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re: On our way to NIH, stressed & depressed Oct. 28th, 2007 1:03pm
Hi Natalie...
Good luck at the NIH.
YES, steroids are known throughout the healthcare field for causing depression, anxiety/mania, and even psychosis.
Also, please be aware that some psychiatric meds can have side-effects which mimic symptoms of autism/PDD/asperger's. If your son is on psych meds, they should be decreased or stopped before he is given a diagnosis that will change his whole life. Our child psychiatrist here insisted we do that with my son, and the difference was amazing...He does not have PDD--he had side-effects from an SSRI.
