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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 446415" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>On a visit for a second op. at another psychiatrist, before he had started any of his BiPolar (BP) medications and was only on a stimulant and risperdal, he was very much like what you describe your difficult child doing in that counselor's office. Spinning in circles, climbing on everything, talking non-stop, falling out of a chair while simply sitting in it, pacing around the room, you get the picture. That psychiatrist said he'd never seen a kid THAT hyper before (gee, thanks for that expert opinion). We ended up going back to our regular psychiatrist and finally concluded it was BiPolar (BP) we were seeing more so than ADHD (although that component is there, just not what was driving the level of hyperactivity and impulse control problems we were seeing).</p><p></p><p>He did better on Seroquel XR than regular Seroquel. The lower doses of regular Seroquel were VERY sedating. Once we got above (if I'm remembering right) 300mg, the sedation got better. The XR is still sedating, but not enough to outweigh the benefits for him at this point. Unfortunately, my difficult child takes a high dose and has to take it twice a day to maintain therapeutic benefit -- but our psychiatrist says he has to go by response and not always what the literature tells him. Of course, everyone is different.</p><p></p><p>But as it stands now, he absolutely cannot tolerate stims of any type. He acts like he's on crack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 446415, member: 3444"] On a visit for a second op. at another psychiatrist, before he had started any of his BiPolar (BP) medications and was only on a stimulant and risperdal, he was very much like what you describe your difficult child doing in that counselor's office. Spinning in circles, climbing on everything, talking non-stop, falling out of a chair while simply sitting in it, pacing around the room, you get the picture. That psychiatrist said he'd never seen a kid THAT hyper before (gee, thanks for that expert opinion). We ended up going back to our regular psychiatrist and finally concluded it was BiPolar (BP) we were seeing more so than ADHD (although that component is there, just not what was driving the level of hyperactivity and impulse control problems we were seeing). He did better on Seroquel XR than regular Seroquel. The lower doses of regular Seroquel were VERY sedating. Once we got above (if I'm remembering right) 300mg, the sedation got better. The XR is still sedating, but not enough to outweigh the benefits for him at this point. Unfortunately, my difficult child takes a high dose and has to take it twice a day to maintain therapeutic benefit -- but our psychiatrist says he has to go by response and not always what the literature tells him. Of course, everyone is different. But as it stands now, he absolutely cannot tolerate stims of any type. He acts like he's on crack. [/QUOTE]
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