Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Posted March 26, 2006 As I have been reading several different postings about medicating our children, I wanted to tell you our story. As with many autistic children, my son has the obsessive-compulsive component. He is HFA, but was only dx'd a year ago. He was originally diagnosed with OCD at 2 1/2 years, as he started to speak once he went into speech therapy...therefore, he didn't have autism. Boy they were wrong about that. Anyway, I have always felt that at times teachers have looked at him as having some ADD, as he does not focus long on areas that are not of interest to him. However, he has been on Zoloft, an anti-depressant that actively treats OCD. He is so much better on this. He doesn't obsess over simple things quite as much, and is definitely able to focus better on life. Once he was put on the medicine, he began to talk, partially because he wasn't obsessing on it being perfect. When I took him off for a spell in kindergarten, he would sit against the wall and rock back and forth, etc.... I am not advocating drug intervention, but I wanted to tell a little of our story. He has never been on any other medication for the autistic behaviors and at NO time does he ever appear to be sedated, drugged, or in any way different than he is. All of his autistic behaviors are still evident, just lessened a slight amount. And, he doesn't have the terrible emotional strain of the OCD affecting him. Once again, I am not a medical professional, just a parent who has found success with one medicine. New Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. Quote
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