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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 718919" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>The psychiatrict community tries to trear autism as a mental health problem. IT IS NOT. IT IS A DIFFERENTLY WIRED NEUROLOGICAL DIFFERENCE! It can co exist with, say, bipolar, but the autism part must be addressed seperately and medications dont help all autistic people. They often (not always) tend to be super sensitive to medication. My son is. ADHD medications and antidepressants made him act uncharateristically hyper and Prozac made him crazy. All anti psychotics, like Risperdal, caused very dangerous side affects. Yes, he was medication sensitive.</p><p></p><p>My son started early iterventions at infancy, helping him swallow. Helpig him suck. This was called speeh!</p><p></p><p>He was born with drugs in his system. Although nobody diagnosed him with autism until age 11, they must have suspected it because he received very early typical autism interventions. Yet they refused to say autism.</p><p></p><p>For him he was put into Speeh, occupational therapy (for his sensory sensitivities), physical therapy to help him hold crayons and such and social skills classes to get him used to new children. My son had sky high anxiety. He could not transition from one activity to another without a meltdown and this was anxiety based. Busy places caused him to cover his ears and have a meltdown. New places freaked him out. Even a change in routine or a toy out of place made him nervous. Anxiety and autism go hand in hand. It is part of autism, not seperate.</p><p></p><p>An advantage we had is that Sonic liked school. At 3 he took a bus to early education in the morning and Headstart in the afternoon. He gained so much from all this, but he still had challenges. So he got Occupational Therapist (OT), physical therapy, social skills and extra help in school. It all helped.</p><p></p><p>medications never helped him. Never said all autistic kids dont benefit from medications, but Sonic just could not tolerate them. Yet his psychiatris keep saying he had bipolar and kept prescribing drugs that, for him, doped him up.</p><p></p><p>At 11 we got fed up. The kid did not display moodswings or meltdowns anymore and we doubted the bipolar diagnosis and wanted to have a fresh diagnosis done by a different type of professional.</p><p></p><p>A neuro psychologist, used by a friend, came to our attention. We liked that he did actual testing, not just fast observation and diagnosing that way.</p><p> </p><p>His ten hours of extensive testing was different from no testing at all from the psychiatris(s). They were unwilling to consider anything but bipolar, even if our son had no moodswings.</p><p></p><p>neuropsychologist said son had high functioning autism and suggested changes in school and treatment. A year later he was off all medications and mainstreamed, doing well, and he never looked back. I am angry at me for allowing medications that didnt help him. medications are not the only thing autistics need, even if they meed medications. And i dont think therapy is always necessary or even helpful unless the therspist is dang informed about autism vs. just anxiety or social anxiety. Yes, if you are autistic, they are part of the disorder! I dont trust psychiatrists regarding autism.</p><p></p><p>This is our story and my sons triumph. He grows stronger and, dare I say, less autistic acting each year. Autism is a developmental delay so they mature later. My son is 24 now, lives alone, works and is now looking for a computer job. He has exceeded everyones expectations, something I think he will continue to do.</p><p></p><p>I thank his early intervention team, his Special Education teacher and marvelous aide, and his neuro psychologist and Sonic himself for his great life.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helped in some small way. All autistic people are different. I think psychiatrists dont get that autism is not a mental health issue and they try to use mental health treatments for it. And overmedicate sometimes. You cant get rid of autistic behavior with medications. Some more violent autistic need medications to calm them down. That still doesnt chsnge them from being autistic though.</p><p></p><p>Get a neuro psychologist to test her...that is my last suggestion. Forget the psychiatrist for now.</p><p></p><p>JMO and experience.</p><p></p><p>And tons and tons of luck!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 718919, member: 1550"] The psychiatrict community tries to trear autism as a mental health problem. IT IS NOT. IT IS A DIFFERENTLY WIRED NEUROLOGICAL DIFFERENCE! It can co exist with, say, bipolar, but the autism part must be addressed seperately and medications dont help all autistic people. They often (not always) tend to be super sensitive to medication. My son is. ADHD medications and antidepressants made him act uncharateristically hyper and Prozac made him crazy. All anti psychotics, like Risperdal, caused very dangerous side affects. Yes, he was medication sensitive. My son started early iterventions at infancy, helping him swallow. Helpig him suck. This was called speeh! He was born with drugs in his system. Although nobody diagnosed him with autism until age 11, they must have suspected it because he received very early typical autism interventions. Yet they refused to say autism. For him he was put into Speeh, occupational therapy (for his sensory sensitivities), physical therapy to help him hold crayons and such and social skills classes to get him used to new children. My son had sky high anxiety. He could not transition from one activity to another without a meltdown and this was anxiety based. Busy places caused him to cover his ears and have a meltdown. New places freaked him out. Even a change in routine or a toy out of place made him nervous. Anxiety and autism go hand in hand. It is part of autism, not seperate. An advantage we had is that Sonic liked school. At 3 he took a bus to early education in the morning and Headstart in the afternoon. He gained so much from all this, but he still had challenges. So he got Occupational Therapist (OT), physical therapy, social skills and extra help in school. It all helped. medications never helped him. Never said all autistic kids dont benefit from medications, but Sonic just could not tolerate them. Yet his psychiatris keep saying he had bipolar and kept prescribing drugs that, for him, doped him up. At 11 we got fed up. The kid did not display moodswings or meltdowns anymore and we doubted the bipolar diagnosis and wanted to have a fresh diagnosis done by a different type of professional. A neuro psychologist, used by a friend, came to our attention. We liked that he did actual testing, not just fast observation and diagnosing that way. His ten hours of extensive testing was different from no testing at all from the psychiatris(s). They were unwilling to consider anything but bipolar, even if our son had no moodswings. neuropsychologist said son had high functioning autism and suggested changes in school and treatment. A year later he was off all medications and mainstreamed, doing well, and he never looked back. I am angry at me for allowing medications that didnt help him. medications are not the only thing autistics need, even if they meed medications. And i dont think therapy is always necessary or even helpful unless the therspist is dang informed about autism vs. just anxiety or social anxiety. Yes, if you are autistic, they are part of the disorder! I dont trust psychiatrists regarding autism. This is our story and my sons triumph. He grows stronger and, dare I say, less autistic acting each year. Autism is a developmental delay so they mature later. My son is 24 now, lives alone, works and is now looking for a computer job. He has exceeded everyones expectations, something I think he will continue to do. I thank his early intervention team, his Special Education teacher and marvelous aide, and his neuro psychologist and Sonic himself for his great life. I hope this helped in some small way. All autistic people are different. I think psychiatrists dont get that autism is not a mental health issue and they try to use mental health treatments for it. And overmedicate sometimes. You cant get rid of autistic behavior with medications. Some more violent autistic need medications to calm them down. That still doesnt chsnge them from being autistic though. Get a neuro psychologist to test her...that is my last suggestion. Forget the psychiatrist for now. JMO and experience. And tons and tons of luck!! [/QUOTE]
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