zoloft for aspergers

My 13 year old aspie was on Zoloft for a while. It definitely helped with his anxiety. As time went on - we took him off to see if he could cope without. He is now back to full blown meltdowns in school and we are awaiting a phone call to get him back on. The anxiety and stressors in school for an Aspergers child can be miserable and something we could never understand.

I would like to say that my son is in a treatment facility for bipolar/aspergers is San Marcos Texas and it is great! So if way down the road you need the help, it is out there, you are not alone.

s at all she was was crazy--flipped all the desks over in the room, hit, and left the school in the winter with no shoes or coat on. Then they proceeded to expel her for 3 days for walking out of the school. Anyway, I would seriously take a look at her environment and consider getting her out of it if it is causing her that much frustration. To have a 10 year old on that many meds is pretty scary, to me anyway.

Hi (sorry in advance for the long post), I am a twenty year old male in Las Vegas and have been struggling with mental health problems for my whole life, but only realizing my thoughts were abnormal for the past 2 ½ years. I was first diagnosed as a child with anxiety but we thought nothing of it.

i have a 10 year old daughter who was recently diagnosed with aspergers, severe GAD, depression and sever insomnia. she is currently taking meletonin, clonidine and paxil. just prior to having her testing in which she was diagnosed with these she was on adderall for suspected ADD and the adderall was very effective for her concentration and focus, making schoolwork and chores etc much less stressful and frustrating.

there is a drug that has is now being used for anxiety, more popular use in children,for anxiety in aspergers and adhd patients, but will work for adults, its called tenex, it is a bp med doe will also help with your blood pressure its not a narcotic so you will not get the same feeling as the xanax, but it does work, in my experience,

Hi (sorry in advance for the long post), I am a twenty year old male in Las Vegas and have been struggling with mental health problems for my whole life, but only realizing my thoughts were abnormal for the past 2 ½ years. I was first diagnosed as a child with anxiety but we thought nothing of it.

Hi, my son is 22 years old and has all the signs of aspergers syndrome. He was never diagnosed, and as a child we thought he was just shy, and was told he had ocd. He is very high functioning and drives, has a part time job and has graduated from college. But he lacks any kind of social skills. He also has sensory issues. I am presently working with him on his social skills, and his sensory problems with the help of other parents on different forums I have been on. .

Aspergers and other behavioural problems such as adhd and ocd are genetic so it is very likely that you can have two children with them. It is important for you and your children that you get them assesed as then you can find out what the problem is and how to help your children. I read one of your earlier posts about your three year old dont worry many people with aspergers and similar disorders live relatively normal lives i know because my husband has it and ocd.

There have been commercials for zoloft causing birth defects. I stopped taking mine immediately when me and my boyfriend decided to try for a baby. Now im 20 weeks and 2 days.

Google DSM IV and look at the diagnostic criteria for autism and aspergers. There isn't a huge amount of difference and it can be even harder to fit the diagnosis to a child/adult because there can be alot of borderline charteristics that fit both diagnosis. But generally those with Aspergers tend to develop language normally. However every parent I know with a child with a diagnosis of Aspergers says that they still have huge problems with language and social interaction.

This is going to be kind of stupid to ask because I'm sure nearly all of you have been prescribed zoloft for depression, if you've been prescribed it before... but how did zoloft work for your anxiety? They prescribed me some during my hospital stay for my anxiety. I'm already less jittery but feeling anxious a bit still but I know that will take a week or so to take full effect.

I was taking pristiqe for depression and anxiety I'm 6 wks today and as soon as I found out I was pregnant the Dr. Made me switch over to Zoloft for depression. I've heard nothing but horrible things about Zoloft. Is there anyone that has takin it during their pregnancy? What is your opinion and experience?

My daughter (15 years old) has been recently prescribed 50mg Zoloft for mild depression. I am very scared that this is not the right way to deal with the problems that she has and in particular scared of side effects and withdrawal dramas eventually. Do you have any suggestions how I could help her deal with depression without the medication and is Zoloft very dangerous to start with?

Alot of children have different kinds of fruit in their salad. So, for example, a child can have alot of traits for Aspergers (but maybe not quite enough for a diagnosis), with also a few traits of ADHD etc. It does tend to get a bit clearer as they get older. Not all Aspergers children are clumsy. There is alot of interest recently in sensory integration/sensory differences.

The primary doctor said i have virual virus do to allergies, so i saw my doctor who precribed me the Zoloft he said not take zoloft for two weeks until i get better from this virual virus then try the zoloft again if you have reaction to it stop the zoloft then wait a week and try different medicine called citalpram 20mm. i am so sacred to taking any medicine because i am so sentitive to medicine anyway.

I've been waiting for my therapist/med nurse to fax a referral to a perinatologist before I lose my mind. I have ptsd, aspergers (high functioning autism), bipolar 2 disorder, borderline personality disorder, ocd, adhd, chronic depression, anxiety, and sensory processing disorder. They had to take me off my mood stabilizer (lamictal) and my antidepressant/antianxiety med (Effexor) because of the pregnancy. I'm 20 years old, I've been on meds since I was 10.

It may help with the depression that often accompanies the withdrawals...

On Zoloft 25 mg for 3 weeks. Initial terrible insomnia is getting better but still very tired. Sleeping 12-14 ours daily. Is this normal? Will it go away? Taking med in the morning and going back to sleep till 1-2 pm now. Will taking it at night help with the daytime fatigue or will it make insomnia worse? Will the fatigue make depression and anxiety worse if I cannot cope when school starts? Is Zoloft right for me? Should I be patient and wait longer?

I have been noticing changes in him as he develops that lean more toward aspergers. His fustration, his poor social interaction. He will want something very badly one moment and then when it is about to be given to him he cries hysteriacly saying no, no, no I dont like that. He has been in speec therapy for about 1 year now and I do not see much improvement in real life situations. He seems to be respoinding to the speech therapists, however at home he refuses to pratice with me.

Have you looked at the clinical diagnostic criteria under DSM IV for Aspergers. That will give you a list of the things that professionals will be looking for. If they are saying that your daughter does not tick all the boxes, ask them what it is that she doesn't have/do. As a diagnosis can only be made after observations that is usually why it takes so long.

Have you looked at the diagnostic criteria for Aspergers? You can google DSM IV Aspergers and see what the characteristics are. It is also common for child to have bits and pieces of different disorders. For example my son's main diagnosis is autistic spectrum disorder and he is considered high functioning because he has above average cognitive ability. But he can also be impulsive sometimes and have problems with focus and attenton which may be down to ADD.

I have an assessment for aspergers a few weeks ago but during the assessment I lied alot because my mum was there and I felt id let her down and that she'd hate me I feel like this everyday I find it hard to leave me house do simple things I'm not even sure who I am im trying to work it all out but its like I can't think for myself I've always been like this and I've tried to know what I like but I'm clueless. Can anyone help me....?!!!?

I am concerned that my 4 year old son has Aspergers. He really struggles in social situations. He makes no room for compromise and doesn't get along well with other children. He often gets very frustrated and becomes unable to communicate so he just starts yelling unintelligibly. He will not give eye contact and often acts out physically. He doesn't like structure and will only sit down and do things that really interest him, such as reading books.

Have you considered social skill development, coping strategies, awareness/understanding of his Aspergers with a psychologist that specialises in Aspergers. Sex education is understated as an issue for aspergers teenagers and there some books on the market to assist parents. Try googling for these books. In some instances medication is essential for well-being, I personally found medical Doctors preescribe what they do not understand. Actually that is their amin function, to medicate.

I can tell you that when he was born, finding help and accessing early interventions was much more difficult then it is today. For his older brother with Aspergers, it was almost non existent. He was just considered "quirky" for the most part - struggled socially, but did very well acedemically. But I can tell you, that 20 years ago, my aunt and uncle had to fight tooth and nail to get the proper diagnosis and interventions they knew their boy's needed.

I used to but I have a lot of trouble making it sound proper sometimes. But thank you both for the answers. I know the diagnosis doesn't matter really, but unfortunately you seem to need one for anyone to believe you or understand you and the school requires you have one in order to receive help.

As I said Zoloft was a wonderful drug for me and worked great for my panic attacks and anxiety to where they were completely gone for years, and it may not work for you at all. You just need to try and see what happens that is the best you can do!!

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