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<blockquote data-quote="crazymama30" data-source="post: 446264" data-attributes="member: 3184"><p>Has he ever been stable? Yes, I do believe he has been, but it is infrequent and not long enough, in my humble opinion.</p><p></p><p>As for the vyvanse? when he was first diagnosis'd he was put on a stimulant alone, several infact. And it was awful. His mood was so labile, would go from violent to tearful and was extremely Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Very very bad. We then went to a mood stabilizer, and added the stimulant, and it was much better. I would love to get him off the stimulant, but in order to try that I need to be home to monitor him. No way could husband handle him without his stimulant, he is off the wall impulsive, hyper, angry, and a very very bad temper. I realize it would take awhile to get the medication out of his system, so I would want to be home for a month or so with him to be sure. As for the severity of the ADHD? I had one psychiatrist look at me one day and say duck tape? As he would not stop. At his first evaluation at age 8? He was sitting in the psychiatrist's office chair spinning it. I started to ask him to stop, and she said for me to let him go, she wanted to observe him. He proceeded to spin so hard that he knocked the chair over and it landed on top of him. He is still that hyper at this day without his stimulant. He cannot focus, stay on track, or carry on a conversation if he does not have the stimulant. I have wondered about the vyvanse making things worse many times, but it is so so so so much worse when he does not have it.</p><p></p><p>The Lamictal? He is at 275mg. I might push psychiatrist to take that higher and to split the dose into morning and evening doses. I know we just raised it a few months back. As for the 2 mood stablizers? That may be where we end up. I hate to add more medications, he is on so many to begin with but if he is not able to function? Then that is what we will do. His last medication check was a week ago. He was so irritable and rude, it even impressed his psychiatrist who is rather new to him (been with her a year or so) and she had not seen him like this before. When she asked him about having hallucinations? He said of course he did not have those, only freaks have those. Now, remember his father hallucinates and could have been doing so yesterday! difficult child was simply being antagonistic.</p><p></p><p>His abilify dose? We went from 12mg at night and 5mg in the morning to 12mg at night and 7mg in the morning. He has been on more than that before. Actually, with the increase in abilify I saw a dramatic decrease in his irritablity and rudeness/meanness. I don't like having him on that much of an ap, and the plan is to back him down. I have wondered about trying seroquel instead of the abilify. More things to bring up to psychiatrist.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I am concerned as I feel that his abilify dose is high for a 13yr old of his size. He weighs only 97lbs. His lamictal dose I feel the same about, 275mg seems high for a kid his age and weight.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I am going to call psychiatrist on Monday and express my concerns. I really would like to stop the stimulant, but just cannot do it this summer. I have 2 weeks off in August as my mom is getting a knee replacement, but my time is going to have to be concentrated on her, and once difficult child is off his stims he is a double time job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crazymama30, post: 446264, member: 3184"] Has he ever been stable? Yes, I do believe he has been, but it is infrequent and not long enough, in my humble opinion. As for the vyvanse? when he was first diagnosis'd he was put on a stimulant alone, several infact. And it was awful. His mood was so labile, would go from violent to tearful and was extremely Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Very very bad. We then went to a mood stabilizer, and added the stimulant, and it was much better. I would love to get him off the stimulant, but in order to try that I need to be home to monitor him. No way could husband handle him without his stimulant, he is off the wall impulsive, hyper, angry, and a very very bad temper. I realize it would take awhile to get the medication out of his system, so I would want to be home for a month or so with him to be sure. As for the severity of the ADHD? I had one psychiatrist look at me one day and say duck tape? As he would not stop. At his first evaluation at age 8? He was sitting in the psychiatrist's office chair spinning it. I started to ask him to stop, and she said for me to let him go, she wanted to observe him. He proceeded to spin so hard that he knocked the chair over and it landed on top of him. He is still that hyper at this day without his stimulant. He cannot focus, stay on track, or carry on a conversation if he does not have the stimulant. I have wondered about the vyvanse making things worse many times, but it is so so so so much worse when he does not have it. The Lamictal? He is at 275mg. I might push psychiatrist to take that higher and to split the dose into morning and evening doses. I know we just raised it a few months back. As for the 2 mood stablizers? That may be where we end up. I hate to add more medications, he is on so many to begin with but if he is not able to function? Then that is what we will do. His last medication check was a week ago. He was so irritable and rude, it even impressed his psychiatrist who is rather new to him (been with her a year or so) and she had not seen him like this before. When she asked him about having hallucinations? He said of course he did not have those, only freaks have those. Now, remember his father hallucinates and could have been doing so yesterday! difficult child was simply being antagonistic. His abilify dose? We went from 12mg at night and 5mg in the morning to 12mg at night and 7mg in the morning. He has been on more than that before. Actually, with the increase in abilify I saw a dramatic decrease in his irritablity and rudeness/meanness. I don't like having him on that much of an ap, and the plan is to back him down. I have wondered about trying seroquel instead of the abilify. More things to bring up to psychiatrist. I am concerned as I feel that his abilify dose is high for a 13yr old of his size. He weighs only 97lbs. His lamictal dose I feel the same about, 275mg seems high for a kid his age and weight. I am going to call psychiatrist on Monday and express my concerns. I really would like to stop the stimulant, but just cannot do it this summer. I have 2 weeks off in August as my mom is getting a knee replacement, but my time is going to have to be concentrated on her, and once difficult child is off his stims he is a double time job. [/QUOTE]
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