hi,
My son is 21 and he was dx with autism when he was 2 and half.
For the past 2 years he also got the dx of touretts, like autism was not enough.
He makes many vocal nosies which is disruping to the entire family. We have a hard time taking him out in the community as well as the noises are so loud.
We have tried just about every med out there. He is currently on Risperidal 2 mg 2xs a day. Zyprexa 10 Mg 2xs a day. We had him on clonidine, klonopin, xanax, valium, zoloft to name just a few. No matter what the noises are still there, not even less. He was on the risperidal b/c it helped with his autism stims. There is a fine line between a stim and a tic.
Anyhow, I was reading posts about abilify. His doc did mention that too.
WE may try that next. My question for you guys here, should we introduce the abilify and leave the risperidal and zyprexa doses. Or slowly take him off those meds.
He has a hard time falling asleep too, and he needs melatonin and simply sleep by tynlenol.
thanks in advance
Angela

Welcome acerina85!

Sorry about your son's autism and TS. Either sounds very challenging, but both,

You've come to the right place for information, IMO. People here are very caring and helpful.

I'll send a PM to someone who may be able to give you some advice from personal experience with TS.

Meanwhile, take a look around the board. Jump in anywhere and make yourself at home.

Hi Angela and Welcome to Neuro Talk. Here is the link to our Touretts Forum..http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum25.html

And thanks to Twink..I'll bet Moi will be along soon. *grin

Hi. don't know if you caught the tv show on CBS last night? It was about a teacher who had tourettes (but he wasn't diagnosed correctly until late in life).

He now teaches, gives speeches and is quite inspirational.

You, however, have a whole different thing going on, don't you? Lots of stress, lots of problems.

I have a son who has been diagnosed with Aspergers. Whole different set of problems right there.

Just know you are not alone. I am holding your hand (although it's in cyber-space).

I am so sorry for all that you have to go through. People will come here and give you great information.

I hope you have a support system where you reside. That is so important. Have you received support from family members?

It's hard, I know this.

Take care and post here whenever you wish. Someone will definitely reply to you.

Melody

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help. We are all here to assist each other as possible.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene

Hello and welcome to Neuro Talk, you will find Neuro Talk is filled with some really helpful and wonderful people, so do not hesitate to ask question or concerns you may have. Was curious what your Doctor said about weening off the meds or how to introduce the new one, and as you are probably learning what works for this person does not work for that one and vicsa versa, The balancing of the meds sometimes can be your tougher obstacle. i hope you able to get some results from the abilify. Again welcome to NT

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk!

Welcome to neurotalk! I'm sorry that your son is afflicted with autism,and touretts syndrome. We have a area where people are posting,and talking about autism. We also have a area where people are talking about touretts syndrome. I am so sorry that he's suffering from these things.

Please scroll down to these posts. I believe that this information that people are talking about in the autism area,and the touretts area will help.

You have come to the right place for information,and support. Again,I am so sorry for all the sufferings that your family,and your son are going through. Brokenfriend