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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Daughter's prognosis |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2017, 4:53 pm
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aripiprazole autism and ADHD |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2017, 2:44 pm
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Replies: 17
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| In my opinion, antipsychotics are extremely dangerous, especially for kids with ADHD. They might keep them quiet and calm, but they're likely to reduce their ability to pay attention, not improve it, because they are dopamine antagonists. Risperidone is the only one I have personal experience with;... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aripiprazole autism and ADHD |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2017, 1:36 pm
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| ADHD is not a good enough reason to take something like aripirazole. I once take this medication under the label name of Abilify; under it I was less imaginative and was partly like a zombie (I was under weak dose), it's something you should not give to a child unless there is no alternative for a ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aripiprazole autism and ADHD |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2017, 1:33 pm
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| You have your point of view, I have mine. That's certainly true. If it were you who helped your children develop, it's nice they had a sensitive father and your approach worked. It doesn't necessarily mean it can be taken as universal and it will work with everychildren, though. By the way, since y... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aripiprazole autism and ADHD |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2017, 9:53 am
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| I don't have any experience with this medication. The only thing I'd say is from personal bias - 4 is awfully young for anti psychotics or really any of the mental illness meds. Some kids really have serious mental illness issues, but I don't consider autism to be in the same camp. Your daughter st... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aripiprazole autism and ADHD |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2017, 8:02 am
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| Psychoactive drugs aren't so black and white. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27278054 Im asking here because reading personal experiences might give information that you cant get from a RCT. Psych drugs aren't black and white, sure. I myself take escitalopram for depression and very small dose... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Aripiprazole autism and ADHD |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2017, 7:36 am
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| Anybody has a child (3 to 6 years old) whos been taking aripiprazole for more than 6 months? Which dose? Has it been effective? Improved attention? Any unusual side effects? What can I say? To me, once a parent starts to view autism as a medical issue, that's pretty much it. Not that I can talk you... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Daughter's prognosis |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2017, 5:46 am
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| Sorry to ask, but do you take or ever took any psychoactive medication, EzraS? |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Daughter's prognosis |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2017, 10:21 pm
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Replies: 41
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| Thank you very much, EzraS. Thank you CampinCat for bringing EzraS tô the topic |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The drug Abilify (aripiprazole) helping with irritability |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2017, 9:36 pm
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| There were studies that indicated Abilify helped with irritability associated with autism spectrum disorders in children and adolescents. There is an article here . I was recently prescribed this by my psychiatrist and it helps immensely. I am an adult (20 years old). It really helps with irritabil... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Daughter's prognosis |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2017, 8:29 pm
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Daughter's prognosis |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2017, 8:27 pm
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| Thank you all for the support! |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Daughter's prognosis |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2017, 8:19 pm
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| Of course you are worried about her. It has hard to venture into a great unknown, and right now the future is exactly that, a great unknown. My son is considered high functioning but he went to school with a child who was much lower functioning. Progress can be hard to see, it comes and it goes and... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Daughter's prognosis |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2017, 6:39 pm
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| "For social communication, if the child does not want to, or is not ready for it, I am not really sure how an ABA-based program actually improves this. (The Denver model is a variant of ABA, right?) I am especially unsure how someone who is training concurrently with doing the actual therapy wo... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Daughter's prognosis |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2017, 4:39 pm
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| Im sorry if I seem a little anxious, and also Im not giving overvalue to scores. Im just worried about her improvement. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Daughter's prognosis |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2017, 4:26 pm
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Replies: 41
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| Thand you both very much for your replies. |
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