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| Wed, 06-04-2003 - 1:14pm |
Has anyone had any experiance with zyprexa and adderall? The doc has given these drugs to my grandaughter and I am nervous about her taking such drugs. She is only six and her teacher was complaining about her behavior in school. She knows what is being said to her but her verbal skills are not very good. I get the impression that her behavior is linked to her not being understood when she tries to tell people something. When I have her we do pretty well together. I give her my undivided attention which she seems to soak up like a sponge. I have done some reading about these drugs and what I don't understand is the reason for them ,seeing how they are anti-schicotic(sp)drugs. She is autistic not the other. Any help would be appreciated.
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It's hard to comment when there is so little history, but drugs are usually the last resort, when everything else fails.
Has your granddaughter been getting any help from the school district for her language and behavior problems? (You may be right that they are related. Very often language problems cause behavior problems as the kids act out in sheer frustration). If she has been gettign speech therapy and special Education services and they are failing, it is probably time to give her more services, or to look at other options (such as a modified diet) then to resort to drugs. I personally feel that six is too young to throw up your hands and say that every other option has been tried and has failed.
I'm not in the medical field. I'm just a mom, but I know that Adderall is usually used to treat Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) -not autism. I dont know anything about the other drug. Unless she is a textbook, clinical candidate for both drugs, I wouldn't accept them. If she isn't a clear candidate, this implies that they don't exactly know the effect it will have. In effect; they are experimenting to see if this may work. Bad bad bad.
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Thanks for responding. I have not been on the board for a while so I apologize for the late responce. Did you try the over counter sleep aid? and if you did was it helpful?? I too do not like the drug aspect. From what I have read they have not even done tests on zyprexa to see what it does to children. I think that should be considered criminal. I do not think our children should be used as guinea pigs....nannie