Thank you for replying.  I did not see the 60 minutes was it a drug that killed her?  I have recently taken my son off abilify which has not been tested on young kids.  I know that some of the medications that doctors give younger children are not fda approaved but they give them out for kick backs and do not inform the parents but my husband and I immediatley go home and check out the fda approved list. This makes me so mad because that is my sons life. I learned this because the doctor he had at the very beginning put him on  respiridol and he was sleeping 18 hours a day.  I rather deal with him than have him down like that it doesn't fix the problem it only avoided it.  Anyways thank you for the advice and we are from Danville Illinois

Thank you so much.  My husband and I had researched a lot including tourettes but we had never brought it up to his doctor.  I guess when I think of tourettes I think of out of control body movements.  Aspergers syndrome, ADHD, and tourettes have a lot of similar symptoms and it is hard to watch when doctors are trying to figure it out.  For a while I felt like we were letting our son be a guinia pig with all the meds.  We noticed his symptoms right before his sister was born when he ws 11 months old he was such a happy baby though.  But I will difinately look into the university doctors. He was seeing a speciailist in Illinois. Thank you so much.

I've read alot about more children getting an overflow of yeast in their system... causing immune problems and behavior issues..        Have his stools ever been tested for yeast?  Has his immune system been looked into, to see how its functioning?
By no means do I have any experience with this type of thing but my heart and prayers go out to you and your family.
And always.. go with your gut, no one knows your child more than you!

As a personal trainer and mom, I feel that diet has so much to do with our dispostion, mood, and mood swings.
While these seem to be severe mood swings, I have heard of people having incrediible reactions to food allergies. I too would suggest getting your child tested for food allergies. It is an "alternative" therapy, but how great would it be if you found  out that the whole reason your child was behaving this way, was because he was allergic to wheat (for example)?
For now, you could at least try cutting out all sugars and refined carbohydrates (things with white flour or white rice etc.) and see if that helps. If nothing else he will be healthier.