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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure how old your DC is, but antipsychotics have been a game changer for us. Also I recommend [b]parent therapy[/b] with therapists who do behavioral/OCD/anxiety therapy. We did all the things you mention too and none of those worked either, but this did.[/quote]Do you mean PCIT? I’ll bring up the antipsychotics at our next appt. Did you do any psychotropic/genetic testing before selecting particular meds?[/quote]

NP. PCIT is helpful, and you don’t say how old your child is, but anti-psychotics can be effective. My son was on them for years, and now late in high school has successfully weaned off of all meds. He took a combination of SSRI and anti-psychotics for 3-4 years though for mania and violence. My son has ASD, and was initially diagnosed as level 2, but a newer neuropsych says level 1. He’s also very smart, but struggles with motivation, so his grades aren’t very good.

We’re still very much in the thick of it, but from 12-14 what helped us the most (and was truly life changing) was family therapy. Individual therapy was important, but family therapy is what really changed things around because our therapist work with everyone to improve the dynamic, held all of us accountable, and heard what all of us needed. [/quote]

Who did you see for family therapy? We are doing this now and it’s going okay. I’d love to hear about  family therapist who’s really helpful. [/quote]

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