[tri-med] Re: Breast buds . . . Menstruation

In a message dated 6/30/07 6:12:06 AM, nancii@xxxxxxxxxx writes:


> respiradol
> 

Ali started taking respiradol the month she had her first period. She was 14, 
so you know she was a bit late on that front. For Christmas that year I had 
bought her Sear's tank top undershirts for Christmas because she had no 
interest at all in wearing a bra (sensory issues). She started the med in 
Jan-Feb and 
by summer she had grown to a 38 D and about 3-4 inches and about 30 pounds. 
At firstI thought it was just a delayed growth spurt, but by the following 
year, she had topped out at 5'5", was wearing 40 DD and weighed about 165. And 
the 
medication was not doing a darn thing, so I went on line and after much 
digging I found the complete side effects info for the medication. Just as 
Fawna 
found about the Strattera, when you get down to the finest of the fine print, 
there it was. " May cause development of breast tissue and lactation". And not 
just in girls, either. Even though we discontinued the medication, she did not 
start to lose the excess weight until she started on the casien-gluten free 
diet. I was on several autism/ts list serves, and a lot of kids have been able 
to take resperidol with no adverse side effects, but of all the meds she has 
ever taken, that is most definitly the one I wish we could somehow get a 
"do-over". I had a chance to visit with Temple Grandin, very well known in the 
autism 
circuit, and I told her about Ali's reaction. Her real life job is as a 
designer of livestock facilities (slaughter houses) and asssitant professor of 
animal science at Colorado State. When I told her about the breast development, 
lactation and weight gain, her comment was, lets hope our meat manufactures 
NEVER find out. Bad enough we have to worry about hormones in our food supply, 
who 
can imagine a steak laced with neuroleptic medication. LOL I am not a fan of 
that particular medication, even though it has been a life saver for some, 
especially with autism.



Nan
mom to:
Dom, 9/16/83, Tri 18 mosaic and Bipolar Disorder.
Ali, 6/12/83, Autism, Tourette Syndrome, ADHD



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