My five year old son has recently been diagnosed with Autism and previous to this has had a diagnosis of global developmental delay & ADHD. He is already taking Quillivant XR for the ADHD. The psychologist suggested a prescription dose of Zoloft for him with the hopes that it could help his angry outbursts. He just gets so frustrated so quickly that at times it can make things very difficult. Before I go down that road, I just wanted to see if anyone has had experience with giving a young child… read more

A MyAutismTeam Member

My son started Zoloft at the age of 7 and it really helped with no side effects. We took him off for a period of time but his agression returned and he has now been on it for years mostly now due to severe depression. He is now 19 and when i asked him if he would like to try and get off of the medication, he said no because he feels it really helps.

posted November 14, 2015  

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A MyAutismTeam Member

Thanks so much for the advice, @A MyAutismTeam Member & @A MyAutismTeam Member

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posted November 15, 2015  

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Thanks so much for the advice.

posted November 15, 2015