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The decision to put an autistic child on medication is never easy for a parent to think about. When the medications in question are antipsychotics (like Risperdal) and antidepressants (like Zoloft), and when the child is disabled and has little or no language to explain how he feels while on the meds, a parent has […]
Charlie has taken Zoloft—a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), which works by inhibiting the uptake of serotonin, and thereby allows for more serotonin to be available to be taken up by other nerves—-for some years. He was prescribed it by his pediatric neurologist for anxiety that we linked to his head-banging and aggressive outbursts. Charlie […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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