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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 310215" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>From what I can understand, Concerta is a long-acting form of ritalin. So the ritalin could be useful for tweaking the medication level, perhaps speeding up the morning medications, or toppping up at the end of the day with a view to allowing the child to later on sleep alright.</p><p></p><p>The BiPolar (BP) medications worry me, though, with the stims. </p><p></p><p>Something you may not have been told - where you have one Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kid in the family, chances are much higher that you will find at least traits in other members of the family. That's why in our family we say that autism doesn't just run in our family, it gallops. It is easy to misdiagnose - difficult child 1 didn't get his Aspie diagnosis until he was 13. And then it was only because we found a pediatrician who assessed the whole family and who confirmed the autism diagnosis in difficult child 3.</p><p></p><p>Read "The Explosive Child" for some ideas and hands-on techniques for dealing with the ODD stuff. It should ring bells as you begin to read it. You take form the book what works and leave the rest. But keep re-visiting the book as he gets older, because later on there will be more that fits, that you discarded earlier.</p><p></p><p>We found the techniques in the book made our lives (all of us, kids too) MUCH easier.</p><p></p><p>Welcome.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 310215, member: 1991"] From what I can understand, Concerta is a long-acting form of ritalin. So the ritalin could be useful for tweaking the medication level, perhaps speeding up the morning medications, or toppping up at the end of the day with a view to allowing the child to later on sleep alright. The BiPolar (BP) medications worry me, though, with the stims. Something you may not have been told - where you have one Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kid in the family, chances are much higher that you will find at least traits in other members of the family. That's why in our family we say that autism doesn't just run in our family, it gallops. It is easy to misdiagnose - difficult child 1 didn't get his Aspie diagnosis until he was 13. And then it was only because we found a pediatrician who assessed the whole family and who confirmed the autism diagnosis in difficult child 3. Read "The Explosive Child" for some ideas and hands-on techniques for dealing with the ODD stuff. It should ring bells as you begin to read it. You take form the book what works and leave the rest. But keep re-visiting the book as he gets older, because later on there will be more that fits, that you discarded earlier. We found the techniques in the book made our lives (all of us, kids too) MUCH easier. Welcome. Marg [/QUOTE]
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