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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 219610" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Well, I can't remember what we tried first- zyprexa I think and we didn't know if he should have more or discontinue use, as difficult child was just starting on it and was titrating up. We didn't know if it just wasn't at a therapuetic level or if it was a bad medication for him. Then, psychiatric hospital took him off and strarted him on seroquel. psychiatrist dropped seroquel- he said with difficult child's legal and school issues, he was concerned about putting difficult child through that period of getting him from the low tranquilizing dose to the higher mania-control dose. Something about it would knock him out for a week and it wouldn't be a good idea for difficult child's situation and because difficult child is so sensitive to medications, there were too many risks of how difficult child might respond. So, psychiatrist then changed to risperdal prn. Then we just stopped trying with the AP's. difficult child is normaly stable thru summer and he really didn't need an add-on this summer.</p><p></p><p>psychiatrist said he thought it might be more anxiety driven a couple of mos ago- we tried the anti-anxiety medication; difficult child said it made him more "jerky" as in having physical jerks and jittery and keyed up. Then, difficult child was showing major signs of depression (lack of motivation, excessive sleep, crying very easily, sad, hopeless, etc) so psychiatrist added the AD and raised the depakote er. Then, we found that difficult child was physically ill as well, and medications for that were added. </p><p></p><p>I just stopped the AD yesterday and I'm putting him back to the original dose of depakote today.</p><p></p><p>Answer to questions: We thought it was going into mania, I don't remember the exact symptoms, but some were the type where it's hard to tell if it's mania or depression- aggression, change in sleep habits,- oh, he was acting erratic which is why we started it then the erratic behavior and aggression got worse. (He was walking around on the roof at one point.)</p><p></p><p>It does make me feel better to know that akasthia probably would not result from a MS. Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 219610, member: 3699"] Well, I can't remember what we tried first- zyprexa I think and we didn't know if he should have more or discontinue use, as difficult child was just starting on it and was titrating up. We didn't know if it just wasn't at a therapuetic level or if it was a bad medication for him. Then, psychiatric hospital took him off and strarted him on seroquel. psychiatrist dropped seroquel- he said with difficult child's legal and school issues, he was concerned about putting difficult child through that period of getting him from the low tranquilizing dose to the higher mania-control dose. Something about it would knock him out for a week and it wouldn't be a good idea for difficult child's situation and because difficult child is so sensitive to medications, there were too many risks of how difficult child might respond. So, psychiatrist then changed to risperdal prn. Then we just stopped trying with the AP's. difficult child is normaly stable thru summer and he really didn't need an add-on this summer. psychiatrist said he thought it might be more anxiety driven a couple of mos ago- we tried the anti-anxiety medication; difficult child said it made him more "jerky" as in having physical jerks and jittery and keyed up. Then, difficult child was showing major signs of depression (lack of motivation, excessive sleep, crying very easily, sad, hopeless, etc) so psychiatrist added the AD and raised the depakote er. Then, we found that difficult child was physically ill as well, and medications for that were added. I just stopped the AD yesterday and I'm putting him back to the original dose of depakote today. Answer to questions: We thought it was going into mania, I don't remember the exact symptoms, but some were the type where it's hard to tell if it's mania or depression- aggression, change in sleep habits,- oh, he was acting erratic which is why we started it then the erratic behavior and aggression got worse. (He was walking around on the roof at one point.) It does make me feel better to know that akasthia probably would not result from a MS. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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