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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 598328" data-attributes="member: 15799"><p>It could be that he's "grown" out of the need for medications, or at least the ones he's on or who knows. I do know that my difficult child 1 (my Twin A) became extremely depressed on Risperdal and went beserk on Prozac to the point he was hospitalized the first and only time. When the hormone changes of puberty began (long before the physical signs appeared), things changed. Some symptoms got better, others got worse. Things changed for him because his body chemistry changed.</p><p></p><p>by the way, when you mention hand flapping, rocking, blank stares, etc my first thought was that his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) was more severe than Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). It sounds to me like he's a lot more Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) than just Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). My difficult child 2 (my Twin B) is Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and I would not settle for that diagnosis if he displayed the symptoms you describe. </p><p></p><p>I am glad he's getting all the services he needs and I am glad you're looking into the medications causing the depression. It is also possible that his "ADHD" is more of a bigger symptom of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) than actually ADHD and the need for an ADHD medication may be having the opposite affect. In difficult child 1's case, any side-effects from the medications came on so gradually that I didn't make the connection until things got way out of control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 598328, member: 15799"] It could be that he's "grown" out of the need for medications, or at least the ones he's on or who knows. I do know that my difficult child 1 (my Twin A) became extremely depressed on Risperdal and went beserk on Prozac to the point he was hospitalized the first and only time. When the hormone changes of puberty began (long before the physical signs appeared), things changed. Some symptoms got better, others got worse. Things changed for him because his body chemistry changed. by the way, when you mention hand flapping, rocking, blank stares, etc my first thought was that his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) was more severe than Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). It sounds to me like he's a lot more Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) than just Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). My difficult child 2 (my Twin B) is Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and I would not settle for that diagnosis if he displayed the symptoms you describe. I am glad he's getting all the services he needs and I am glad you're looking into the medications causing the depression. It is also possible that his "ADHD" is more of a bigger symptom of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) than actually ADHD and the need for an ADHD medication may be having the opposite affect. In difficult child 1's case, any side-effects from the medications came on so gradually that I didn't make the connection until things got way out of control. [/QUOTE]
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