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ADDERAL “TREATMENT”/POISONING OF A 3 YEAR OLD ----- Original Message ----- From: "******* *******" To: [Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: first mistake]
to discuss aggression/ODD
[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD:
issues regarding our three year old
son. Over the past year and a half, we have worked with a child
psychologist, allergist, homeopath, naturalpath, occupation therapist,
etc.. We reluctantly decided to meet with a psychiatrist out of
desperation. This highly recommended child psychiatrist started our 3
year old son on adderall xr (5mg once a day)
[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD:
on June 20th. I gave him his first
dose at 7:00am. He ingested about 2-3mg of the 5mg dose. He was fine all
day. Fell asleep at 6:00pm and awoke at 10:00pm in the most horrific
hallucinations I have ever witnessed. He saw and felt ants, flys and bees
crawling up his skin biting and stinging him. He got silverware to rake up
and down his legs to "kill" the bugs so they would stop hurting him. He
envisioned birds flying down and biting away at his head and face. He was
feeling all of this as well as envisioning it. He saw snakes crawling
through our carpeting. Our couches and beds were turning into tigers
trying to attack him. He was desperatley thrashing around and screaming
for his life. He sounded like a child who was getting physically abused.
We for hours tried to help him through this in a total loss as to what was
happening to him. Our little baby was terrified and in pain beyond
understanding. We called 911 and the fire dept & paramedics said all we
could do is "ride it out at our home or in the children's hospital. We
agreed taking him to the hospital would be more traumatic especially is
they tried to physically restrain him (papoose). We called the
psychiatrist at 4:00am and he said this was a common side effect that he
has seen many times in children under the age of five. This medication is
typically prescribed to children over the age of six. If this was such a
common side effect, why did he not tell us this when we asked during our
appt. on the 20th? He said the side effects would be loss of appetite,
possible insomnia, headache and stomach ache. The warnings on the
prescription labels did not mention hallucinations either. We had to place
our 3 year old on anti-psychotic medicine (risperdal) to counteract the
effects of the adderall xr. The doctor said these hallucinations would go
away within 6 to 8 hours. Saturday & sunday came to increased dosages of
risperdal because the hallucinations did not go away. Our son, and us, had
not slept (literally) for almost three days. We couldn't take shifts with
him because he was in such awful shape we didn't want to leave him to just
one parent at all. It was too difficult to handle. We also had a one year
old baby as well. Monday, tuesday, wednesday came and the hallucinations
were still there. Added to that were the fears that are now ingrained in
our son. He cannot be alone in ANY room of our house or outside or
anywhere. He cannot stand the carseat because if restrained, he feels he
cannot fight off the bugs. He cannot go to sleep without the lights on. He
cannot go to sleep without a 1-3 hour long stuggle promising him that the
bugs will not get him when he closes his eyes. He wakes multiple times a
night screaming that they are biting and eating him. We know this because
he now has to sleep in bed with us since this drug was administered. He
also had an incredible vocabulary which has regressed into babytalk over
the last week. He was extremely outgoing and is now somewhat withdrawn.
[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD:
It is the 30th and our son no longer sees the tigers and birds but he does
still see the black bugs and "fireflies". He does still feel them in his
bedsheets. He now hears things that he was not hearing at the beginning
stages of hallucinations. His psychiatrist (who spent 30 minutes with him)
is now stating that the drug did not do this to him
[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: an absolute
. It probably sparked
someting in his brain that was already there. This is so wrong. Our son
never, ever, ever had anything remotely like this ever happen. The doctor
could not provide us a response when we asked why he did not tell us about
the possibility of hallucinations. We are so against drugs for children
and it took us a long time and alternative searching before we ever made
this decision to move forward with a psychiatrist. We have learned that
the doctors are aware of this information regarding side effects but omit
it from the list of side effects told to parents. We also learned that
pharmaceutical companies have "hidden warnings" that are not provided to
the public. They are verbally given to the doctors and in paper form to
the pharmacies. This info rarely reaches society.
This is so wrong what has happened to our child. Our three year old now
has so many obstacles to overcome because of this omission of facts from
the doctor and drug company. It is not right what has happened to our son.
What should we do? Do we contact the FDA? What are our rights?
[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD:
Are we now
responsible for all of the therapy it is going to take to get him back
[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD:
to normal? Please help us. We are just lost. We are sad and we are so angry for trusting the doctor and pharmaceutical company [Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD:scum]
for administering this
drug to a three year old without proper warnings. They took away our
choice to decide to move forward with the drug despite its side
effetcs.
[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: violated, abrogated your informed consent. this is
They made the choice for us when they decided not to tell us about its
true side effects. What they have done to our child by omitting this
information is unconscionable. Please respond our forward this to someone
who can. We need direction as to where to go so other parents do not have
to endure this awful circumstance.
Thank you so much,
P****** B******
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**********, *******
********@****.com
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