autism

[Ellen]

Laura, I completely agree with PatAnne that the Seroquel could be causing these involuntary movements. There is a risk of this becoming permanent with Seroquel, and so this is not something you want to ignore. I think 100 mg is a low dose and if I were you I would work with the doc to slowly wean him off this drug asap. My son was on Seroquel for over a year, and we did not see this, but I spoke with many docs about the risk of td and it is real. I was never comfortable with the risks associated with Seroquel and td and was quite relieved when we successfully weaned our son of this without any problems.

 

Ellen

 

These involuntary movements can absolutely be related to seroquel! Please revisit this with your doctor as this can become permanant.

Good luck,

 

PatAnne

 

 

 

When he was 1 year old he had strep 2x per throat culture and put on antibiotics for 1 week course. He was sick a lot his first year of life. Then he regressed, stop talking and interacting and was diagnosed and labeled "autistic" at 20 months old.

The titers and lyme tests were just part of a DAN workup 3 years ago but nobody put him on any medications for the high titers. Ibuprofen is our life saver. He is also on Seroquel for sleep 100mg and Prozac 5mg in am. We have tried every "autism" treatment possible. The ocd just has taken over. I can no longer call it a stim like I did for years. Yes, he also now has involuntary movements - jerks, flinches, grunts, tightens up. These are really bad right now. He can't even walk without jerking and stiffening. I thought it was that td (tardive...??) from the Seroquel but the doctor doesn't think so.

 

Dr. K has not put him on antibiotics yet. We just did the steroid burst last week. (no positive changes yet)

 

Thank you for your thoughts and input.

Laura