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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 512150" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Well, I do personally know kids that it makes the difference for and I wish my son was one of them. My kid though, ended up jumping over the seat of my car and pulling the keys out of my ignition while I was driving... I was able to stop him and pull into a parking lot where he started to strangle me from behind... Someone must have heard him and called the cops because by the time I had wrangled my way out of the car and was just standing there waiting him out while he was kicking and throwing a fit..they were slowly driving back and forth in the parking lot past me over and over... (duh, why not get out and ask if you can help???? ) I called the doctor, this was day two on it and he was off of it.... oh sorry that was the seroquel... the risperdal was when he was 4 and I was working at a child dev. center. He was in the day program for autism and I was called to a room where FOUR adults were restraining a raging 30something pound kid on a bean bag chair. </p><p></p><p>Both times the reactions happened in just days and both times it stopped the next day off the medication... and I would be VERY hesitant to ever try that class for him again (though as I said, our new doctor is a pharmacology expert and did a lot of research and work at Mayo Clinic and she said that for some kids like mine, they start with a HIGH dose and go down to the lowest dose that works because the low dose hits the wrong brain chemicals for him... not sure it is worth the risk for us but if he is at a place where it is residential or home without a better medication...???? we may need to try it.)</p><p></p><p>SO, yes, we at least got an answer in a quick amount of time but not sure if you can fully know if it will work well that fast, we never got to that point. We did find out it would NOT work quickly though. </p><p></p><p>You can only do what you can do in a day... it is so insensitive to say you should do more. giving ideas is fine, but most people have no idea how much more you are doing for your child than the average parent has to do in a day, week, month, year, lifetime!</p><p></p><p>I always remind people at the schools, and until recently they all agreed, that no matter the medications--even when they are working GREAT--we will have terrible days. For us it is usually that I find out he is getting sick, has a rash, a canker sore, toilet paper smashed in his ear canal, there was a medication error, whatever... nearly ALWAYS find a physical/sensory cause. I dont go looking for excuses either, just that it always turns out that way.</p><p></p><p>You are doing fine. Dont listen to the haters, they have no clue.</p><p></p><p></p><p>PS if your doctor is looking for someone to do the psychiatric medications... that is a psychiatrist. (for some of us we use a neurologist or developmental pediatrician or a doctor who is comfortable and will consult with the others... a pediatrician that may take special interest in behavior kids) the neuropsychologist (neuropsychologist) is a PhD type who can't do medications. They are the ones who do the bigger evaluations to see how behavior and brain are connected.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 512150, member: 12886"] Well, I do personally know kids that it makes the difference for and I wish my son was one of them. My kid though, ended up jumping over the seat of my car and pulling the keys out of my ignition while I was driving... I was able to stop him and pull into a parking lot where he started to strangle me from behind... Someone must have heard him and called the cops because by the time I had wrangled my way out of the car and was just standing there waiting him out while he was kicking and throwing a fit..they were slowly driving back and forth in the parking lot past me over and over... (duh, why not get out and ask if you can help???? ) I called the doctor, this was day two on it and he was off of it.... oh sorry that was the seroquel... the risperdal was when he was 4 and I was working at a child dev. center. He was in the day program for autism and I was called to a room where FOUR adults were restraining a raging 30something pound kid on a bean bag chair. Both times the reactions happened in just days and both times it stopped the next day off the medication... and I would be VERY hesitant to ever try that class for him again (though as I said, our new doctor is a pharmacology expert and did a lot of research and work at Mayo Clinic and she said that for some kids like mine, they start with a HIGH dose and go down to the lowest dose that works because the low dose hits the wrong brain chemicals for him... not sure it is worth the risk for us but if he is at a place where it is residential or home without a better medication...???? we may need to try it.) SO, yes, we at least got an answer in a quick amount of time but not sure if you can fully know if it will work well that fast, we never got to that point. We did find out it would NOT work quickly though. You can only do what you can do in a day... it is so insensitive to say you should do more. giving ideas is fine, but most people have no idea how much more you are doing for your child than the average parent has to do in a day, week, month, year, lifetime! I always remind people at the schools, and until recently they all agreed, that no matter the medications--even when they are working GREAT--we will have terrible days. For us it is usually that I find out he is getting sick, has a rash, a canker sore, toilet paper smashed in his ear canal, there was a medication error, whatever... nearly ALWAYS find a physical/sensory cause. I dont go looking for excuses either, just that it always turns out that way. You are doing fine. Dont listen to the haters, they have no clue. PS if your doctor is looking for someone to do the psychiatric medications... that is a psychiatrist. (for some of us we use a neurologist or developmental pediatrician or a doctor who is comfortable and will consult with the others... a pediatrician that may take special interest in behavior kids) the neuropsychologist (neuropsychologist) is a PhD type who can't do medications. They are the ones who do the bigger evaluations to see how behavior and brain are connected. [/QUOTE]
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