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<blockquote data-quote="AutismEDorwhat" data-source="post: 606648" data-attributes="member: 16873"><p>Guanfacine made our son much worse (very irritable). You might track when these episodes occur during the day to see if they fall during a weak point between one of the medications. We are upping Haloperidol to see if it will help with the explosions / tantrums. I believe this is the 8th or 9th medication we tried (in order to address problems Risperdal doesn't cover) since he was 4. His allergic reaction or unfavorable reaction to others has reduced the pool of medications which can be used.</p><p></p><p>He has autism as the primary diagnosis however he can be malicious and explosive. He is now 10. He will explode and yell at wife or myself (and raise his fist or hit) regardless of the setting. He exhibited aggression at age two by sitting on a parent or sibling, raising his hands and slamming them down on the person. He would hit other children at McDonalds play areas or parks. For the most part, we ended up not going out to eat or visit friends.</p><p></p><p>If your difficult child is regional center eligible then you could ask for a personal assistant (respite hours) to be used to accompany you and respond to these behaviors. In Calif by applying for Medi-CAL / IHSS it can make you eligible for up to 188 hours per month if the difficult child is deemed a risk to his/herself or others. We just applied and it appears to be a 2 month process. </p><p></p><p>We are trying the above to see if it will help keep his younger sister safe and allow us to keep from placing him in a residential facility though much of the time that sounds like a really good idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AutismEDorwhat, post: 606648, member: 16873"] Guanfacine made our son much worse (very irritable). You might track when these episodes occur during the day to see if they fall during a weak point between one of the medications. We are upping Haloperidol to see if it will help with the explosions / tantrums. I believe this is the 8th or 9th medication we tried (in order to address problems Risperdal doesn't cover) since he was 4. His allergic reaction or unfavorable reaction to others has reduced the pool of medications which can be used. He has autism as the primary diagnosis however he can be malicious and explosive. He is now 10. He will explode and yell at wife or myself (and raise his fist or hit) regardless of the setting. He exhibited aggression at age two by sitting on a parent or sibling, raising his hands and slamming them down on the person. He would hit other children at McDonalds play areas or parks. For the most part, we ended up not going out to eat or visit friends. If your difficult child is regional center eligible then you could ask for a personal assistant (respite hours) to be used to accompany you and respond to these behaviors. In Calif by applying for Medi-CAL / IHSS it can make you eligible for up to 188 hours per month if the difficult child is deemed a risk to his/herself or others. We just applied and it appears to be a 2 month process. We are trying the above to see if it will help keep his younger sister safe and allow us to keep from placing him in a residential facility though much of the time that sounds like a really good idea. [/QUOTE]
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