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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 81098" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>HI Totoro, </p><p></p><p>well it sounds like you are making some progress, of sorts, I guess.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 1 has really been helped by Lamictal. It takes it with a relatively low dose of Topamax, which I keep trying to take him off of, but it seems to also kick in and help with mood stability so for the moment he is on both. Before we got to Lamictal we tried Neurontin, it didn't do much, but maybe we would have seen an effect if he had already been stabilized. (He probably isn't a true bipolar though, but that's another discussion. Lamictal does wonders for his depression).</p><p></p><p>He does have serious anxiety, though. For us adding a small amount of Risperdal seems to have done the trick, he has never had an negative side effects to it. Abilify was not helpful. </p><p></p><p>Ever since the beginning he has take a very small dose of Adderall. It makes him so much more pleasant and is key to schoolwork. The Adderall and Risperdal seem to balance each other out.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I hate having him on all these medications, but he has been very stable now for over a year. This year he is actually going to school full time (at least right now!). We started medications in third grade, and it took us until the sixth grade to get it right. I toy with trying to reduce the dosages, but really don't want to do anything to jeopardize what we have. Puberty is coming soon enough anyway.</p><p></p><p>None of this probably helps you, but I just wanted to let you know that I wonder how you guys are doing almost every day and hope you find something that works pretty soon. </p><p></p><p>hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 81098, member: 2322"] HI Totoro, well it sounds like you are making some progress, of sorts, I guess. difficult child 1 has really been helped by Lamictal. It takes it with a relatively low dose of Topamax, which I keep trying to take him off of, but it seems to also kick in and help with mood stability so for the moment he is on both. Before we got to Lamictal we tried Neurontin, it didn't do much, but maybe we would have seen an effect if he had already been stabilized. (He probably isn't a true bipolar though, but that's another discussion. Lamictal does wonders for his depression). He does have serious anxiety, though. For us adding a small amount of Risperdal seems to have done the trick, he has never had an negative side effects to it. Abilify was not helpful. Ever since the beginning he has take a very small dose of Adderall. It makes him so much more pleasant and is key to schoolwork. The Adderall and Risperdal seem to balance each other out. Anyway, I hate having him on all these medications, but he has been very stable now for over a year. This year he is actually going to school full time (at least right now!). We started medications in third grade, and it took us until the sixth grade to get it right. I toy with trying to reduce the dosages, but really don't want to do anything to jeopardize what we have. Puberty is coming soon enough anyway. None of this probably helps you, but I just wanted to let you know that I wonder how you guys are doing almost every day and hope you find something that works pretty soon. hugs. [/QUOTE]
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