Penny Williams

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1,352 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2018 last heard 11 Nov

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That's been one of the toughest things in trying to work with teachers and work with the school is for them to understand

That yes, he is super, super smart, but that doesn't mean that he can perform in the way you expect him to.

So starting out, we had a really, really hard time with finding a medication that worked well for him and that kept working well for him.

Some of the medications he just had really, really bad side effects with mood changes, you know, he is the sweetest, kindest kid.

So if he starts getting angry and volatile, I know there's something going on.

And you know, there's two types of medications for ADHD in the stimulants.

There's two categories, amphetamines and methylphenidates.

And so

Most people do w well with one type or the other, but not both.

For him, he couldn't take any of the amphetamines, Adderall Vibants.

They made him very moody and aggressive.

But he did well on concerta, but every two months, like clockwork, it quit working.

And they would increase the dose and it would quit working.

And they would increase the dose and it quit working.

And then we were like, well, we can't increase it anymore because now we're seeing side effects from that.

I learned much later that kids with high functioning autism often have this struggle.

They're often very, very

susceptible to side effects.

You know, they get kind of the extreme rear side effects for a lot of it.

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