I have a 10 yo daughter with PDA autism (and ADHD) who decided to refuse her medication in early January. We have noticed a big difference from when she took them so we really want her to get back on them, but nothing we have tried works. Anyone with some experience they want to share? We are grasping for straws at this point. Help
If she doesn’t want the meds, then they are most probably harmful. Stimulants are being prescribed like remedies because they are profitable. But what may work for pure ADHD threatment also affects the autistic traits in a bad way.
I think you should focus on behavioral therapy while keeping an eye on the stress level, or she will later most probably burn herself constantly out, such as I did.
(Until recently, when I decided to refuse all the stress because it’s about to get life-threatening.)
I think she is burned out already unfortunately, due to medication as well as other factors (mostly school related). We are currently working with a very lean reintegration plan for school to not have it go beyond what is hopefully repairable.