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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 34854" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Celexa can cause sleepiness. That side effect, combined with the calming effect of the stimulant, may be causing him to be inttentive and clumsy. I'm actually surprised your psychiatrist started him at 10 mg. We always halve the doses when we start new medications. In fact, our psychiatrist started difficult child 1 at 5 mg when he trialed Celexa a couple of years ago.</p><p></p><p>In terms of the medication "window," you'd have to look into the half life of Celexa and see when the concentration in the blood is higher and lower during the day. A good website to research medications is <a href="http://www.crazymeds.org." target="_blank">http://www.crazymeds.org.</a> It's lay written, but has great info.</p><p></p><p>One other thought: Has your difficult child ever been evaluated for seizures? Both ADs and stimulants can lower the seizure threshhold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 34854, member: 2423"] Celexa can cause sleepiness. That side effect, combined with the calming effect of the stimulant, may be causing him to be inttentive and clumsy. I'm actually surprised your psychiatrist started him at 10 mg. We always halve the doses when we start new medications. In fact, our psychiatrist started difficult child 1 at 5 mg when he trialed Celexa a couple of years ago. In terms of the medication "window," you'd have to look into the half life of Celexa and see when the concentration in the blood is higher and lower during the day. A good website to research medications is [url="http://www.crazymeds.org."]http://www.crazymeds.org.[/url] It's lay written, but has great info. One other thought: Has your difficult child ever been evaluated for seizures? Both ADs and stimulants can lower the seizure threshhold. [/QUOTE]
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