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More medication tweaking... what's your take on this?
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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 157915" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Just a thought -- my son took stimulants off and on from age 9 until he went into day treatment last winter. They did help him focus. But it was at great expense to his mood issues. When we first took him off stimulants at age 11 -- he begged us because Concerta was making him feel depressed -- he was more hyper and inattentive than before he took stimulants. And of course, we thought he really needed them. But after about 3 weeks, the hyperactivity settled down. Once you get your difficult child off Risperdal and back on Lamictal, you might want to give him a true stimulant holiday this summer to see if he really needs it. My son's psychiatrist at the day treatment program warned us never to use stimulants again because he thinks they destabilize his mood. We still deal with inattention, which we think is part of his mood disorder, but he's extremely calm on the right combo of medications for his mood issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 157915, member: 2423"] Just a thought -- my son took stimulants off and on from age 9 until he went into day treatment last winter. They did help him focus. But it was at great expense to his mood issues. When we first took him off stimulants at age 11 -- he begged us because Concerta was making him feel depressed -- he was more hyper and inattentive than before he took stimulants. And of course, we thought he really needed them. But after about 3 weeks, the hyperactivity settled down. Once you get your difficult child off Risperdal and back on Lamictal, you might want to give him a true stimulant holiday this summer to see if he really needs it. My son's psychiatrist at the day treatment program warned us never to use stimulants again because he thinks they destabilize his mood. We still deal with inattention, which we think is part of his mood disorder, but he's extremely calm on the right combo of medications for his mood issues. [/QUOTE]
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