Guest guest Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 > > <<we switched to Risperdal and then added the Depakote. This cocktail of > meds worked the best for her.>> > > Hi, Everyone....Liz....since Gareth has been on the Depakote and Topamax for > seizures, I have been able to decrease his Risperdal to half it's dosage!!! > It's the first time in 10 yrs that I can decrease it without the negative > behaviors rearing their ugly heads. He's on 500 mg of Depakote for the > seizures, .5 mg of Risperdal, and 15 mg of Lexapro for the OCD. I know that I > suggested Lexapro for the OCD, but Gareth does best on Luvox for his OCD.....I > messed up the drug name. Doc won't put him back on that, though, because of > the Sclero/UCTD. > > We had to visit the Neurologist this morning because of the seizure > yesterday. He's taking him off the Topamax and putting him back on Depakote. I asked > if the weight will continue to go up or level off. He said to watch what he > eats and keep a chart on calories. Yeah, right!!! > Geeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzeeeeee.....can't ONE thing in my life be easy?!?!? Hopefully, it will be like > the Risperdal.....he put on the 20 #'s and stopped. With the Depakote, it > was 25 #s!!! > > <<At iep the director of speical ed. insisted that > PRIMARY dx was MR>> Jean.....is getting the > appropriate services to address the autism or is the school trying to get out > of doing that by having MR instead of Autism? Usually, the autism brings more > school related services, but some districts are really good about providing > services no matter what the 'label' is for the kid. If the school is only > trying to save money and is not getting the proper services or > educational needs met, then I would continue to insist on the Autism as the primary dx. > How high a dosage of Lexapro was on? Gareth can't handle the 20 mg > but does fine with 15 mg. > > Take care, Everyone. > Margaret > > Margaret, Seems is getting autism services with PECS and extra speech, and extra processing time, always. I am always on top of everything. He does have an autism specialist who comes in to check on him. We live in PA and we think the director of special ed just needed to throw a little authority around. She actually seemed defensive. I need to look up the dx codes for PA and education. The lexapro was 10 mg. pretty low dose, he just seemed angry on it. But then again we tried it after a disney vacation and school was ending sort of the end of May. I was thinking of trying it again in September after a few weeks of school and stability to see if he has a positive reaction to it. I am never sure of anything negative with meds: being health related, or something social that he cannot tell me or if he just feels spacey or weird on the meds. I feel that I just go on overload ' duty 24 and 7 whenever we start a new med. I try to share what we have tried. Not sure if I help others or not? Thanks, jean Sarno > > > > **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for > fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used? ncid=aolaut00050000000007) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 - I used ASD as Elie's first dx in PA because his needs clearly stated that he needed extra speech, snesory diet, OT. Also he needed PECS and very structured environment. No one ever told me that wasn't possible . I was in the Coatesville Consolidated S/D. > > > > > <<we switched to Risperdal and then added the Depakote. This > cocktail of > > meds worked the best for her.>> > > > > Hi, Everyone....Liz....since Gareth has been on the Depakote and > Topamax for > > seizures, I have been able to decrease his Risperdal to half it's > dosage!!! > > It's the first time in 10 yrs that I can decrease it without the > negative > > behaviors rearing their ugly heads. He's on 500 mg of Depakote > for the > > seizures, .5 mg of Risperdal, and 15 mg of Lexapro for the OCD. > I know that I > > suggested Lexapro for the OCD, but Gareth does best on Luvox for > his OCD.....I > > messed up the drug name. Doc won't put him back on that, though, > because of > > the Sclero/UCTD. > > > > We had to visit the Neurologist this morning because of the > seizure > > yesterday. He's taking him off the Topamax and putting him back > on Depakote. I asked > > if the weight will continue to go up or level off. He said to > watch what he > > eats and keep a chart on calories. Yeah, right!!! > > Geeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzeeeeee.....can't ONE thing in my life be > easy?!?!? Hopefully, it will be like > > the Risperdal.....he put on the 20 #'s and stopped. With the > Depakote, it > > was 25 #s!!! > > > > <<At iep the director of speical ed. insisted that > > PRIMARY dx was MR>> Jean.....is > getting the > > appropriate services to address the autism or is the school > trying to get out > > of doing that by having MR instead of Autism? Usually, the > autism brings more > > school related services, but some districts are really good about > providing > > services no matter what the 'label' is for the kid. If the > school is only > > trying to save money and is not getting the proper services > or > > educational needs met, then I would continue to insist on the > Autism as the primary dx. > > How high a dosage of Lexapro was on? Gareth can't handle > the 20 mg > > but does fine with 15 mg. > > > > Take care, Everyone. > > Margaret > > > > Margaret, > Seems is getting autism services with PECS and extra speech, > and extra processing time, always. I am always on top of everything. > He does have an autism specialist who comes in to check on him. > We live in PA and we think the director of special ed just needed to > throw a little authority around. She actually seemed defensive. I > need to look up the dx codes for PA and education. > The lexapro was 10 mg. pretty low dose, he just seemed angry on it. > But then again we tried it after a disney vacation and school was > ending sort of the end of May. I was thinking of trying it again > in September after a few weeks of school and stability to see if he > has a positive reaction to it. > I am never sure of anything negative with meds: being health > related, or something social that he cannot tell me or if he just > feels spacey or weird on the meds. > I feel that I just go on overload ' duty 24 and 7 whenever we > start a new med. I try to share what we have tried. Not sure if I > help others or not? > Thanks, > jean Sarno > > > > > > > > **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for > > fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used? > ncid=aolaut00050000000007) > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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