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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 391663" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">My difficult child had/has Tourette's which at different times manifested itself with symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), anxiety and depression - sometimes separate and sometimes together. The thing about medications is that sometimes they work how they are supposed to and sometimes they work the opposite. Or, sometimes the patient needs a higher dose and sometimes lower. My difficult child responded well to Zoloft and Celexa (both SSRI's and at separate times over the course of 5-6 years) for her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and depression. Clonidine and, then separately, risperdal were added to her rx to help with anxiety and tics, but they both also helped with the meltdowns that were caused by the SSRI. The higher the dose of SSRI, the more dramatic and horrible and longer her meltdowns. Like I said, the clonidine and later risperdal helped to counter balance the symptoms caused by the SSRI. My difficult child's medication regimen really helped and worked without too much tweaking, however, it did need tweaking here and there. Ironically, even with my difficult child's history, her psychiatrist always tried to INCREASE the SSRI, even though she had a history of worsening when the dose was increased. We almost always ended up back where we were in terms of dosage. We didn't try many drugs and eventually, difficult child completely balked at the idea of taking medications altogether and stopped. It was horrible and difficult for a couple of years there without her being on medications, but she's seemed to mature and evened out finally. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I think part of your difficult child's behavior and outbursts are a combo of hormones as well as his diagnosis. It took me a while but eventually I trusted my gut more and more while working with the 'professionals' - this helped to make better decisions for my kids. Hugs~ I hope you find the right solution for your guy.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 391663, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]My difficult child had/has Tourette's which at different times manifested itself with symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), anxiety and depression - sometimes separate and sometimes together. The thing about medications is that sometimes they work how they are supposed to and sometimes they work the opposite. Or, sometimes the patient needs a higher dose and sometimes lower. My difficult child responded well to Zoloft and Celexa (both SSRI's and at separate times over the course of 5-6 years) for her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and depression. Clonidine and, then separately, risperdal were added to her rx to help with anxiety and tics, but they both also helped with the meltdowns that were caused by the SSRI. The higher the dose of SSRI, the more dramatic and horrible and longer her meltdowns. Like I said, the clonidine and later risperdal helped to counter balance the symptoms caused by the SSRI. My difficult child's medication regimen really helped and worked without too much tweaking, however, it did need tweaking here and there. Ironically, even with my difficult child's history, her psychiatrist always tried to INCREASE the SSRI, even though she had a history of worsening when the dose was increased. We almost always ended up back where we were in terms of dosage. We didn't try many drugs and eventually, difficult child completely balked at the idea of taking medications altogether and stopped. It was horrible and difficult for a couple of years there without her being on medications, but she's seemed to mature and evened out finally. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I think part of your difficult child's behavior and outbursts are a combo of hormones as well as his diagnosis. It took me a while but eventually I trusted my gut more and more while working with the 'professionals' - this helped to make better decisions for my kids. Hugs~ I hope you find the right solution for your guy.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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