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<blockquote data-quote="jal" data-source="post: 198812" data-attributes="member: 3477"><p>Hi and welcome Linda. You have found a great place here. The first stimulant my son trialed was Metadate and he went balistic on it. He destroyed a huge preschool classroom in a major fit of rage. He had issues before but I had never seen anything like it. My difficult child has always had problems at home and in daycare/school. My difficult child has also trialed 7 different stims: Metadate, Ritalin, Ritalin LA, Vyvanse, Adderrall...All made him much more agitated and aggressive. My 6 yr old finished a 3 week psychiatric hospital stay this summer where they also trialed Ritalin again to our dismay, but they saw within a 3 day trial just how it set him off. He currently is on an older class anitdepressant that used to be used for ADHD, before stims were developed. This is not to say that is what your child should be on, but just that some children cannot handle a stimulant at all. It took us almost 3 yrs to discover that this actually works for him.</p><p></p><p>Our original dr told me that because difficult child could not handle Metadate that he was bipolar. After many different dr's, evaluations and medication trials difficult child's current diagnosis is ADHD (severe) and mood disorder not otherwise specified. They can't truly call it bipolar because of his age, but they cannot rule it out either. </p><p></p><p>Is it possible that school and/or daycare provides an unusual amount of extra sensory stimulation that agitates your child? I know that mine has problems with extra stimulation which almost disorients him to the point he cannot control any of his actions/impulsivity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jal, post: 198812, member: 3477"] Hi and welcome Linda. You have found a great place here. The first stimulant my son trialed was Metadate and he went balistic on it. He destroyed a huge preschool classroom in a major fit of rage. He had issues before but I had never seen anything like it. My difficult child has always had problems at home and in daycare/school. My difficult child has also trialed 7 different stims: Metadate, Ritalin, Ritalin LA, Vyvanse, Adderrall...All made him much more agitated and aggressive. My 6 yr old finished a 3 week psychiatric hospital stay this summer where they also trialed Ritalin again to our dismay, but they saw within a 3 day trial just how it set him off. He currently is on an older class anitdepressant that used to be used for ADHD, before stims were developed. This is not to say that is what your child should be on, but just that some children cannot handle a stimulant at all. It took us almost 3 yrs to discover that this actually works for him. Our original dr told me that because difficult child could not handle Metadate that he was bipolar. After many different dr's, evaluations and medication trials difficult child's current diagnosis is ADHD (severe) and mood disorder not otherwise specified. They can't truly call it bipolar because of his age, but they cannot rule it out either. Is it possible that school and/or daycare provides an unusual amount of extra sensory stimulation that agitates your child? I know that mine has problems with extra stimulation which almost disorients him to the point he cannot control any of his actions/impulsivity. [/QUOTE]
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