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Hi, my name is Theresa. I have a 17 year old autistic son who also

has an uncontrolled seizure disorder. My main concern with my son

right now is his hitting people. He has been going through this for

years off and on. He will go months without hitting and then all of a

sudden it will start up again. His pediatrician has him on haldol for

this and just increases the dosage when he starts up but I am hoping

to get suggestions on what I can do besides rely on medicine.

Sometimes the hitting is triggered if someone says something to him

that he doesn't like and sometimes he will just hit for no apparent

reason. Years ago he would literally just start hitting me in the

car while we were driving home after I got off work. Just yesterday

as we were leaving my parents house, out of the blue he socked me in

the arm. This morning when we were about to leave the house he had

his arms loaded with things he wanted to take to grandma's house and

he kept dropping things so I told him " you are trying to carry too

much, you do not need to take all of that, put some things back " .

Well that was enough to sock me. He also hits kids in his classroom

for no apparent reason. One minute he is fine and the next minute,

watch out kids. His nuerologist suggested that it may be what they

call violent seizures but who knows. I just know that I get very

frustrated when he does this because for one, he could hurt someone,

and also because I do not know what to do. I could really use some

help if anyone has any suggestions. Thank you and sorry this was so

long.