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<blockquote data-quote="wethreepeeps" data-source="post: 285652" data-attributes="member: 3436"><p>Unfortunately, I know my son was overmedicated at times at the beginning of our journey, and on the wrong medications at other times. I just didn't know enough to realize it at the time. I know he needs them. Without them, to be blunt, he is practically feral. He can't function. On them, he can regulate enough that we can work with him constantly to learn coping and social skills, to go to school and be educated. Maybe, hopefully, as he grows and develops, those skills will be enough to see him through. I don't know. At this point he is nearly eleven years old but I still see so many things in him that remind me of an angry toddler when he doesn't get his way, his sobbing tantrums where he really does sound like a furious three year old, and his rages where I see a gleeful, maniacal lack of empathy or concern. He's getting bigger and taller and more clever in his lies, at concealing his misdeeds. After 8 years of trying every trick in the book to get it to stop, he still steals food on a weekly basis, still urinates somewhere besides the toilet a couple of times a month, the still throws himself in the floor and hits himself in the head when he's frustrated or angry. As hard as we've worked, as many different modes of therapy as we've tried and continue to try, I know that medication has made far more improvements in his behavior than those therapies ever have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wethreepeeps, post: 285652, member: 3436"] Unfortunately, I know my son was overmedicated at times at the beginning of our journey, and on the wrong medications at other times. I just didn't know enough to realize it at the time. I know he needs them. Without them, to be blunt, he is practically feral. He can't function. On them, he can regulate enough that we can work with him constantly to learn coping and social skills, to go to school and be educated. Maybe, hopefully, as he grows and develops, those skills will be enough to see him through. I don't know. At this point he is nearly eleven years old but I still see so many things in him that remind me of an angry toddler when he doesn't get his way, his sobbing tantrums where he really does sound like a furious three year old, and his rages where I see a gleeful, maniacal lack of empathy or concern. He's getting bigger and taller and more clever in his lies, at concealing his misdeeds. After 8 years of trying every trick in the book to get it to stop, he still steals food on a weekly basis, still urinates somewhere besides the toilet a couple of times a month, the still throws himself in the floor and hits himself in the head when he's frustrated or angry. As hard as we've worked, as many different modes of therapy as we've tried and continue to try, I know that medication has made far more improvements in his behavior than those therapies ever have. [/QUOTE]
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