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8 years old boy
I am turning here for advice or maybe someone is dealing with a similar situation. My son is 8. At 1 - 3 years old we were dealing with him not playing much with toys he'd walk or crawl down a hall way and bang his head against the wall. During pregnancy one concern was down syndrome which was negative. He has alternating esotropia in his eyes messing both eyes are good one a little strong then the other but he only uses one eye at a time. He wears bifocals. He also has the skin between his eyes is flat instead of tucking in. He is taller than normal kids but his dad is pretty tall my son is 4 '11 at last visit a few months ago. He is pretty smart in school. He still doesn't really play with toys he likes video games reading chapter books and riding his bike he doesn't make a lot of friends he is usually okay when he's on meds ( Celexa and geodone) main problem right now is when. He wants to do something and u tell him no its a huge melt down swearing Frick or people are jerks. Also if there are several people in a room and more than one person talking he starts to have a melt down. His neuro doctor says he may be having grand mull sizeures but hard to diagnose. He has head aches alot the eye doctor says it's not because of his eyes
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I am a 8 and a 1/2.So,I have a lot of experience.You son is experiencing autism.I recommend going to AustismSpeaks.org to solve it.Please tell your friends about Luluohizua on advicenators.You can reach me on Luluohizua@yahoo.com.
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We are not doctors and we cannot make any diagnoses.
While am no expert with these sort of things it sounds like he may be Autistic. Age three is about the right age for this to manifest itself. I'm wondering, since you did not say if you have had him diagnosed for this if he may have been misdiagnosed. I am also wondering why an eight year old is on an antidepressant drug as well as a drug used to treat schizophrenia and manic symptoms of bipolar disorder. Have you ever questions why your son is on these drugs, neither of which is an anti-seizure drug.
The only thing I can suggest is you try finding new doctors and have him reevaluated as he may have been misdiagnosed by his current doctors. I would start by finding the closest Children's Hospital and calling the patient referral line. Tell them about your son and let then refer you to staff doctors and set the initial appointments. If the hospital is too far to travel to they may be able to refer you to specialists in your area.
If you would like to write me a private message and tell me what city and state you live in I would be glad to help you find a Children's hospital. Two of the best that treat all comers are the Shriners Hospital for Children and the Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC.
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You didn't mention anyone checking him for Autism. There are actually quite a few different situations that all fall on the Autism spectrum somewhere. He may not have a severe case of it or there may be something else medically going on in conjunction with the Autism? the reason I am led to think this may be it, is the head banging for one, what some kids will do when they can't handle too much different sensory input all at the same time. Another is your mentioning he's very smart. People with Autism are highly intelligent, more so than others. Another is the input from one than one conversation at a time, or more than one of any type of sensory input. My husband is a highly functional autistic. You wouldn't know it to look at him or watch him for a while. But when I began to live with him day in day out, it was easier to experience some of the same things you mention, just that he has learned how to control and compensate for his particular type of autism.
So I am not saying it's Autism for sure, just that it could be closely related to. Hope this helps
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