What else can I do?

[Aluxes]

My elder daughter who has autism (12 years old) is being having changes of mood since august they usually are in the morning or at night so I took her to her behavioral pediatrician who put her in two medications zolof 75 mg and risperdal 0.5 mg it works for a few weeks but she is having this huge meltdows and I don't know what else to do.

Usually she start like a crying softly and suddenly she change it to a big screams running away out of nowhere once she finish crying screaming the following thing is a laugh attack I'm having a hard time I try to be patience but I'm human to I'm desperate.

Any suggestions treatments options that somebody would like to share with me (natural aproach are welcome to)
it will be greatly appreciated.

[Majikat]

Yes it is very difficult with one let alone two.... I have a 9 month old baby and i have been watching him like a hawk since the day he was born... no symptoms yet thank goodness!

how is your younger one with autism is it less severe?

anyways there is no dowubt in my mind that it is the hormones cause her to be different.... have you thought of taking her off of the zoloft? and trying vitamins instead?  I have never given my son any medication.... do you find that the zoloft helps with her or does it just kind of zone her out.....


any ways for the pressure i do joint compressions each finger then each wrist, wach elbow, shoulders(push down) chest (like cpr)ankles knees and then get her to jump... you do each of these 10 times in sequence


also give her a spot that is her own space... get a tent with bean bag chair... bean bag chairs with give her the pressure feeeling that she enjoys... have you tried weighted vests?

i have a catalogue for all kinds of special need contraptions with the lights and a lot of sensory items... i will get it out a bit later today and send you the web site...


do you have a lot of support to help you out... parents husband ect... if not you should make sure that you do =find a bit of time for your self so you dont burn out... its very hard work to raise speacial needs children

[Aluxes]

Hi thank you for your answer
I give her melatonin every night 5mg she already have her first period and she take it well (during her days she was fine) and I explain her showing her the pads etc what was going on but it seems that days before and after is when she gets out of control... you are right I think is hormones.

She is verbal but cannot have a whole conversation usually is calm but lately is when she became so different than her usual self she like music and demands a lot of pressure all the time lately she just want to be with me she even want to sleep in my bed and always have to stay with her until she fall asleep (when she sleep) and then I can go to my room she follow me everywhere around the house and this is new she use to be more independant.

Got my attention blue light therapy I would like to know more about it if you can explain it to me and also pressure therapy since she enjoys it so much.

Right now we have speech therapy OT therapy and I have the behavioral pediatrician that put her on meds because she think is anxiety.. is hard she is my elder one I have one more with autism to.

Thank you so much for your help :)

[Majikat]

have you tried melatonin? it is natural i give my son liquid melatonin every night..... it should help her sleep it might make her grumpy the first couple of times but it will help at least it should

how is she with communicating? is she verbal? even if she isnt she does understand you and you can talk to her about the changes that is is happening to her body...

my son is 5 and has lots of tantrums still but is a lot better than what he was.. i am terrified of puberty!!!!!

I know first hand how hard it is to deal with an autistic child and i mentally prepare myself so well that i can usually keep my patients with him... just always think to yourself that the day will come to an end and you will hopefully get some time to yourself...

chances are is she is having a lot of raging hormones which is probably making her go a little hay wire but it will level out with time... i dont know if you have any therepists or drs working with her maybe you could ask them for advice

you should start talking to her about her period and showing her the pads that she will be using... cause i can only imagine that it will be a very scary ordeal for her...

do you use any calming  therapy with her?  when my son is having a very bad day i like to do the pressure therapy if you dont know what it is i could explain it for you but it does seem to calm him down a lot and we also used to use the body brushing and there is also the blue light therapy... if you could tell me a bit more about her and her personality i could probably help you a bit better you can inbox me if you want

[Aluxes]

Yes she started puberty also she is not sleeping well and I don't know what else to do