Autism

[allamo2003]

dear mis/sir

my son is 13 years old & hypothyroidism,
i found your site in a google search engine.
my son had autism when he was 4 years old after we did all kinds of analysis
on one of the known hospitals in saudi arabia,they told me its more
electricitie in the brain and this is called autism.
they describe this medicene Retalin that had been given to him for 2 weeks but
he was having a bad side effects and the doctor stop it & give him Resperdal
as aliquid 1 gm for one year and they change the amount to bills 2gm until
before two days the doctors specify a new kind of medicene which is Zyprexa
and we are wondering if there is a better medicene for autism with
congenctal hypothyroidism and he is using:
1- Zyprexa 10 mg in two doses 5mg in morning & 5 mg before he sleeps
2- 150 mg of Thyroxine every day

thank you

[JM1998]

Sorry for the late reply.

There is no drug used to cure autism, and the best suitable drugs that are used to treat the illness are called antidepressants which cure the anxiety and you can increase/decrease suitable to your needs and your condition, it's that plain simple.

[MJIthewriter]

I can't tell you about the other med, but I know from personal experiance that Retalin is NOT the drug to be used for autism.

You could try a shot at the thyroid disorder community. They may not be able to give specific info about how the meds work with autism, but they can say whether or not the drug worked for them.

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/73

Also keep in mind, there is no drug in the world to treat autism.

Which leads to a personal question but I'll just state bluntly if there was such a drug out and given the choice to take it, I would refuse.  I mean why change something that makes me part of who I am?  Nothing is perfect. There are drawbacks, but there are strengths too.

Drugs may be able to reduce some of the depression or anxiety, but that's about it.

If there are physical issues needing resolved, you want meds to treat those conditions without affecting anything else. (at least I would believe, that way to avoid unwanted side effects)  I think giving that other community a try as well would be a good idea. That way you can get more answers to look at.