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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 457720" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Very strange medications swap, in my opinion.</p><p>Stratera is a non-stimulant ADHD medication.</p><p>Fluoxetine is a mood-disorder medication.</p><p></p><p>It wouldn't be unusual to be on BOTH, but to drop S. and add F instead???</p><p></p><p>Fluoxetine is NOT going to address the focus issues etc. that are predominant in ADHD. That takes either a stimulant (ritalin, concerta, etc.) or a non-stimulant ADHD medication like stratera.</p><p>The problems she's dealing with right now - the behavior issues etc. - are going to be related to the ADHD. Classical executive function problems, in my opinion. Impulse control, planning, organization, initiation, completion... And it wouldn't have been even half as bad over the summer... school starting... WHAM.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes, the executive functions challenges need <u>more</u> than an ADHD medication. Not instead of, but in addition to. </p><p>Something to turn down the speed at which her braincells are spinning. It doesn't help that she's 13... hormones!</p><p></p><p>I'd talk to the psychiatrist about medications again. Specifically discuss the executive functions issues, and see what they might suggest on that front. </p><p>You might end up with three medications... which means it will take time to find the right combo, right dosing, and right timing of doses... but its worth fighting for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 457720, member: 11791"] Very strange medications swap, in my opinion. Stratera is a non-stimulant ADHD medication. Fluoxetine is a mood-disorder medication. It wouldn't be unusual to be on BOTH, but to drop S. and add F instead??? Fluoxetine is NOT going to address the focus issues etc. that are predominant in ADHD. That takes either a stimulant (ritalin, concerta, etc.) or a non-stimulant ADHD medication like stratera. The problems she's dealing with right now - the behavior issues etc. - are going to be related to the ADHD. Classical executive function problems, in my opinion. Impulse control, planning, organization, initiation, completion... And it wouldn't have been even half as bad over the summer... school starting... WHAM. Sometimes, the executive functions challenges need [U]more[/U] than an ADHD medication. Not instead of, but in addition to. Something to turn down the speed at which her braincells are spinning. It doesn't help that she's 13... hormones! I'd talk to the psychiatrist about medications again. Specifically discuss the executive functions issues, and see what they might suggest on that front. You might end up with three medications... which means it will take time to find the right combo, right dosing, and right timing of doses... but its worth fighting for. [/QUOTE]
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