Over the years, some medications have helped to control the irritability and agitation that V has struggled with since she was 3 years old. So many times we have gained temporary relief and glimpsed hope, only to have it fade away within 2 or 3 months. Usually the decline in effectiveness has resulted in adjusted dosages to higher levels to regain benefits. But, there are upper limits to safe dosages with all meds, and a point at which side effects outweigh benefits. We always seem to reach that point with each med, and the hope slips away.
I suspect that V has become tolerant to the effects of NAC, although it is not a medication. I have not increased the daily dose above the 900 mg tablets, but I can no longer see a difference in irritability levels compared with what they were before we began to give her the NAC.
It was always a subjective evaluation of effectiveness. I didn't keep detailed behavior data beyond the usual behavior reports that support staff turn in. It is possible that I saw the improvement that I wanted to see in the beginning. I will use the remaining NAC tablets that I have, but I probably will not order it again.
I am disappointed.
I suspect that V has become tolerant to the effects of NAC, although it is not a medication. I have not increased the daily dose above the 900 mg tablets, but I can no longer see a difference in irritability levels compared with what they were before we began to give her the NAC.
It was always a subjective evaluation of effectiveness. I didn't keep detailed behavior data beyond the usual behavior reports that support staff turn in. It is possible that I saw the improvement that I wanted to see in the beginning. I will use the remaining NAC tablets that I have, but I probably will not order it again.
I am disappointed.
