Anyone got anything good to say about asd children and medication ??

[ApocalypseCheeseToastie]

I have resisted so far but sons agression is getting harder and harder to deal with, mainly linked to his anxiety/sensory overload. I even kept him home from school today because I could tell he was going to have one of those days.

I am aware that in some cases medication can have a negative effect and have tried to manage the situation so far with strategies but he's so big and strong now, he bites and has broken the skin on one of his teachers breasts, he goes for my throat and has ripped handfuls of my hair out and left him with chunks of my skin under his nails.

I don't know how much more I can take tbh or how he will be able to live in the home as he gets bigger, it took 3 adult men to restrain him on Monday, even they were bloody shocked

Hi Apocalypse,
I'm afraid I don't have experience of any medication for ds1 other than melatonin - which as somebody else has already said - has been life-changing for all of us. He is able to get to sleep before 2am and doesn't get up in the night any more, and the rest of us also get a good nights sleep as a result.
I wasn't keen to try it, but I'm really glad hospital consultant persuaded me to give it a go, and she monitors him every 4 months to make sure dosage is ok, and there are no adverse effects.
Maybe a good discussion with paed regarding a trial period might be an idea. I sympathise x

I think that if the benefits outweigh the negs do it. I really wish ssri's had been around when i was an aspie kid. I had pulled out my eyebrows was covered in bleeding excema from stress and anxiety. obv this physical display of not normalness then increased my stress levels and fed back in. I take sertraline - it has changed my life.

Hi
I am new here but I just wanted to say that meds are not always bad. My DS1 has severe learning problems and behaviour problems no one knows what is wrong even after extensive tests although he does have some autistic tendencies but not enough to be placed on the Autistic spectrum. He is very aggressive as well. His neurologist pescribed Risperdal (risperdone) for him and it has helped so much. We have also said it is not a perment step being on meds but until he learns to cope they help a lot.

Weight gain can be a huge problem as the meds make children feel very hungry but my DS has been fine and I am very careful about portion sizes for him. The only thing is as he grows his doseage is increased. I can tell when he has had a growth spurt as the tablets aren't working like they should be. He is 11 and has been on the meds for 1.5 yrs and to be honest they have been a real help for all of us.

Not tried risperidone with DS1, since he's only 7, but have a strong feeling it's going to be in his future. I can usually contain or escape his rages at home, but when they happen at school, or elsewhere, they're devastating. He's taking strattera for his ADHD, which has been revolutionary on that side, but it's also helped him to think and obsess more clearly over things that make him angry.