Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Liz, my Abby takes Prozac to, however she takes it for anxiety issues. I was so hesitant about putting her on it. I wish I would have put her on it sooner, She is so much more content. She does really well on it. I hope the days of no tantrums continue and look forward to more post from you. Pennie Abby's Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Oh boy, I have a middle child of 9, and periods are ahead, now you have me worried, but I have to remember each child is different. You have done well handling the situation like you have, and I must remember about the pill if we run into such a problem. Keep sharing with us.......i like to see what I might have coming ahead. cherylS Hi all Hi everyone, I joined this group at the end of last year, and didn't really get the time to play a part. Thought I would share about my autistic daughter. She is the middle one, 17, 15, and 13, and was diagnosed as autistic when she was 3. She was very classically autistic at that age. She did have language earlier but lost it about about 15 months. We jogged along for many years with the usual troubles that can appear with autism. When she hit puberty, or puberty hit her the real probs arrived. She had periods lasting for 13 days and coming every 22 days, finally after 2 years of battling we have her on the pill, which although is not ideal but spare her the immense pain her periods where bringing. She began to self harm from the start of puberty more or less, firstly hitting head with hands, and gradually working now to hitting head on floor, if allowed to, or the door frame. Only in the lounge room though. The one before last she split her head about 1 1/2 inches, although not deeply. A very frightening thing for all of us. If we try and intervene to stop her doing this she will fight us like a tiger, and has bitten me twice badly on the leg. One bite was done in March and is still buised and painful. She was put on Chlorpromozine which we hoped might help but we are not sure that it did, tempers still came about 2twice a week mostly. The she was put on prozac, which I didn't want, but it would seem to be preferable to her splitting her head open and who knows what. Since being on the prozac we have only had 1 temper (since 24th Oct last year) which was provoked you could say, by some well meaning support worker who really hadn't a clue. She is lovely, a lovely personality that shines through the autism, a smily happy face mostly. Cannot hold a conversation but had the ability to sing songs, and make her basic needs known. She also has a small deletion on the short arm of the X chromozome. Our doctors here do not know what this means in the long term, I am wondering if it has anything to do with the period troubles. People can have delections on their X Chrom. but switch the faulty one off in the womb, and use the good one, and no-one would know, however is using the faulty one so to speak. Well that is , and I would welcome and value anyones thoughts or comments on her. Many thanks for listening. Take care. Liz Autism_in_Girls-subscribe ------------------------ Autism_in_Girls-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Hi Liz Puberty is a scarey thing. Our 13 year old nt daughter has been in it for 3 years and I am oh so not ready for Skylar, who is 11 and autistic, to completely hit puberty. We are already going through the emotional rollercoaster once a month, but thankfully no period yet. Sky takes Oil of Evening Primrose to help with her PMS symptoms and it has seemed to help. Iits good to know that the pill works well if it is needed. Sounds like you have been through alot. Glad to hear things are better now. Look forward to hearing more from you. Tracey Hi all Hi everyone, I joined this group at the end of last year, and didn't really get the time to play a part. Thought I would share about my autistic daughter. She is the middle one, 17, 15, and 13, and was diagnosed as autistic when she was 3. She was very classically autistic at that age. She did have language earlier but lost it about about 15 months. We jogged along for many years with the usual troubles that can appear with autism. When she hit puberty, or puberty hit her the real probs arrived. She had periods lasting for 13 days and coming every 22 days, finally after 2 years of battling we have her on the pill, which although is not ideal but spare her the immense pain her periods where bringing. She began to self harm from the start of puberty more or less, firstly hitting head with hands, and gradually working now to hitting head on floor, if allowed to, or the door frame. Only in the lounge room though. The one before last she split her head about 1 1/2 inches, although not deeply. A very frightening thing for all of us. If we try and intervene to stop her doing this she will fight us like a tiger, and has bitten me twice badly on the leg. One bite was done in March and is still buised and painful. She was put on Chlorpromozine which we hoped might help but we are not sure that it did, tempers still came about 2twice a week mostly. The she was put on prozac, which I didn't want, but it would seem to be preferable to her splitting her head open and who knows what. Since being on the prozac we have only had 1 temper (since 24th Oct last year) which was provoked you could say, by some well meaning support worker who really hadn't a clue. She is lovely, a lovely personality that shines through the autism, a smily happy face mostly. Cannot hold a conversation but had the ability to sing songs, and make her basic needs known. She also has a small deletion on the short arm of the X chromozome. Our doctors here do not know what this means in the long term, I am wondering if it has anything to do with the period troubles. People can have delections on their X Chrom. but switch the faulty one off in the womb, and use the good one, and no-one would know, however is using the faulty one so to speak. Well that is , and I would welcome and value anyones thoughts or comments on her. Many thanks for listening. Take care. Liz Autism_in_Girls-subscribe ------------------------ Autism_in_Girls-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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