Guest guest Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 We have been exactly where you are at and so have many others in this group. Nobody wants to medicate unnecessarily. Some have had success with diet changes and other therapies. We tried many other options including, meditation, Epsom bath soaks with various oils, classic homeopathy, but the anxiety became too much for her and I became concerned about depression. We are still new in dealing with meds, tried the first about one year ago. but have had good success. Made my daughter’s life manageable. If you chose the med path, don’t be afraid to start at a very low dose and see if symptoms improve, if not add a little more gradually (not to exceed dr’s rx of course). Some of our aspie kids are sensitive to the meds and require less to get the desired effect. Many of the meds come in liquid form so you can easily adjust the dosages. Good luck in your journey. Regards, melody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Thanks so much for the response. And for the suggestion re: dosage. You are definitely right about that...he has had some very dramatic reactions to his heart meds, hence the main reason for my fears. You hear so much bad press about kids taking these type of meds. I fear he would be one of the ones to react badly to it. Yet, as I read thru the posts, many of the kids are taking them with positive outcomes. That is a comfort for sure. > > We have been exactly where you are at and so have many others in this group. > Nobody wants to medicate unnecessarily. Some have had success with diet > changes and other therapies. We tried many other options including, > meditation, Epsom bath soaks with various oils, classic homeopathy, but the > anxiety became too much for her and I became concerned about depression. > We are still new in dealing with meds, tried the first about one year ago. > but have had good success. Made my daughter's life manageable. If you > chose the med path, don't be afraid to start at a very low dose and see if > symptoms improve, if not add a little more gradually (not to exceed dr's rx > of course). Some of our aspie kids are sensitive to the meds and require > less to get the desired effect. Many of the meds come in liquid form so you > can easily adjust the dosages. > > > > Good luck in your journey. > > Regards, melody > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Is your doctor recommending something to try? My 10 year old takes Prozac for anxiety. It has helped him with outbursts and meltdowns, and we see a difference in his day-to-day anxieties. He still gets upset, but you can talk him through it better. We started with a small dose, and have not had any bad side effects. We debated it for a while, but I am very glad we started it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suzanne suzmarkwood@... From: momtocp <maureen.grady@...>Subject: ( ) ? about meds Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 10:22 AM How many kids out there take meds for their emotional outbursts/anxiety/ anger issues? It is something we have resisted for years...but wondering now with all the extra anxiety involved with starting at new school (grade 7), puberty and all the social angst that goes with that age...maybe we are not doing him any favours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 It is definitely on the Dr's agenda for our next meeting. No suggestions yet other than the fact we should think about it. Such a tough decision...but potentially life-changing for him. It is all the more complicated because he has a heart problem. Thanks for sharing your experience. If we do decide to go ahead, I will feel far less anxious about it myself knowing others have done so successfully. > > > From: momtocp <maureen.grady@...> > Subject: ( ) ? about meds > > Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 10:22 AM > > > Â > > > > How many kids out there take meds for their emotional outbursts/anxiety/ anger issues? It is something we have resisted for years...but wondering now with all the extra anxiety involved with starting at new school (grade 7), puberty and all the social angst that goes with that age...maybe we are not doing him any favours? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 When my son in grade 5 started to get angry and show a lot of frustration over the social "sucky-ness" of that year.....we reluctantly put him on Risperdal. It worked. I've heard bad things about it,,,,like weight gain,,,,,,but he didn't. When we took him out of school after that year, we took him off it, because his anger was "situation-based". He was miserable there. Sigh....... Ahhhhh, Laughter................ Robin From: momtocp <maureen.grady@...>Subject: ( ) ? about meds Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 12:22 PM How many kids out there take meds for their emotional outbursts/anxiety/ anger issues? It is something we have resisted for years...but wondering now with all the extra anxiety involved with starting at new school (grade 7), puberty and all the social angst that goes with that age...maybe we are not doing him any favours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 My 10 year old also takes Prozac for anxiety, and so far, so good. It's been about 3 months and his teachers have noticed a great improvement. > > > From: momtocp <maureen.grady@...> > Subject: ( ) ? about meds > > Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 10:22 AM > > > Â > > > > How many kids out there take meds for their emotional outbursts/anxiety/ anger issues? It is something we have resisted for years...but wondering now with all the extra anxiety involved with starting at new school (grade 7), puberty and all the social angst that goes with that age...maybe we are not doing him any favours? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 We resisted in spite of our daughter having severe anxiety from age 4-11. She is 12 and on zoloft. The response has been so good for her that I have guilt that I waited so long and she suffered so much. In NJ anyway child psychiatrist seem very very conservative. The approach from the various ones I consulted was to try a SSRI which is the class of drugs that zoloft and prozac belong to it has the least drug interaction. Family members have all noticed the difference in how less reactive she is and happier. Kids with AS are more sensitive to medications so keep the medication dose very low. Pam > > How many kids out there take meds for their emotional outbursts/anxiety/anger issues? It is something we have resisted for years...but wondering now with all the extra anxiety involved with starting at new school (grade 7), puberty and all the social angst that goes with that age...maybe we are not doing him any favours? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.