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<blockquote data-quote="Christy" data-source="post: 142998" data-attributes="member: 225"><p>Sorry. I have not updated my signature. Yes, I agree 100% about the straterra. He started taking it about 3 months ago because of extreme ADHD like symptoms that now looking back was probably the beginning of mania. He did pretty well and was at 40 mg and the psychiatrist increased it to 50 mg. Unfortunately, we did not put two and two together and now realize that it was probably the extra 10 that but him over the top with agression. We shared this with the hospital and asked that strattera be eliminated. The dose was initially lowered and I asked two days ago again to eliminate it. As for mood stabalizers, the doctor there is trying trileptal. he has been on risperdal and lamictal (the combo worked for about 2 years and then stopped being effective even with an increased dose). Next we went through depakote and abilify, not much success with abilify and depakote did no good even after finally reaching a theraputic level. Geodon did remarkably well for about 6 months and no longer seems to be cutting it.</p><p></p><p>By the way, I love the "giving a bubblebath to a cat analogy--sounds like something my difficult child would try-LOL.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your advice and sharing your experiences.</p><p>Christy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christy, post: 142998, member: 225"] Sorry. I have not updated my signature. Yes, I agree 100% about the straterra. He started taking it about 3 months ago because of extreme ADHD like symptoms that now looking back was probably the beginning of mania. He did pretty well and was at 40 mg and the psychiatrist increased it to 50 mg. Unfortunately, we did not put two and two together and now realize that it was probably the extra 10 that but him over the top with agression. We shared this with the hospital and asked that strattera be eliminated. The dose was initially lowered and I asked two days ago again to eliminate it. As for mood stabalizers, the doctor there is trying trileptal. he has been on risperdal and lamictal (the combo worked for about 2 years and then stopped being effective even with an increased dose). Next we went through depakote and abilify, not much success with abilify and depakote did no good even after finally reaching a theraputic level. Geodon did remarkably well for about 6 months and no longer seems to be cutting it. By the way, I love the "giving a bubblebath to a cat analogy--sounds like something my difficult child would try-LOL. Thanks for your advice and sharing your experiences. Christy [/QUOTE]
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