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coming off stimulants - what did you see?
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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 326189" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>A few thoughts for you:</p><p> </p><p>Our psychiatrists (and we use three different ones for three different children) have told us repeatedly that reaction to medications (positive or negative) is not diagnostic in and of itself. So if your difficult child reacts negatively to stimulants, for example, it doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't have ADHD. According to <em>Parenting Children with ADHD</em> by Vincent Monastra, a full 15 percent of children with ADHD respond negatively to stimulants and need a different type of medication to treat their ADHD symptoms. By the same token, however, if your child reacts negatively to stimulants, it could mean the diagnosis is something besides ADHD.</p><p> </p><p>Even though stimulants are in and out of the system within 12 hours or so, when my son first stopped taking Concerta after 1.5 years, he was revved up for about 3 weeks until he settled down. It took him that long to return to baseline from having stimulants in his system. So there's a chance your son may not return to baseline for a while. You just may need to wait and see, especially given that he stopped two medications at once.</p><p> </p><p>A neuropsychologist evaluation will help sort things out, especially in terms of ruling in or out various childhood learning and autistic spectrum disorders, but a psychologist cannot diagnosis bipolar disorder. Only a child psychiatrist can make that diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>Hang in there. January is coming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 326189, member: 2423"] A few thoughts for you: Our psychiatrists (and we use three different ones for three different children) have told us repeatedly that reaction to medications (positive or negative) is not diagnostic in and of itself. So if your difficult child reacts negatively to stimulants, for example, it doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't have ADHD. According to [I]Parenting Children with ADHD[/I] by Vincent Monastra, a full 15 percent of children with ADHD respond negatively to stimulants and need a different type of medication to treat their ADHD symptoms. By the same token, however, if your child reacts negatively to stimulants, it could mean the diagnosis is something besides ADHD. Even though stimulants are in and out of the system within 12 hours or so, when my son first stopped taking Concerta after 1.5 years, he was revved up for about 3 weeks until he settled down. It took him that long to return to baseline from having stimulants in his system. So there's a chance your son may not return to baseline for a while. You just may need to wait and see, especially given that he stopped two medications at once. A neuropsychologist evaluation will help sort things out, especially in terms of ruling in or out various childhood learning and autistic spectrum disorders, but a psychologist cannot diagnosis bipolar disorder. Only a child psychiatrist can make that diagnosis. Hang in there. January is coming. [/QUOTE]
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