Dbat - there is no federally approved medication to "treat" Autism. There are, however, a slew of medications often used to treat the symptoms of Autism and co-morbid disorders. From the reading I've done, ADHD has a very high co-morbidity rate among those with Autism, and for some reason, non-stimulants have a higher rate of success with these children. Our DS is on Tenex to treat his ADHD symptoms, and Risperdal to treat his mood swings. Neither med is really 'for' his PDD-NOS, but they both help tremendously. Our son did have a formal ADHD diagnosis prior to us medicating him, though. (He was originally informally diagnosed with a 'mood-disorder' before we came to PDD-NOS & GAD.)
