Quote from phoenix04:

Thankyou for your responses.

He is on Amitriptyline. Not sure how different we do things here in Australia to the US.

He has gave these to him for his sleep as we showed him a sleep diary we had been keeping. He runs around all night and just wants to watch to movies. He said when he is diagnosed he will start giving him daytime medication.

I wouldn't have him on these tablets at all but I can not see him sleeping much without them.

I can not get him to sit at all during the day to help him learn. He constantly just laughs and smiles all day like nothing is wrong.

I was also recommended to start timeout by locking him in his room for 5 minutes at a time which I really do not want to do but just sending him to his room doesn't work because he is so cunning and sly.

When we seen the paediatrician we didn't even get a chance to tell him what was wrong because he said he gets 2 out of 100 children like my son. He watched and observed him and told him off when he touched something at the doctors he wasn't meant too touch and he just smiled and kept doing it, the doctor said it is his smile and eyes that are different and defiant.

I know something is wrong with his father but he will not tell me what and I worry for my son.

I don't have alot of family support as my parents work and also have there other grandchildren every week and I don't like to ask for help. Although I am hoping this will now change things alittle.

I have dealed with depression myself and still do at times as I have an eating disorder since I was 16.

Well, I can't begin to figure out or know the reasons for his behaviors but it doesn't seem the Elavil would be such a good thing; I found a side effects list and some of your son's behavior is on it, at least it seems so. You didn't make clear if some behaviors were before or after the Elavil; in any case I imagine the medication could worsen such symptoms. Here is the list, I'm sure not everyone gets all the side effects or hardly any, but also you must keep in mind he's only 2 years old so he may have more severe effects from it...

Side effects may include: abnormal movements, anxiety, black tongue, blurred vision, breast development in males, breast enlargement, coma, confusion, constipation, delusions, diarrhea, difficult or frequent urination, difficulty in speech, dilation of pupils, disorientation, disturbed concentration, dizziness on getting up, dizziness or light-headedness, drowsiness, dry mouth, excessive or spontaneous flow of milk, excitement, fatigue, fluid retention, hair loss, hallucinations, headache, heart attack, hepatitis, high blood pressure, high fever, high or low blood sugar, hives, impotence, inability to sleep, increased or decreased sex drive, increased perspiration, increased pressure within the eye, inflammation of the mouth, intestinal obstruction, irregular heartbeat, lack or loss of coordination, loss of appetite, low blood pressure, nausea, nightmares, numbness, rapid and/or fast, fluttery heartbeat, rash, red or purple spots on skin, restlessness, ringing in the ears, seizures, sensitivity to light, stomach upset, strange taste, stroke, swelling due to fluid retention in the face and tongue, swelling of testicles, swollen glands, tingling and pins and needles in the arms and legs, tremors, vomiting, weakness, weight gain or loss, yellowed eyes and skin.