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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 121678" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>My son, diagnosed with Mood Disorder-not otherwise specified, just finished 6 weeks in a day treatment program at a local psychiatric hospital. The first day there his attending psychiatrist removed his stimulant (Focalin XR). J was already on 400 mg Lamictal (maxed out) so the psychiatrist added a second MS (Zonegran) and over a couple of weeks increased that to 400 mg as well. Because J was still depressed and staying up all night, the psychiatrist added Seroquel and over 3 weeks titrated that up to 800 mg. J is the best he's been since October 2005, when he had his manic reaction to Zoloft. Tomorrow he goes back to school so we shall see how he does without a stimulant. I'm guessing he's going to be just fine. </p><p> </p><p>Stimulants are like coffee. If you ingest too much, it can make you wired and jittery. I'm wondering if that's what's happening to your difficult child 2. Can you try going without Daytrana for a few days and see how he does?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 121678, member: 2423"] My son, diagnosed with Mood Disorder-not otherwise specified, just finished 6 weeks in a day treatment program at a local psychiatric hospital. The first day there his attending psychiatrist removed his stimulant (Focalin XR). J was already on 400 mg Lamictal (maxed out) so the psychiatrist added a second MS (Zonegran) and over a couple of weeks increased that to 400 mg as well. Because J was still depressed and staying up all night, the psychiatrist added Seroquel and over 3 weeks titrated that up to 800 mg. J is the best he's been since October 2005, when he had his manic reaction to Zoloft. Tomorrow he goes back to school so we shall see how he does without a stimulant. I'm guessing he's going to be just fine. Stimulants are like coffee. If you ingest too much, it can make you wired and jittery. I'm wondering if that's what's happening to your difficult child 2. Can you try going without Daytrana for a few days and see how he does? [/QUOTE]
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