Meds for tiny asd tots

[Kayla55]

I'm so against this, and wondering if asd people have rights to intervene or represent children's rights to safe drugs or drug free.

1. Previous thread on how epileptic medicine affects digestive system and may affect toilet control, the k- diet really makes sense to me

2. Meds concentration or focus on one task....no.

https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/therapies-services/therapies-interventions/medications-asd

 

[Kayla55]

Red flags can disappear after time, if child is exhibiting repetitive tasks or stunning, leave them. Send them to Montessori School, shows human brain studies better by focus on specific task.
This child complex Lego (500) take longer to come to own conclusions....nt parents don't understand it

 

[MNAus]

What a poorly presented article. There is no medication for autism, but this site communicates it quite differently. I get a "modern medicine can cure most things, including autism" vibe from it.

So yeah, some comorbidities can be treated with drugs, but that is true of nearly anyone with the same. So for people generally with anxiety, for instance, a discussion on SSRIs might be worth having. That's independent of autism. The first line of the article should be "children with autism appear to be more prone to some other mental health conditions than children without autism. For some of these conditions, regardless of ASD diagnosis, drugs might be of use as part of a broader treatment plan" or similar.

I had a look at some of the other articles and there is a lot of that "with some effort, you can teach them not to be so autistic" vibe. I can't put my finger on it, but it has the feel of a website where parents who want perfect children go when things don't quite go according to plan. Sort of "my newborn keeps kicking off their baby nikes when I'm at brunch" thing.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

My daughter, when she was small, did fabulously with Waldorf-styled unschooling. In latter grades, a very loose Charlotte Mason-styled curricula helped her greatly.

Not just in school, but as a parenting philosophy. Let the child explore. Let them learn. Teach them when you rise up, and when you lie down, and as you walk by the way. Just little life things, in conversation, but let it be them guiding it.

Children naturally want to learn. They want to grow. They want to know what adults do. And with autistic children I think our society does a terrible job at raising them up in the way that they should go, and allowing them to learn and thrive in their own time, in their own way.

 

[Streetwise]

I recommend telling them your beliefs re their article here they also have an instagram account
https://www.instagram.com/raisingchildren.net.au Log into Facebook

 

[Kayla55]

https://www.autismparentingmagazine.com/treatments-may-help-weight-gain/
Ok, so aggression may be problem, may be few excesses reasons for drugging minors, don't parents realise what side effects are, then drugs to counteract and vicious cycle. Here in article suggesting metformin (diabetes drug)

Why do doctors no longer recommend metformin?
However, the toll it takes on the digestive system may prevent many people with diabetes from taking it for more than a week or two. “Metformin commonly causes gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and flatulence,” explained a recent study published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.

 

[GrownupGirl]

I actually laughed at that "struggling with weight gain" bit. All my life being fat has been a real problem, and my mother was forever trying to get me to be more physically active to lose weight and I hated it. I remember my mother making me write down everything I ate during the day and having it posted on our fridge when I was around eight, so I would suffer guilt and embarrassment for things like eating a piece of apple pie for dessert.

I think I might have all the atypical traits of autism. Or maybe it's because my autism is "mild" and I'm female, I don't know.

 

[Kayla55]

I actually laughed at that "struggling with weight gain" bit. All my life being fat has been a real problem, and my mother was forever trying to get me to be more physically active to lose weight and I hated it. I remember my mother making me write down everything I ate during the day and having it posted on our fridge when I was around eight, so I would suffer guilt and embarrassment for things like eating a piece of apple pie for dessert.

I think I might have all the atypical traits of autism. Or maybe it's because my autism is "mild" and I'm female, I don't know.

This is what I'm trying to figure out, is it asd creates anorexic issues, food sensory???
Or is there something else?