[solarmist]

I was first diagnosed with ADHD in 2016 then a year later with ASD. Adderall helped a lot, but there were other symptoms that continued bothering me.

Between me reading and learning more about my problems and working with my psychiatrist we tried many things. Having someone so reflective and motivated led him to be more experimental with treatments for me. Also, he was an ADHD specialist who started researching autism because he suspected his son was autistic too.

That's how we tried memantine. It seems to help in a small percentage of APD/SPD cases, but no one knows how or why.

This thread was how I found a hypothesis for why it worked for me. Six years after I first started memantine.

[biomcgary]

Having an engaged healthcare / mentalcare provider makes a huge difference! I'm going to run memantine past my son's doctor, who is also quite engaged.