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coming off stimulants - what did you see?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wonderful Family" data-source="post: 326187"><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You will need to give the Intuiniv a few weeks to start working - similar to an antidepressant; my difficult child is just starting on it this week as well. We are starting at 1mg/day for the first week, then 2mg the second and then working up to 3 mg. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Tenex (Intuniv is just an extended release formulation) has never done that much for my difficult child; but psychiatrist wanted to try this version just to see; we're extremely leery of going to stimulants again. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">psychiatrist told me to give the medication as I saw fit (morning or evening) - and it appears it is mostly given in the in the morning. My difficult child is great about taking his medications; but he hates morning medications and will constantly skip them (constant battles with Tenex). The half life of Intuniv is 24 hours - this just means how long it stays in the body/blood stream, so, in theory, there should be no problem taking it at night. difficult child has also always had problems with Tenex making him extremely tired and very susceptible to low blood pressure; so I thought starting it at night for the first few weeks would help his body to adjust more.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Good luck with it. Let us know how it goes; I know this is one drug that is being aggressively pushed by the manufacturer, and the clinical studies look so-so. But then again, it is designed mostly for the kids that are very oppositional, so it may be a great drug for kids that are not BiPolar (BP) in combination with other ADHD medications; only time will tell. Im particularly interested in hearing about others experiences; weve maxed out the Lamictal for now which has proven to be the best medication for difficult child.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Regarding the stimulants, they only stay in the system for 12 hours or so, so you shouldn't see much beyond a day or two. Of course, with my difficult child, they make him manic and can destabilize him with the BiPolar (BP) and start off a significant round of issues that take their own time to work through. With my easy child, who has ADHD and takes Concerta, it's 12 hours in and out as expected.</span></span></p><p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wonderful Family, post: 326187"] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]You will need to give the Intuiniv a few weeks to start working - similar to an antidepressant; my difficult child is just starting on it this week as well. We are starting at 1mg/day for the first week, then 2mg the second and then working up to 3 mg. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Tenex (Intuniv is just an extended release formulation) has never done that much for my difficult child; but psychiatrist wanted to try this version just to see; we're extremely leery of going to stimulants again. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]psychiatrist told me to give the medication as I saw fit (morning or evening) - and it appears it is mostly given in the in the morning. My difficult child is great about taking his medications; but he hates morning medications and will constantly skip them (constant battles with Tenex). The half life of Intuniv is 24 hours - this just means how long it stays in the body/blood stream, so, in theory, there should be no problem taking it at night. difficult child has also always had problems with Tenex making him extremely tired and very susceptible to low blood pressure; so I thought starting it at night for the first few weeks would help his body to adjust more.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Good luck with it. Let us know how it goes; I know this is one drug that is being aggressively pushed by the manufacturer, and the clinical studies look so-so. But then again, it is designed mostly for the kids that are very oppositional, so it may be a great drug for kids that are not BiPolar (BP) in combination with other ADHD medications; only time will tell. Im particularly interested in hearing about others experiences; weve maxed out the Lamictal for now which has proven to be the best medication for difficult child.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Regarding the stimulants, they only stay in the system for 12 hours or so, so you shouldn't see much beyond a day or two. Of course, with my difficult child, they make him manic and can destabilize him with the BiPolar (BP) and start off a significant round of issues that take their own time to work through. With my easy child, who has ADHD and takes Concerta, it's 12 hours in and out as expected.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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