaid covers it. I assume all insurance does in 2016. Maybe not. Check. I think seeing a neuro Psycologist for intensive testing is best before medicating. My autistic son is now grown, doing great, working and on his own. Interventions helped much better than medications ..He takes none. There is no rush. Find out what is wrong and then get a second opinion. Medication is serious. Don't take it lightly. Research each medication before you allow your child on it. Knowledge is power. It's ok to refuse. Repeat: see a neuro psychologist. In the US, they are the most thorough diagnostic professionals. Do not trust a pediatrician, teacher or plain therapist for a diagnosis. They are not the experts with the right intensive training. Don't listen to what they think. They are not legally able to diagnose. Good luck. It's not easy or fast to find the right answer. My son was 11 before he finally got the right diagnosis. I was happy to o wean him off his lithium and seroquel. He was much more alert and bright eyed without them. His defiant behavior had disappeared years before this. He is fully functional today. [/QUOTE]
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