My oldest son (7 yrs)was diagnosed with asperger about 2 months ago. My younger son (5 yrs)is autistic so we were not too surprised. He is fine at home, some acting out but no real agression. However at school he acts out, and gets physically agressive when confronted. Last week I was called to pick him up at school and the principal was laying on top of him restraining his hands behind his back. I had to ask him 3 times to get off my son. My son's psychitraist has prescribed Trileptal 300 mg with the intention to go up to 900 mg. I'm worried because we've tried other meds, adderal - made him more agressive, clonodine - made him sleepwalk, resperidal - kept him up all night, Zoloft - again kept him up, bedwettting, no real improvement at school. He seems to react adversly to everything we've tried except concerta. Any suggestions or experience with this med - Trileptal would be helpful.

Hi, My 9 year old son who is midly Autistic just began taking Trileptal five weeks ago. He was very agressive, destructive, and he was sent home from school atleast three times a week due to his major behavioral meltdowns. It was getting to the point that I was scared for him, that he was going to hurt himself or someone. I was very reluctant to start meds but I am very gald we did. The last four weeks have been soo GREAT!! He has not been sent home, the hitting and destuctive behavior has been seen very rarely if at all, he is cooperating with his teachers, and even talking more. I also have not seen any side effects. We go back next week to let his doctor know how things are going. Any more questions feel free to ask. I hope this helps you in some way in deciding if Trileptal is right for your child. Luella3