Medication - PLEASE HELP!

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I am a single mother with a 7 year old autistic son.

My son is not very verbal and very echoic. I am having so many

problems with him running away from me in public places or getting

out of the house at night. I have made my home a fortress. Key locks

only on every entry door in my house. I guess I'm writing this

because I feel so alone. I cried myself to sleep last night because

I worry if I will be able to raise him and keep him safe. I also

have a 2 year old daughter with congenital heart problems and it has

been a trying last couple of years.

I have tried Adderoll, Risperadol, Ritalin ( only gave him one dose

it was horrible.)and Straterra. All of these medications had some

sort of weird side effect so I didn't want to continue any of them.

I am not someone who believes in medicine period but it's reached

the point where the hyperactivity issues and some of the destructive

behavior are making it hard on my daycare and my parents and

everyone else.

It's causing alot of turmoil within our family.

I will never put him anywhere, he is my baby but I was just

wondering if there were counselors or anyone out there who knows

where to go for my entire family to get therapy in dealing with it.

My son can't help it, I realize that so therefore I think there

needs to be some sort of realization of acceptance on my part and

learning how to cope with alot of this.

I can't seem to find a specialist who can put him on the right meds.

I am up all night with him, he doesn't sleep and sometimes I'm

afraid to take a bath or turn away from him for a second... It's

very stressful.

I just wish I knew someone out there who was going through this and

how they dealt with it. I feel so alone in this. His father is not

around and it's ALL ME.

Please, if you know of any medications other than what I've

discussed or any info that would be beneficial... Please email me...

Thank you,

Tina