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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 183202" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>We went through something similar with my difficult child with a mood disorder diagnosis. He was initially diagnosis'd with ADHD and treated with stimulants. They seemed to work for a while, but he gradually needed higher and higher dosing as it became less and less effective. He would also become violent on the playground at school. At the time, psychiatrist thought it was anxiety, so he rx'd Zoloft, but that made the aggression worse.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward about 4 years and he can no longer take stimulants at all. He's on a mood stabilizer and is trialing a new antipsychotic medication (this will be his 4th). I'm not sure the ADHD is part of the picture (symptomatically it seems to be, but that doesn't prove it), but I definitely understand that he's got a mood disorder now. </p><p></p><p>His brother, on the other hand, is a typical, straightforward ADHD case. He takes a stimulant and it complete solves 99% of his behavior problems. The other 1% is plain old anxiety and he manages that well with Lexapro.</p><p></p><p>I think you've got a huge challenge in getting him treated effectively when you can only get in to see a psychiatrist once a month.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 183202, member: 3444"] We went through something similar with my difficult child with a mood disorder diagnosis. He was initially diagnosis'd with ADHD and treated with stimulants. They seemed to work for a while, but he gradually needed higher and higher dosing as it became less and less effective. He would also become violent on the playground at school. At the time, psychiatrist thought it was anxiety, so he rx'd Zoloft, but that made the aggression worse. Fast forward about 4 years and he can no longer take stimulants at all. He's on a mood stabilizer and is trialing a new antipsychotic medication (this will be his 4th). I'm not sure the ADHD is part of the picture (symptomatically it seems to be, but that doesn't prove it), but I definitely understand that he's got a mood disorder now. His brother, on the other hand, is a typical, straightforward ADHD case. He takes a stimulant and it complete solves 99% of his behavior problems. The other 1% is plain old anxiety and he manages that well with Lexapro. I think you've got a huge challenge in getting him treated effectively when you can only get in to see a psychiatrist once a month. [/QUOTE]
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