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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 227408" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>That's what psychiatrist said our last visit- he said try increasing the depakote for a certain amount of time- if it doesn't case "agitation" (this was after I told him that with several medication cahnges, difficult child had become aggressive), then we know it isn't the depakote. If it does cause agitation, then lower the depakote back down and start the AD without any other changes. I didn't want to do that right away- I wnated to make sure that any vilonet/ agressive tendencies went away first- to be sure if it was medication related, for one thing, And I am a little hesitant to start an AD- right now difficult child isn't acting depressed. I'll have to mull that one over.</p><p></p><p>One point I should bring out- lithium is my son's first-line ms. It is in therapuetic range. The lower dose of depakote is at the borderline therapuetic range and the higher dose puts him mid-upper range. Maybe MS's are supposed to be slow-acting, but given the signs I saw in difficult child last year, depakote is MUCH faster acting than lithium.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 227408, member: 3699"] That's what psychiatrist said our last visit- he said try increasing the depakote for a certain amount of time- if it doesn't case "agitation" (this was after I told him that with several medication cahnges, difficult child had become aggressive), then we know it isn't the depakote. If it does cause agitation, then lower the depakote back down and start the AD without any other changes. I didn't want to do that right away- I wnated to make sure that any vilonet/ agressive tendencies went away first- to be sure if it was medication related, for one thing, And I am a little hesitant to start an AD- right now difficult child isn't acting depressed. I'll have to mull that one over. One point I should bring out- lithium is my son's first-line ms. It is in therapuetic range. The lower dose of depakote is at the borderline therapuetic range and the higher dose puts him mid-upper range. Maybe MS's are supposed to be slow-acting, but given the signs I saw in difficult child last year, depakote is MUCH faster acting than lithium. [/QUOTE]
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