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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 292794" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>To be honest, I've never heard of anyone using a stimulant and having any effect on bedwetting -- although I see it comes up online if I google it.</p><p> </p><p>When you say you tried boosting the Depakote to address the mania, was enough time allowed for the medication to ramp up, as in several weeks? FWIW, our psychiatrist has used a Seroquel booster as a stop-gap medication to address hypo/mania symptoms, and if they continue after lowering the Seroquel, then he will temporarily go back up on the Seroquel and make a permanent increase in the Depakote and then eventually taper the Seroquel back down to previous levels (that's what we're in the middle of doing now).</p><p> </p><p>Wanted to mention that enuresis is a reported side effect with Depakote, albeit only between 1-5&#37;. If I remember right, we did have a brief issue with this with my difficult child 2 last year when he first started on Depakote. I wish I could remember what his dosage was at the time... But he's now taking 1,000mg per day and no longer having any issues with this -- and of course, he is much taller and heavier now than he was a year ago.</p><p> </p><p>I know this may not be an option because of the bipolar, but for my difficult child 1, we had great success with imipramine curtailing his enuresis. </p><p> </p><p>Perhaps others will offer some different advice...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 292794, member: 3444"] To be honest, I've never heard of anyone using a stimulant and having any effect on bedwetting -- although I see it comes up online if I google it. When you say you tried boosting the Depakote to address the mania, was enough time allowed for the medication to ramp up, as in several weeks? FWIW, our psychiatrist has used a Seroquel booster as a stop-gap medication to address hypo/mania symptoms, and if they continue after lowering the Seroquel, then he will temporarily go back up on the Seroquel and make a permanent increase in the Depakote and then eventually taper the Seroquel back down to previous levels (that's what we're in the middle of doing now). Wanted to mention that enuresis is a reported side effect with Depakote, albeit only between 1-5%. If I remember right, we did have a brief issue with this with my difficult child 2 last year when he first started on Depakote. I wish I could remember what his dosage was at the time... But he's now taking 1,000mg per day and no longer having any issues with this -- and of course, he is much taller and heavier now than he was a year ago. I know this may not be an option because of the bipolar, but for my difficult child 1, we had great success with imipramine curtailing his enuresis. Perhaps others will offer some different advice... [/QUOTE]
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