Posted by Mandy on May 22, 2005, at 18:09:55
In reply to Check this---my autistic brothers med list..., posted by krybrahaha78 on May 21, 2005, at 23:24:59
I have a 36 year old daughter with classic autism and I refused to have her on any medication when she was young because most did not work or were just major antipsychotics with too many side effects.(I am RN). She had some seizures about 15 years ago and was on tegretol and we found that had a calming effect so even though no formal seizure disorder, we kept her on that. Recently,she has had more OCD symptoms so she is now on low dose of lexapro.
She lives in her own home with supported living people and works 3 days a week at sporting goods store(with a support person.) She loves to ride horses and loves to bowl. Supported living has been the best thing for her--she lives quite a normal life in spite of her pretty severe language delay and autism.
I believe some of the newer meds may be helpful but "less" is better than more. Therapeutic horse riding is great. And having people in her life that care and attempt to give her normal life experiences has been the best. I also believer that all behaviors have a reason, just figuring it out is not always easy. Hope this helps some.
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