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<blockquote data-quote="keepongoing" data-source="post: 471774"><p>My son has Aspergers. We started out trying adhd medications (Concerta and Ritalin) but he would go into hourlong almost psychotic meltdowns while taking them. His doctor said that while most kids on the spectrum have attention issues only a subgroup resonds well to adhd medications and for the others it increases their anxiety. We held off until he was 9 before trying anything else. At that time he was really anxious all the time and we finally gave a low dose of Prozac a try. I know it does not work for every kid but for my son it has done wonders. School was about to put him in a self-contained class and at home he was isolating and yelling at siblings not to talk to him.Occupational Therapist (OT) and social skills classes were not working, actually he got kicked out because of his meltdowns. Withing three days of taking prozac (unusual - usually it takes 6 weeks ) he came out of his room and wanted to socialize again and he is now succesfully mainstreamed for 3/4th of his school day. Anxiety medication has allowed him to respond to the other interventions (Occupational Therapist (OT), social skills, school).</p><p>medications by themselves won't 'treat' a kid on the spectrum it can help calm the anxiety enough for them to be able to resond to interventions. Most kids will go through some trial and error of what medication works for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keepongoing, post: 471774"] My son has Aspergers. We started out trying adhd medications (Concerta and Ritalin) but he would go into hourlong almost psychotic meltdowns while taking them. His doctor said that while most kids on the spectrum have attention issues only a subgroup resonds well to adhd medications and for the others it increases their anxiety. We held off until he was 9 before trying anything else. At that time he was really anxious all the time and we finally gave a low dose of Prozac a try. I know it does not work for every kid but for my son it has done wonders. School was about to put him in a self-contained class and at home he was isolating and yelling at siblings not to talk to him.Occupational Therapist (OT) and social skills classes were not working, actually he got kicked out because of his meltdowns. Withing three days of taking prozac (unusual - usually it takes 6 weeks ) he came out of his room and wanted to socialize again and he is now succesfully mainstreamed for 3/4th of his school day. Anxiety medication has allowed him to respond to the other interventions (Occupational Therapist (OT), social skills, school). medications by themselves won't 'treat' a kid on the spectrum it can help calm the anxiety enough for them to be able to resond to interventions. Most kids will go through some trial and error of what medication works for them. [/QUOTE]
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