YET ANOTHER PAXIL QUESTION

January 12, 2004

HI THERE! I HAVEN'T POSTED HERE BEFORE, ALTHOUGH I'VE BEEN VISITING

FOR OVER A YEAR. I HAVE TWO BOYS DIAGNOSED WITH ASD. MY OLDEST IS

ALMOST 6 (PDD-NOS) AND THE YOUNGEST IS 3 1/2 (AUTISM). WE SENT IN

OUR PACKET ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR (RIGHT BEFORE DR. G STOPPED

TAKING NEW PATIENTS), SO WE HAVE BEEN WAITING HOPEFULLY SINCE THEN.

MY QUESTION IS ABOUT MY OLDEST SON. HE HAS MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS

AND IS DOING REALLY WELL. THE ONLY THING " AUTISTIC " HE STILL DOES IS

THE NOISE THAT HE MAKES WHEN HE'S BORED OR STRESSED. I DON'T KNOW

HOW TO DESCRIBE IT, BUT IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE A HURT PUPPY. HE'LL

ALSO CLENCH HIS FIST AND BEAT ON THE TABLE IF HE GET'S REALLY

STRESSED.

WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TRY PAXIL TO SEE IF IT WOULD HELP WITH THESE

BEHAVIOURS AND PRODUCE THE " BETTER, BRIGHTER, CHILD " . ON ONE LEVEL

IT HAS. HIS ACTUAL COMMUNICATION & ABILITY TO CARRY ON A

CONVERSATION SEEMS TO HAVE IMPROVED. ON THE OTHER HAND, HIS STIMMING

IS AWFUL. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS EVER BEEN THIS BAD. IF HE IS NOT

TALKING, HE IS MAKING THE NOISE CONSTANTLY. HE KNOWS HE'S DOING IT,

BUT HE CAN'T STOP. HE EVEN ASKED MY MOM TO GET THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OUT

AND SEE IF THE BOOK WOULD SAY WHY HE WAS MAKING THE NOISE.

WE STARTED 2 WEEKS AGO WITH 1/4 OF A TABLET & WENT TO 1/2 TABLET

SATURDAY. THE STIMMING GOT BAD LAST THURSDAY. HAS ANYBODY ELSE BEEN

THROUGH THIS? DO WE HANG IN THERE AND GIVE IT TIME TO GET IN HIS

SYSTEM? IF SO, HOW LONG? OR DOES THIS MEAN THIS SSRI IS NOT FOR HIM?

ANY ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

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