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ADHD and ASD

NAS75014

My daughter is adhd and has just had a diagnosis of ASD. My daughter is 10. I had been advised to watch my daughter with her medication as it could be causing side affects. I had taken her off her meds as advised by her paediatrician for a weekend and the weekend was the best she had been. Then I put her back on her meds as this is what I thought the paediatrician ment. After speaking to the paediatrician again as she had turned again from the Wednesday to Friday he said I need to take her back off her meds and see how she reacts. Since doing this I have the same problems as when she’s on the meds except she’s also fidgeting a lot more. She had gone to my mums a couple of days and my mum has had no problems but when she’s been home all I get is issues.

- Most my issues are trying to get her to school as she doesn’t walk with me she walked off to the park near me when were meant to be going to school causing her to be late and also crossing roads and walking in the middle of roads.

- Another problem is she keeps hitting and kicking her sister and pulling her hair.

- she also keeps hitting me again 

If anyone has any advise that may help feel free to send it my way 

  • Hi NAS75014,

    Thank you for sharing this with our community. While we are waiting for our members to respond, you may like to have a look at the following link for more information on behaviour and strategies:

    https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/behaviour

    You may be interested in seeking some professional support regarding the behaviour. You can search for professionals in your area we are aware of on the Autism Services Directory:

    https://www.autism.org.uk/directory

    You might also like to take a look at The Challenging Behaviour Foundation website for further information and advice: https://www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk.  They also have an information and support service which you can contact by phone or email – details can be found here: https://www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk/for-family-carers/family-support-service/

    Hope this helps.

    Kind regards,

    Eunice Mod

  • Your paediatrician is playing a dangerous game. I recommend switching. My nephew who is 10 has had the same experience with a paediatrician who did the same.

    know as an adult with both autism and ADHD your problem is your expecting the medication to something its not designed for. The medication is not designed to control your daughters ADHD related behaviour but give her a better control at managing her ADHD related behaviour. 

    Your daughter has already told what she needs, but your ignoring it. This is a suggestion but maybe you need to get up an hour earlier and fit in some sort of excise or park time in the morning before school this may give her the possible natural dopamine hit she needs in order to get her though her school morning. It will also let process her frustrations a bit better and may stop her from lashing out.

    Children only start to get aggressive when their needs are not met, struggling to communicate or have difficult time understanding their own emotions. child friendly emotion intelligence training may help her learn what emotion she feeling so she does not act out.

    Their is also a great video that explains dopamine and ADHD. it will require you find out what activities give your daughter the high levels of dopamine and teaching her how to go from High dopamine activities to low dopamine activities through routines and scheduling. but you have to remember that doing something that High dopamine activities will lead to greater crashes and negative behaviours so finding a suitable balance of time is going to be key.