Asd and medication

amother

OP ↓

Mon, Sep 02 2024, 10:23 pm

Is your high functioning ASD child on any kind of medication to help alleviate any of his symptoms or for any other reason?

amother

↑ OP

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 7:06 am

amother Tanzanite wrote:

Abilify

What issues are you treating? Is it helping?

amother

Peru ↓

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 10:04 am

Look into suramin and low dose naltrexone. Targets the root causes of asd as opposed to just some very specific symptoms.
There have been case reports on ivermectin and nystatin (and other antifungals) making a big difference as well.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p.....2136/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28695149/

amother

Acacia ↓

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 10:14 am

We are going to start qelbree soon, for adhd. Dr says kids with asd and adhd have the hardest to medicate adhd.

I’m high functioning asd and I take anxiety/antidepressant meds. I don’t have adhd. AFAIK it is pretty easy to medicate for anxiety. It’s the adhd meds that tend to aggravate those with asd.

amother

↑ Acacia

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 10:15 am

amother Peru wrote:

Look into suramin and low dose naltrexone. Targets the root causes of asd as opposed to just some very specific symptoms.
There have been case reports on ivermectin and nystatin making a big difference as well.

Are those anti inflammatory? Or are you assuming the root causes are something else

amother

↑ Peru ↓

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 10:22 am

amother Acacia wrote:

Are those anti inflammatory? Or are you assuming the root causes are something else

LDN is an immune modulator and opioid receptor agonist. It also has other mechanisms of action that are less well understood but it's been studied somewhat in asd.

Suramin is an old repurposed drug that works on the cell danger response and mitochondrial shutdown. Some very promising results in asd by Dr Robert naviaux. Fascinating research, worth a read.

Ivermectin target parasites and inflammation. Nystatin targets fungal dysbiosis. I linked a study above.

amother

↑ Tanzanite

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 11:30 am

amother OP wrote:

What issues are you treating? Is it helping?

It's technically an anti-psychotic but it's used as a mood stabilizer. And yes, it is working.

amother

DarkKhaki

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 11:32 am

Abilify + prozac really helps him a lot. Not perfect but have been through so many meds and combinations. Issue is that prozac is making him lose weight so may need to change soon. Every child is different and responds differently.

amother

Crimson

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 1:48 pm

Peru, this is fascinating. What kind of Dr are you using for this treatment? Would a pediatrician be able to prescribe and monitor for this treatment?

amother

↑ Peru ↓

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 2:11 pm

amother Crimson wrote:

Peru, this is fascinating. What kind of Dr are you using for this treatment? Would a pediatrician be able to prescribe and monitor for this treatment?

You need a MAPS doctor or a functional md who has experience with the medical side of asd.
https://tacanow.org/family-res.....ctor/

Amantadine is another one that shows good results. It's a glutamate agonist.

amother

Moonstone ↓

Wed, Sep 18 2024, 11:20 pm

My ASD/ADHD son takes lamictal and just had Wellbutrin added today. Melatonin+magnesium glycinate at night (just had the magnesium added today too).
Avoiding stimulants for now as it can potentially cause serious outbursts and extreme aggression in kids like my son when it wears off (he already struggles with irritability and emotional regulation)

Nice to see others who also take ldn! I only have ADHD but take ldn too. It’s a nice addition to my adderall.

up high

Wed, Sep 18 2024, 11:26 pm

My son used to be on different meds, we needed to keep switching, when most of them stopped working after a while.
I have 2 boys on quelbree, and this has been the ultimate yeshuah for us bh!!!
It's a pretty new med, not SSRI. Many doctors don't know about it yet, it does a great job on kids with ASD or ADHD.

Last edited by up high on Thu, Sep 19 2024, 7:28 pm; edited 1 time in total

amother

↑ Peru ↓

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 7:28 pm

amother Moonstone wrote:

You take LDN for adhd?

amother

Snowdrop

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 7:51 pm

Quote:

what age did u start with prozac?

amother

↑ Cadetblue

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 8:09 pm

I give my ds gaunfaceen and qelbree.. we saw big results when starting with the guanfaceen.

amother

Mulberry

Thu, Sep 19 2024, 9:16 pm

Can you recommend a doctor in Brooklyn for this type of treatment?