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Aspergers medication advice

jillw

Hi

My son is 27 years old and has been diagnosed with Aspergers Dyspraxia and other Learning Disabilities. He has been prescribed Zyprexa by his Psychiatrist which we give him occasionally to calm him and to help him sleep at night. His meltdown episodes seem to be getting more frequent and his daily moods are like turning a light switch on and off. Also his obsessional thoughts are stronger and he thinks and talks about them constantly.

His Psychiatrist has offered to give him a more regular medication to see if this will help.

We've always been anti-medication as we don't want him in a sedated condition continually. And so we are seeking advice on what medication are 'kind', safe and will not have serious side effects (short and long term).

Any advice/information would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Jill

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  • Thanks for your reply and sharing your experience. Our other problem will be that if we decide to go for regular medication will be getting Paul to take it. At the moment when Paul is in meltdown mode he will drink anything you give him (Zyprexa is a dispersible tablet) I feel sure he wouldn't take regular medication because he doesn't acknowledge his behaviour is unreasonable. Can I ask how old was your son when he first started taking prozac and were there side affects ? and how do you cope now he has decided not to.

    Jill

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  • Thanks for your reply and sharing your experience. Our other problem will be that if we decide to go for regular medication will be getting Paul to take it. At the moment when Paul is in meltdown mode he will drink anything you give him (Zyprexa is a dispersible tablet) I feel sure he wouldn't take regular medication because he doesn't acknowledge his behaviour is unreasonable. Can I ask how old was your son when he first started taking prozac and were there side affects ? and how do you cope now he has decided not to.

    Jill

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