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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 104002" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Psychiatric medications are an art, not a science, and it is not unusual at all for it to take a while to get the medications right. I have two kids on Lamictal (after several months on Depakote, which made them more irritable and depressed). Lamictal is a mood stabilizer that works best for bipolar depression and treatment-resistant unipolar depression. In order to avoid the dreaded side effect of the Stevens-Johnson rash, you need to titrate it slowly so it may be a few months until your difficult child reaches a therapeutic dose. Once at a therapeutic dose, it generally takes 6 to 8 weeks for full efficacy. However, we did see improvement in our kids after a few weeks, but full stabilization came much later. </p><p></p><p>Seroquel is an atypical antipsychotic that is used off-label for anxiety, aggression and sleep. I assume that low dose at bedtime is being used to help your difficult child get to sleep. Side effects include sleepiness, weight gain and dystonia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 104002, member: 2423"] Psychiatric medications are an art, not a science, and it is not unusual at all for it to take a while to get the medications right. I have two kids on Lamictal (after several months on Depakote, which made them more irritable and depressed). Lamictal is a mood stabilizer that works best for bipolar depression and treatment-resistant unipolar depression. In order to avoid the dreaded side effect of the Stevens-Johnson rash, you need to titrate it slowly so it may be a few months until your difficult child reaches a therapeutic dose. Once at a therapeutic dose, it generally takes 6 to 8 weeks for full efficacy. However, we did see improvement in our kids after a few weeks, but full stabilization came much later. Seroquel is an atypical antipsychotic that is used off-label for anxiety, aggression and sleep. I assume that low dose at bedtime is being used to help your difficult child get to sleep. Side effects include sleepiness, weight gain and dystonia. [/QUOTE]
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