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[Isabelle]

please, stop obsessing about my experience/ position over meds and vaccines. my son didn't benefit, so i did extensive research and repeat what experts on autism said. in your case your child is "benefiting" great! my didn't. we have different experiences. we can live together in peace.

Or, are you a meds rep attacking anybody who had a bad experience with drugs and vaccines ???

[mc4_a]

please, stop obsessing about my experience/ position over meds and vaccines. my son didn't benefit, so i did extensive research and repeat what experts on autism said. in your case your child is "benefiting" great! my didn't. we have different experiences. we can live together in peace.

Or, are you a meds rep attacking anybody who had a bad experience with drugs and vaccines ???

A few things here:
1) If you have a problem with me I think this would be better handled by using the Private Message function. I find this public airing of grievances...unseemly. However, because you are making these statements publicly, I feel I should lay some of these things to rest.

2) I'm not "obsessing". I strongly disagree with your statements. If we inhabit the same space we are going to butt heads sometimes. It doesn't mean I'm obsessing, it mean I disagree. I have every right to disagree with you and state that disagreement. Unlike you, I want to discuss these issues and engage in debate on a more substantial level.

3) I accept that your child may not have benefited from medication. Many don't. However, that does not mean that all Autistic children do not benefit from medication. This is something you seem to be acknowledging in this current post. This would suggest you knew you were engaging in hyperboyle. I called you on it.

4) I'm not going to acknowledge your conspiracy theory on who I am. It's completely asinine.

5) If me having an opinion counter to yours bothers you so much, please feel free to use the forums' "ignore user" function. You can find it here: http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/profile.php?do=editlist/.

6) This is the last time I will respond to this thread.

[mrsjerome]

You can't possibly be serious with this statement. Many other people, and people that post in this forum, has had nice successes using medication. It didn't change my child, didn't "mask" the condition. It helped she manage her emotions and actually be able to learn. It's possible your experience with drugs have been different, but to suggest that all drug therapies are bad for all Autistics...you're simply wrong.



The problem with your statement sir is that your child is still a child. She has not reached adulthood yet. You won’t know the effects of some of these medications until later on in life. Drugs do not cure autism. Most of the time the drugs make it easier for the parent , teacher or caretaker to manage with what can be severe behavioral problems. It calms down the child much like valium or xanax can come down a person with an anxiety disorder. This should not be a long term solution to either of these cases..
Anti-Psychotics are powerful drugs. They can trigger a lot of different responses in children and or individuals. What one could see as a success one day could very easily be very detrimental the next day.
From Isabelle’s experience,. Drugs for her son was like pouring gasoline on a fire trying to extinguish it..
She is still dealing with the long term ramifications from these drugs in the care of her son.

[The Pogue]

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If you have ever heard Temple Grandin speak, then you know that she credits some meds with her very survival. I don't recall off-hand what she takes, but it helped her deal with her anxiety attacks, and she still takes it. I think the responsible thing to say is that if meds can be avoided, then they should be, but that there are situations that call for them. Many of the autistic individuals mentioned on this forum take some meds, my son included. Not only does it make it easier for us, but when he is less anxious, he is happier! His life is better when he isn't obsessing over every little thing and can let some things go.

Just because you disagree, doesn't mean we can't get along. I just think that blanket statements need to be avoided. There is no "one-size-fits-all" treatment for autism ( or anything else, really!)