Medication for adhd and aspergers?

[mamawolf]

My 7 yro has adhd and aspergers he has been on numerous medicines to treat the conditons. Right now we are on risperidone and a liquid form of clonidine. He has been on other forms of clonidine and all have fizzled out. He was put on kapvay breifly before his ped took him off to put him on the liquid form. the reason for being taken off of kapvay is because he slept 19 hours in a 24 hour period. Well the liquid form is posing almost the same problem. Do any of your children take med sfor the adhd and or aspergers that i can throw at the dr as a option. He has been on strattera and dextroamphetamine and one other one i cant quite recall. Any advice would be helpful

 

[dayhiker]

I don't believe there is any medicince for AS.
So just look for medicince for adhd. Which I know nothing about.

 

[jsimms615]

My 7 yro has adhd and aspergers he has been on numerous medicines to treat the conditons. Right now we are on risperidone and a liquid form of clonidine. He has been on other forms of clonidine and all have fizzled out. He was put on kapvay breifly before his ped took him off to put him on the liquid form. the reason for being taken off of kapvay is because he slept 19 hours in a 24 hour period. Well the liquid form is posing almost the same problem. Do any of your children take med sfor the adhd and or aspergers that i can throw at the dr as a option. He has been on strattera and dextroamphetamine and one other one i cant quite recall. Any advice would be helpful

My son is on metadate CD and it has worked well. He would probably start off with the 20 mg dose. Ask your pediatrician about MPH as a medication to help with focus and concentration. See link for MPH here
Methylphenidate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[mamawolf]

the dr that prescribed the dextroamphetamine said that stimulants are not a good for him it makes him sooooo aggressive

 

[jackmt]

the dr that prescribed the dextroamphetamine said that stimulants are not a good for him it makes him sooooo aggressive

It is not uncommon for Aspies to have Celiac disease as well. There is a test for it, but I think it is pretty expensive. I'd leave the meds and try a gluten-free diet. Gluten drives my son nuts after 3 days of a relatively small amount of bread and normal healthy food seems to drive the gluten out pretty quickly. Removing gluten from his diet may be all the testing you need.

 

[LovedSparrow]

It is not uncommon for Aspies to have Celiac disease as well. There is a test for it, but I think it is pretty expensive. I'd leave the meds and try a gluten-free diet. Gluten drives my son nuts after 3 days of a relatively small amount of bread and normal healthy food seems to drive the gluten out pretty quickly. Removing gluten from his diet may be all the testing you need.

Much agreed, jackmt. I found I did a LOT better without gluten and wheat, I felt a ton better. I was having a bunch of health problems (stomach, etc.) and had a bunch of testing done before I cut it out of my diet.

 

[jackmt]

Much agreed, jackmt. I found I did a LOT better without gluten and wheat, I felt a ton better. I was having a bunch of health problems (stomach, etc.) and had a bunch of testing done before I cut it out of my diet.

I was having a bad few days when I last posted here. Had I been a child, I would have likely acted out my frustrations and irritability. I have since learned to keep quiet and avoid people when I get feeling that way.

I realized the next day that I had been eating significantly more bread than usual (I have all but cut it out of my diet).

 

[dayhiker]

I can see if it made one feel bad you'd want to stop eating bread. But some good wheat breat and butter .. hmmm, so good. I'm sure glad I don't have to give it up.

 

[jackmt]

I can see if it made one feel bad you'd want to stop eating bread. But some good wheat breat and butter .. hmmm, so good. I'm sure glad I don't have to give it up.

That's just mean!

 

[jackmt]

I just remembered that I take magnesium supplememts to reduce my over-reactions to stimuli. It helps a lot. I have also heard that Epsom salts baths are good as well. But Epsom salts are just magnesium. Diet ought to be the first and main thing so that you don't end up just treating symptoms with medications.