Celexa for stereotopy/stims/rep. behavs?

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Celexa for stereotopy/stims/rep. behavs?
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Thu, 04-06-2006 - 9:33am

Hello all,

The Yale Child Study Center is undertaking a large-scale study to test the efficacy of the SSRI Celexa (Citalopram) in reducing vocal stereotopies, repetitive behaviors and stims in children on the autism spectrum. We are considering trying this med for our 6yo son (outside the study) and I was wondering if any of you have tried this before and what the effects were (negative or positive). Our son started taking Abilify in January for aggressive behaviors and was improved, but the benefits turned out to be more from the initial sedating effect of the med, rather than the therapeutic effect. Once he started to get activated and somewhat aggressive again, we switched to Risperdal and it was awful... after one week we discontinued and he is currently med free. We are considering going back to a larger dose of Abilify (7.5 mg or 10 mg per day) or may try Celexa or maybe a combination of both. Just curious to get any feedback from parents who may have already gone down this road.

Thanks in advance,
Traci

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 04-07-2006 - 9:54pm

I pack alot from home. Most hotels may have a fridge available to you. I pack alot of our own snacks and such and I shop at grocery stores and try to eat out as little as possible. You probably already have your hotel reservations but if not sometimes you can get an efficiency with a mini kitchen for a good price. We also like to stay in cabins with grills or kitchenettes so I can do alot of our own preparation. Saves money and can stick better to the diet. I have also researched some restaurants that cook more organic. Panera is a fairly big chain that uses more organic type foods. I usually try to only eat out one time a day and pack really easy to prepare foods otherwise. Whole grain organic bagels, clif organic bars, lots of fruit, baby carrots, etc.

Otherwise, pack those enzymes because it is vacation and you KNOW you are going to not be able to keep with a diet and there is so much JUNK out there. At least the enzymes give us some relief in that regard.

Renee

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Sat, 04-08-2006 - 8:21pm

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Edited 2/19/2008 9:34 pm ET by littleroses

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