As you know I’ve had Risperdal on my mind lately and today is the day I make a decision on this medication. I’ve decided to keep the boys on this medication for now, despite the side effects. It’s a pick and choose your battle thing, and a friend reminded me of that. He had me [...]
Risperdal is on my mind. I compare it to Ritalin of the 80′s in how it is so commonly used with ASD kids. The problem is I have discovered some side effects with this medication that should be cause for concern to any parent who has a child on it. Weight gain and Male breast [...]
We are seeing much better days since my last post. The med changes are working thank goodness and my son is coming back to his happy, joking self. Less fixated and angry. Thank Goodness !! Just in time for Mom’s Day in the U.S. Spring has finally sprung around here, warmer weather, trees and flowers [...]
I used to be a big fan of the DIY and herbal remedies. Over the past several years I’ve tried different things only to find myself disappointed by failure of product, or allergic reactions from my kids. Because of this I actually haven’t been using or trying as I used to. As the kids have [...]
What is a weekend without a little drama? We had our fair share last night, and today I find myself recapping yesterday’s events and being lazy at the same time. It was an exhausting ordeal. J has pica. He likes to eat non edible items, and at least explore them with his mouth. It’s amazing that [...]
My youngest has been on a nutritional drink for many years to help supplement his poor eating habits and keep him healthy. The company that makes the product switched the packaging with our last shipment. Needless to say that has caused drama. He won’t drink them now. I hate when companies do that. The pizza [...]
My 10 year old is allergic to peanuts. He’s had several reactions to various exposures to peanuts and peanut products over the last couple of months. These incidents have forced me to stop consuming even peanut butter in the house, and I love peanut butter. In talking with the some friends and family I found [...]
We started John on his first psychiatric medication this week to help calm him down and focus. Risperdal. I am not a fan of having to use pharma meds to help my kids with their autism symptoms, but honestly sometimes it does work. Sometimes it’s necessary. Supplements aren’t always enough though they do help. I [...]
Dustin has been on Namenda for a month now. I have to say WOW! Have I seen improvements? You bet I have. Though some of our team may not agree with me, but I’m the primary care giver and live day in and day out with this child. I have seen Dustin smile more, interact [...]
We are checking in with the psych doctor this morning. It has been a week today since we got to our breaking point on behaviors and I started Dustin on the Namenda. I am here to report that we have had no issues. I have seen no side effects so far from using this medicine [...]
Just 5 days ago I wrote a post on here called Amazing Things Happening Here. I did not know that our situation would come crashing down so hard, and so fast. Why didn’t I know? This is autism we are talking about. The mother of all roller coaster rides. This mother is getting real tired [...]
Despite some challenges that I have had on a personal level this past month, I have to say that we have seen some wonderful things happening in our autism world. We have been doing some medication adjustments on Dustin. The doctors told us a couple months ago that the FDA had changed their recommendations on [...]
Life is a constant learning experience. Raising children with autism is a constant learning experience. So today I am learning about Neurology. The definition of Neurology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, functions and organic disorders of nerves and the nervous system. What prompted me to do some research on this [...]
It’s an issue that happens far too often with an autistic child. Even autistic teens and adults tend to wander. Whether it be out of frustration, curiosity, boredom, lack of understanding in safety? It’s really hard to say why they wander off but my guess is all of the above are contributing factors. This opinion [...]
I took my 11 yr old son Dustin to see an orthodontist in January of 2009, about his teeth problems. This was prior to the dental surgery in Aug. 2009. We had never seen this guy before, we were referred to him by the dentist. This guy was a straight joker, far from professional with [...]
My youngest John came to me tonight with his finger in his ear and said help me! He had been playing with play dough, and a few days ago I caught him trying to shove some up his nose, so immediately I’m thinking he’s shoved play dough in his ear. I asked him if there’s [...]
Autism amazes me how a child can be nonverbal at one point, and then over the course of time the same child can communicate to me things I never would have known otherwise. It’s called progress and hard work, in working with my kids. It brings joy to my heart to see how well the [...]
nuun is an electrolyte enhanced drink tablet formulated to dissolve in water and keeps you hydrated. This stuff is awesome! I found out about it from another autism mom who is a runner and uses it to keep hydrated. The kids are not only very limited on what they eat, but what they drink too. [...]
I received this recipe from our pediatrician about 13 years ago. Both my boys have had problems with bad diaper rashes due to yeast infections. Later in our autism journey I found out that yeast problems are common in autism with the gut issues and the bad bacteria involved. This ointment works wonderful at soothing [...]
My kids are picky eaters. It seems to be a common denominator with autism. Dustin’s picky eating started with the introduction to table food after he was a year old. John’s eating issues and food intolerance’s started as an infant with baby formula and then increased with the introduction of table food as well. The [...]
