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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 62384" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Lori,</p><p></p><p>A few thoughts for you:</p><p></p><p>Strattera is dosed by weight, so if it's not working, your son may have outgrown the dose over the last year;</p><p></p><p>OR</p><p></p><p>Strattera may not be the right medication to treat your son's ADHD symtpoms, and another medication may work better (our psychiatrists believe that Strattera only works in 40 percent of ADHD cases);</p><p></p><p>OR</p><p></p><p>Strattera may not be working because your son may not have ADHD;</p><p></p><p>OR</p><p></p><p>Because Strattera is an antidepressant, it can increase impulsivity and disinhibition and actually cause kids to behave inappropriately (such as the penis episode).</p><p></p><p>Psychotherapists may not be the best professionals to diagnosis complicated childhood mental health and neurological disorders. Like MidwestMom, I agree with the need for a new evaluation, preferably with a neuropsychologist. Neuropsychologists can be found at children's and university teaching hospitals. It might not be a bad idea to throw in an evaluation with a child pscyhiatrist as well to assess for mood issues (anxiety, depresison, bipolar disorder).</p><p></p><p>I hope you get some answers soon. This is not about your parenting. It's about identifying your child's challenges and then putting the proper interventions into place to help him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 62384, member: 2423"] Lori, A few thoughts for you: Strattera is dosed by weight, so if it's not working, your son may have outgrown the dose over the last year; OR Strattera may not be the right medication to treat your son's ADHD symtpoms, and another medication may work better (our psychiatrists believe that Strattera only works in 40 percent of ADHD cases); OR Strattera may not be working because your son may not have ADHD; OR Because Strattera is an antidepressant, it can increase impulsivity and disinhibition and actually cause kids to behave inappropriately (such as the penis episode). Psychotherapists may not be the best professionals to diagnosis complicated childhood mental health and neurological disorders. Like MidwestMom, I agree with the need for a new evaluation, preferably with a neuropsychologist. Neuropsychologists can be found at children's and university teaching hospitals. It might not be a bad idea to throw in an evaluation with a child pscyhiatrist as well to assess for mood issues (anxiety, depresison, bipolar disorder). I hope you get some answers soon. This is not about your parenting. It's about identifying your child's challenges and then putting the proper interventions into place to help him. [/QUOTE]
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