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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 181834" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>A lot of kids don't use medication. After overmedicating my own child, who also had a very unstable birth history (his birthmother had used drugs when he was in utero and then he had open heart surgery), we got a slew of wrong diagnosis. All the doctors wanted to fix him with medications, although I thought I saw autism in him. But who am I, right? We did get him school interventions--THAT you can do. It helped him tremendously. In the meantime, he ended up taking a ton of medication for a laundry list of disorders that to me said, "We don't know what's wrong."</p><p>Finally, we got a neuropsychologist exam and found he was indeed on the autism spectrum, although high functioning. We took him off the medications, continued his interventions and he's doing great and medication-free. He's not even on alternatives. He doesn't NEED any sort of medication--he needed Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) intervention. </p><p>I don't blame you for being careful about the medications. I wish I had been more careful. I'm on medications myself and, although the right medications can greatly help for psychiatric issues, they can also make kids much worse. You may want to go to the "natural" site. Make sure you get him into school early--the helps a lot. There is early education for kids with special needs. </p><p>I wish you luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 181834, member: 1550"] A lot of kids don't use medication. After overmedicating my own child, who also had a very unstable birth history (his birthmother had used drugs when he was in utero and then he had open heart surgery), we got a slew of wrong diagnosis. All the doctors wanted to fix him with medications, although I thought I saw autism in him. But who am I, right? We did get him school interventions--THAT you can do. It helped him tremendously. In the meantime, he ended up taking a ton of medication for a laundry list of disorders that to me said, "We don't know what's wrong." Finally, we got a neuropsychologist exam and found he was indeed on the autism spectrum, although high functioning. We took him off the medications, continued his interventions and he's doing great and medication-free. He's not even on alternatives. He doesn't NEED any sort of medication--he needed Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) intervention. I don't blame you for being careful about the medications. I wish I had been more careful. I'm on medications myself and, although the right medications can greatly help for psychiatric issues, they can also make kids much worse. You may want to go to the "natural" site. Make sure you get him into school early--the helps a lot. There is early education for kids with special needs. I wish you luck! [/QUOTE]
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