Central histamine (dys)function, antidepressants, appetite, autism and behavior
One day last week Monty, aged 12 with ASD, was watching an old Tom and Jerry DVD. These DVDs, along with the other action-packed ones, once got hidden away because they drove Monty wild; now they do not. This is what I was doing while Tom was chasing Jerry. I received another interesting comment from a reader who found a small dose of an antidepressant had a very positive effect on his 9 year old daughter:- “My daughter (9, ASD) recently started on a very small dose of Remeron, in an effort to increase weight and as a bonus, hopefully improve sleep. It has done both. It also had an immediate unexpected but delightful side effect of improved social skills, more fluent speech and increased amount of conversation. The first day she tri...