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New Here, son prescribed Risperdal, can't bring myself to give it to him
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 332242" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Sorry. Blame it on my need for reading glasses!</p><p></p><p>We recommend you don't use real names here (yours or his) so at any stage now or in the future, you can vent here and know that the person you're venting about (child, spouse, doctor, teacher, anybody) can't Google your name or the child's name and find out what you are saying about them. It's a security thing for your benefit and the child's. I know there were a few times when I accidentally used a real name or location and had to let that thread die, because I didn't know how to edit it out. (although editing is easy, I've worked out how to edit my own posts now).</p><p></p><p>The early history of breathing problems/needing oxygen - some of it sounds like a precaution (ie in case he swallowed meconium, or worse - aspirated it) but the problems they feared thankfully didn't eventuate. However, there can be other more subtle long-term problems. Or the problems you're having now could be completely independent.</p><p></p><p>For example, I have a nephew who stopped breathing a few times after he was born. In those days the babies were kept in the hospital nursery, only were given to the mothers at feeding time. My sister entered the nursery to find her son was blue. Another time he stopped breathing while she had him for feeding time. Each time she shook him and he began breathing again, but she always wondered what happened when she wasn't there to see. Long-term with him - some slight spasticity and some mild intellectual delay. You wouldn't really know it these days. He's a deep thinker, but not an intellectual.</p><p></p><p>Another example - difficult child 1. He was born only three weeks early but had difficulty breathing for the first few hours. They didn't give him oxygen, just noted a pigeon chest and the way his diaphragm moved as he struggled to breathe. It settled after a few hours; but then he developed bad jaundice and spent two days in a humidicrib. Despite all this we do not believe his later Asperger's plus ADHD were due to this tricky start.</p><p></p><p>When easy child 2/difficult child 2 was born, the previous history of two babies with jaundice had the pediatrician trying something different - I was asked to express my breast milk and boil it in the microwave. He said that in some cases (he believed in my case) there is an enzyme in the mother's milk which is breaking down the baby's fetal hemoglobin. Once the baby is a little older tis is not a problem; it's only in the first few days that a little bit of jaundice can rapidly become a big problem if this is not addressed. Once the jaundice eases enough, the baby's liver can cope with the enzyme. So we broke the vicious circle by heating my milk enough to destroy the enzyme - more of a simmer than a boil, and only for a minute. And amazingly, easy child 2/difficult child 2 recovered from the jaundice within a few days. So we did the same with difficult child 3 - same story. The first two kids had jaundice for six weeks or more, but the last two were clear of it fast.</p><p>And yet when you look at the diagnoses - difficult child 1 is not significantly worse. And easy child, who had a lot of problems from before birth, is the least Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) of the lot.</p><p></p><p>so we had this early neonatal history, but we don't think it's relevant to the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) stuff.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes it's relevant, sometimes it's not. But of course it's always important to mention it.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 332242, member: 1991"] Sorry. Blame it on my need for reading glasses! We recommend you don't use real names here (yours or his) so at any stage now or in the future, you can vent here and know that the person you're venting about (child, spouse, doctor, teacher, anybody) can't Google your name or the child's name and find out what you are saying about them. It's a security thing for your benefit and the child's. I know there were a few times when I accidentally used a real name or location and had to let that thread die, because I didn't know how to edit it out. (although editing is easy, I've worked out how to edit my own posts now). The early history of breathing problems/needing oxygen - some of it sounds like a precaution (ie in case he swallowed meconium, or worse - aspirated it) but the problems they feared thankfully didn't eventuate. However, there can be other more subtle long-term problems. Or the problems you're having now could be completely independent. For example, I have a nephew who stopped breathing a few times after he was born. In those days the babies were kept in the hospital nursery, only were given to the mothers at feeding time. My sister entered the nursery to find her son was blue. Another time he stopped breathing while she had him for feeding time. Each time she shook him and he began breathing again, but she always wondered what happened when she wasn't there to see. Long-term with him - some slight spasticity and some mild intellectual delay. You wouldn't really know it these days. He's a deep thinker, but not an intellectual. Another example - difficult child 1. He was born only three weeks early but had difficulty breathing for the first few hours. They didn't give him oxygen, just noted a pigeon chest and the way his diaphragm moved as he struggled to breathe. It settled after a few hours; but then he developed bad jaundice and spent two days in a humidicrib. Despite all this we do not believe his later Asperger's plus ADHD were due to this tricky start. When easy child 2/difficult child 2 was born, the previous history of two babies with jaundice had the pediatrician trying something different - I was asked to express my breast milk and boil it in the microwave. He said that in some cases (he believed in my case) there is an enzyme in the mother's milk which is breaking down the baby's fetal hemoglobin. Once the baby is a little older tis is not a problem; it's only in the first few days that a little bit of jaundice can rapidly become a big problem if this is not addressed. Once the jaundice eases enough, the baby's liver can cope with the enzyme. So we broke the vicious circle by heating my milk enough to destroy the enzyme - more of a simmer than a boil, and only for a minute. And amazingly, easy child 2/difficult child 2 recovered from the jaundice within a few days. So we did the same with difficult child 3 - same story. The first two kids had jaundice for six weeks or more, but the last two were clear of it fast. And yet when you look at the diagnoses - difficult child 1 is not significantly worse. And easy child, who had a lot of problems from before birth, is the least Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) of the lot. so we had this early neonatal history, but we don't think it's relevant to the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) stuff. Sometimes it's relevant, sometimes it's not. But of course it's always important to mention it. I hope this helps. Marg [/QUOTE]
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