My son is 6 and is on Prozac, Respirdal, and Focalin.?

Question

Has anyone been on this particular combination of drugs before?

He's tried a ton of medications and is currently in therapy. He's been diagnosed with adhd, odd, ocd, and asperger's syndrome. He seems to be doing well, it's just that i wonder about long term effects that might occur. the doctors (and he's been to about 9 of them) seem to think this is the best combination for him. Like I said, he seems to be responding very well to these drugs, but I can't help but think he'll stop growing, or will get fat, or something will be as a result of all these meds.

Answer 1

I can't comment on the medications, but I can offer you some valuable insights. I have ten years of college, three college degrees, and 62 years with my brain in gear; I suspect that I'm toward the autistic end of the spectrum myself and my favorite nephew has Asperger's "Syndrome."

The medical establishment refers to people with autism, Asperger's, and Non-Verbal Learning Disorder as "dysfunctional." I have found these "dysfunctional" people to be extremely intelligent, industrious, and honest; they are faithful friends, incapable of lying or stabbing anyone in the back. I'll choose them over screwed-up "normals" any day.

I know it's not easy figuring out how to raise an Asperger child. As an example, my parents and siblings think my nephew is spoiled, because he has an emotional meltdown when they blindside him with something. Like, "You're going for a haircut NOW!" And he rolls on the floor crying no no no. I've tried to explain to them that he has so much going on in his mind, it's as if he's mentally trying to juggle 100 tennis balls; then they toss him a bowling ball and can't understand why he falls apart. He and I have never had any problem with each other. I just prepare him a couple of weeks ahead of time for anything new or different. The first time I mention it, I just tell him, "Don't worry about it. Two weeks from now it won't be any big deal." When it comes to his hair, he's enough of a neatnik sooner or later he'll ask for a haircut.

His mother was my youngest sister. Two years ago, when he was 15, she was dying of cancer. When her hair was falling out from the treatments, he helped her shave her head. When she was too sick from the chemo, he did all the housework and waited on her hand and foot. What "normal" teenage boy would have been that wonderful.

Thank you for letting me spout off. My email address is [e-mail].

P.S. I just read some of the other answers to your question and those people are full of crap. For one thing, they're not in your shoes, are they. Second, a recent medical study found that children who receive the medication they need are 87% LESS likely to abuse drugs later.

Answer 2

I am not trying to be funny. I know things must be hard, but there are other things you should try before all those meds. I say get a new doctor and some help for you and your child without all those meds.

Answer 3

Why is he on all that medication at the age of six? Can't people let kid be kids without thinking that there is something wrong with them?