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<blockquote data-quote="crazymama30" data-source="post: 322303" data-attributes="member: 3184"><p>My difficult child takes Lamictal, abilify, and daytrana (a stimulant). </p><p> </p><p>We started wtih stims only and difficult child could not tolerate them. Ditched stims.</p><p> </p><p>Tried mood stabilizers, ended up with Lamictal. Got to a good level there.</p><p> </p><p>Added in Daytrana very cautiously.</p><p> </p><p>When impulsivity and other behaviors got bad and difficult child almost had police called on him at school, added in abilify. </p><p> </p><p>The above happened over a time period of about 3 years. It is obvious that difficult child is more than a typical adhd kid. He has some sort of mood disorder, psychiatrist has mentioned cyclothymia as he is not as severe as a true BiPolar (BP) kid. He does have his moments though.</p><p> </p><p>We have tweaked the dosages over time, but for now he is at a great spot, and I would not consider changing anything at this point. He needds all three medications to be stable. Will it be like this all the time? I don't know. </p><p> </p><p>husband does best if he is on a stimulant also, but he has been off them for the last 2 months and will most likely put back on them, but very carefully and cautiously and slowly.</p><p> </p><p>I do think that stims have caused difficult child problems in the past when he was on stims and no ms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crazymama30, post: 322303, member: 3184"] My difficult child takes Lamictal, abilify, and daytrana (a stimulant). We started wtih stims only and difficult child could not tolerate them. Ditched stims. Tried mood stabilizers, ended up with Lamictal. Got to a good level there. Added in Daytrana very cautiously. When impulsivity and other behaviors got bad and difficult child almost had police called on him at school, added in abilify. The above happened over a time period of about 3 years. It is obvious that difficult child is more than a typical adhd kid. He has some sort of mood disorder, psychiatrist has mentioned cyclothymia as he is not as severe as a true BiPolar (BP) kid. He does have his moments though. We have tweaked the dosages over time, but for now he is at a great spot, and I would not consider changing anything at this point. He needds all three medications to be stable. Will it be like this all the time? I don't know. husband does best if he is on a stimulant also, but he has been off them for the last 2 months and will most likely put back on them, but very carefully and cautiously and slowly. I do think that stims have caused difficult child problems in the past when he was on stims and no ms. [/QUOTE]
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