Dear listers,
My son (9 yr old) is now on valproic acid for the last 25 days. It is helping him from having seizures. BUT the side effects are:
He is s...o distracted at home and school, he cries suddenly with no cause, his language has gone down so much to almost 20% (already he has a language delay) due to his autism, he keeps waking up in the nights atleast once every night (many nights he falls asleep again) & some nights he can't sleep again, he is tired and stretches often, gets frustrated at classroom, he has thrown pencils twice towards chalk board & got benched yesterday for the first time in his ENTIRE LIFE! (He is one of the softest children in the whole wide world!) and he keeps urinating often, he has reduced appetite ........ I think I can keep adding more.
Please advice if I need to wait more before I try a different medicine (lamictal) or is it the high time to switch (or) do you think it is all going to be the same?
Please help! I'm really confused.
Thanks a lot for your support!
Amy
My son (9 yr old) is now on valproic acid for the last 25 days. It is helping him from having seizures. BUT the side effects are:
He is s...o distracted at home and school, he cries suddenly with no cause, his language has gone down so much to almost 20% (already he has a language delay) due to his autism, he keeps waking up in the nights atleast once every night (many nights he falls asleep again) & some nights he can't sleep again, he is tired and stretches often, gets frustrated at classroom, he has thrown pencils twice towards chalk board & got benched yesterday for the first time in his ENTIRE LIFE! (He is one of the softest children in the whole wide world!) and he keeps urinating often, he has reduced appetite ........ I think I can keep adding more.
Please advice if I need to wait more before I try a different medicine (lamictal) or is it the high time to switch (or) do you think it is all going to be the same?
Please help! I'm really confused.
Thanks a lot for your support!
Amy