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quick (routine) medication question....allergies?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 354023" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We had problems with difficult child 3 when he was younger and developed an allergic reaction to a cold & flu medicine. Turned out to be the artificial colour in the medication that did it, but he was put on an antihistamine to deal with the rash. Then we noticed, over the week or so we were dosing him to keep the rash under control, that his behaviour went out the window. His teacher couldn't cope and actually sent him home (for his own sanity and tat of the rest of the class). "He's not in trouble, but he's also not coping."</p><p></p><p>Then towards the end of the week we noticed that the things that difficult child 3's medications usually helped him with, were being lost. Even his language - he seemed to be losing his speech. I remember at his piano lesson at the end of the week (we had to stop the lesson, he wasn't coping) the teacher was gently asking difficult child 3 a very simple question, he knew the answer, and he couldn't respond verbally. He also was unable to play a complete phrase on the piano, but could only hit one note over and over, not able to progress to the next note. And this is a kid who could sight-read music! That is when we knew there was something really wrong. With what he had been asked, he could have responded verbally or he could have played it. He could do neither and we knew it was a really easy question for him. That was when we really panicked.</p><p></p><p>It was right on Easter, so there was a couple of weeks' break before the next lesson. By next time he was off the antihistamines (had been for a week) and was back to normal, chattering away as usual and playing piano with no trouble.</p><p></p><p>He's never been on antihistamines since then.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 354023, member: 1991"] We had problems with difficult child 3 when he was younger and developed an allergic reaction to a cold & flu medicine. Turned out to be the artificial colour in the medication that did it, but he was put on an antihistamine to deal with the rash. Then we noticed, over the week or so we were dosing him to keep the rash under control, that his behaviour went out the window. His teacher couldn't cope and actually sent him home (for his own sanity and tat of the rest of the class). "He's not in trouble, but he's also not coping." Then towards the end of the week we noticed that the things that difficult child 3's medications usually helped him with, were being lost. Even his language - he seemed to be losing his speech. I remember at his piano lesson at the end of the week (we had to stop the lesson, he wasn't coping) the teacher was gently asking difficult child 3 a very simple question, he knew the answer, and he couldn't respond verbally. He also was unable to play a complete phrase on the piano, but could only hit one note over and over, not able to progress to the next note. And this is a kid who could sight-read music! That is when we knew there was something really wrong. With what he had been asked, he could have responded verbally or he could have played it. He could do neither and we knew it was a really easy question for him. That was when we really panicked. It was right on Easter, so there was a couple of weeks' break before the next lesson. By next time he was off the antihistamines (had been for a week) and was back to normal, chattering away as usual and playing piano with no trouble. He's never been on antihistamines since then. Marg [/QUOTE]
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