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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 115489" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>My 11yo difficult child 2 has been on Depakote ER since last July. It took a solid 4 weeks on it before I could take him out in public and not be on high alert for some kind of impulsive manic behavior that would get him seriously injured or worse. He has slowly titrated up to where he is today at 1,000mg and is doing pretty well.</p><p></p><p>We just added Lamictal to his cocktail tonight because he still has trouble sleeping at night and when his sleep suffers, he starts to fall apart again and some of the manic symptoms creep back in. He has also been very sensitive to light/weather changes -- became depressed and weepy when we had three days of rain last weekend. Plus he's been picking at himself a bit.</p><p></p><p>The hope is that by adding Lamictal, some of these other issues will improve, and we may even be able to back off a little on the Depakote.</p><p></p><p>He also takes Inderal because he gets very jittery and can still be impulsive/reactive. Not sure if that's helping yet.</p><p></p><p>He also tolerates a low to moderate dose of stimulant now, whereas before starting the Depakote, he needed a HUGE amount of stimulant to acheive the same effect in focus, concentration, staying on task, etc.</p><p></p><p>So that's our experience. Hope the new changes keep your difficult child on a path towards a better quality of life!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 115489, member: 3444"] My 11yo difficult child 2 has been on Depakote ER since last July. It took a solid 4 weeks on it before I could take him out in public and not be on high alert for some kind of impulsive manic behavior that would get him seriously injured or worse. He has slowly titrated up to where he is today at 1,000mg and is doing pretty well. We just added Lamictal to his cocktail tonight because he still has trouble sleeping at night and when his sleep suffers, he starts to fall apart again and some of the manic symptoms creep back in. He has also been very sensitive to light/weather changes -- became depressed and weepy when we had three days of rain last weekend. Plus he's been picking at himself a bit. The hope is that by adding Lamictal, some of these other issues will improve, and we may even be able to back off a little on the Depakote. He also takes Inderal because he gets very jittery and can still be impulsive/reactive. Not sure if that's helping yet. He also tolerates a low to moderate dose of stimulant now, whereas before starting the Depakote, he needed a HUGE amount of stimulant to acheive the same effect in focus, concentration, staying on task, etc. So that's our experience. Hope the new changes keep your difficult child on a path towards a better quality of life! [/QUOTE]
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