Austin was put on medicine,but it made him hurt himself more,so we took him off of it.I just never wanted to try again.Of cource that could change later.I am sorry I can not help you more.Maybe someone will reply that knows more.

Hi Red98
my son has been on many meds why did they decrease his med? was he too tired? or a behaviour change? Like the food issue? I have found thru the years a med will lose its effect after awhile and we have to change it. I dont know why that happeneds. So we try a new med and I hate that too. Always afriad what effect it will have. The autisum is a hard one to pint point w/medication one it is children, 2nd because we can only treat behaviors, we can't FIX the Autism...(((SIGH!))))


My son has been on Clonidine for sleep and that helped, he grew out of it or it just did not have the same effect, so we changed to Trazadone and thru the years decreased from 75mg to 50 mgs. He is 10 years old weights 95 solid pounds.
Natural sleep aid like Melitonin helped us somewhat when my son was younger, lavender scents, etc.
Food issues I have learned they just change thier tastes for things, maybe try and intorduce other items you think he
d never eat, you might be surprised! Its ever changing is'nt it. Hang in there!

Hi Red98
my son has been on many meds why did they decrease his med? was he too tired? or a behaviour change? Like the food issue? I have found thru the years a med will lose its effect after awhile and we have to change it. I dont know why that happeneds. So we try a new med and I hate that too. Always afriad what effect it will have. The autisum is a hard one to pint point w/medication one it is children, 2nd because we can only treat behaviors, we can't FIX the Autism...(((SIGH!))))


My son has been on Clonidine for sleep and that helped, he grew out of it or it just did not have the same effect, so we changed to Trazadone and thru the years decreased from 75mg to 50 mgs. He is 10 years old weights 95 solid pounds.
Natural sleep aid like Melitonin helped us somewhat when my son was younger, lavender scents, etc.
Food issues I have learned they just change thier tastes for things, maybe try and intorduce other items you think he
d never eat, you might be surprised! Its ever changing is'nt it. Hang in there!

My son has Asperger's, along with AD/HD, OCD, and SID. We tried Prozac with not so great results for his anxiety. We then skipped to another medicine that wasn't to memorable. We have now been on Paxil for some time now. Just to give you a little of our story with it. It was like night and day. It made a tremendous change for him. Instead of thoughts of not wanting to go to school, worrying about thoughts of death (husband or I dying), out and out refusal to leave home, he was a bundle of positive energy. This lasted for approximately 1.5 months. Then, everything started to turn sour. I immediately called our doctor and he got us in. He said that it takes a while for these types of medications to build up in their systems. He wanted us to try to reduce his medication because when they get too much of it, it can have bad results too. For example the same results as if he weren't on it at all or the negative side effects the medication can cause. He was initially on 1.0 mg. So, we reduced his dosage to .5 mg and he's been great since then. That was 6 months ago. Sorry to sound long winded. Sometimes I think we need more medication at times, when at other times the solution is to reduce. I just thought I would put that out there. I know this is frustrating. I'm so afraid to medicate and yet, I know it's what my son needs in order to help stay focused. BTW, he's 7. It's so difficult to find the right combination and when things change the thought of figuring it out again is overwhelming. Take care. Hugs!

My 8 yo daughter has AS. She takes stratera twice a day and prozac once a day. At first her prozac was just 4 times a week. Sometimes when I ran out of ice cream she would miss a few doses. Her behavior would get worst.She would throw more fits.Missing the doses made me realize how important that particular med was. Her doctor then increased it to every day.She really does pretty well. We have to ignore some behaviors that other parents would try to correct. She also always has had sleep difficulties. That is why he put her on straterra BID, Adding the second dose really helped her. She now goes to sleep around 10 or 1030. We get up at 6 for daycare,

my son was put on risperdal to help with his agression, and to help him sleep. overall, it worked. you should talk to your doctor more about this, i mean you are probably the best judge of whether it works or not, since you're with him the most. a side effect of risperdal is increased appetite, so Noah eats a lot more than my other children. luckily, he has a high metabolism, so he doesn't gain too much weight.