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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 276108" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Hi Michelle, nice to meet you.</p><p> </p><p>My son is 12 and on the spectrum. We've had good luck with-Adderall and clonidine.</p><p>Now we trying imiprimene and are up to 40 mg. So far, so good.</p><p>We have just recently reduced his Adderall from 25 mg to 20 mg. As the imiprimine goes up, the Adderall will go down. (My idea, but the psychiatrist agreed.)</p><p>We save the clonidine for when he eats wheat and starts acting out because of allergies.</p><p>We tried prozac and zoloft and he had terrible side effects.</p><p> </p><p>He has friends, but they're either into sports or video games, so there's not a lot of talking going on. I'm concerned that when he hits HS and has to have a "real" friendship, his differences will really stand out. Right now he can still fake it. He's lucky (I guess) to be living at a time or age when it's cool to tune out other people and keep your nose in your own interests. His friends will call, and he'll play baseball on his PS2 the entire time he's talking, then get bored with-the conversation, and in the middle of the whole thing, say "Bye" and hang up. Or, he'll just hang up. But his friends are equally rude so he's "in." </p><p> </p><p>Some days he seems like he's matured so much, and other days he's so ... um, how do I say this with-o sounding like a jerk? ... shallow. One dimensional. </p><p>And then the next day, he'll ask a really profound question and want to know the answer, or at least, to have a discussion.</p><p> </p><p>Sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 276108, member: 3419"] Hi Michelle, nice to meet you. My son is 12 and on the spectrum. We've had good luck with-Adderall and clonidine. Now we trying imiprimene and are up to 40 mg. So far, so good. We have just recently reduced his Adderall from 25 mg to 20 mg. As the imiprimine goes up, the Adderall will go down. (My idea, but the psychiatrist agreed.) We save the clonidine for when he eats wheat and starts acting out because of allergies. We tried prozac and zoloft and he had terrible side effects. He has friends, but they're either into sports or video games, so there's not a lot of talking going on. I'm concerned that when he hits HS and has to have a "real" friendship, his differences will really stand out. Right now he can still fake it. He's lucky (I guess) to be living at a time or age when it's cool to tune out other people and keep your nose in your own interests. His friends will call, and he'll play baseball on his PS2 the entire time he's talking, then get bored with-the conversation, and in the middle of the whole thing, say "Bye" and hang up. Or, he'll just hang up. But his friends are equally rude so he's "in." Some days he seems like he's matured so much, and other days he's so ... um, how do I say this with-o sounding like a jerk? ... shallow. One dimensional. And then the next day, he'll ask a really profound question and want to know the answer, or at least, to have a discussion. Sigh. [/QUOTE]
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