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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 453417" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>difficult child 3 was tried on Strattera and lasted only a few days. His behaviour deteriorated, he became very irritable to the point of violence - he physically attacked me, we were at a friend's place for a Christmas party. I calmed him down enough to get him stable, but all the way home in the car he was arguing with us (that bit is normal!) but not making a lot of sense. He was literally talking/arguing in circles and we had to keep saying, "We will discuss this in the morning after we've all had some sleep."</p><p>By this stage husband had realised that the medications were almost certainly a factor, so we did not haul off and ream him a new one.</p><p></p><p>When we got home I called the hospital ER, they said to bring him in. But given the time of night (about 1 am at this stage) and our remote location (it would have taken us 40 minutes to get to the hospital and then hours and hours of waiting while more urgent cases were seen first) I felt letting us all get some sleep was preferable. With hindsight, I should have gone to the hospital with him.</p><p></p><p>Next day (having cut out the Strattera) difficult child 3 did not want to talk about it, but we insisted - he had accused us the night before of trying to get out of ever discussing it, so we insisted we talk. He was feeling very ashamed and embarrassed, the events of the previous night were not clear to him. He remembered being angry but could not remember why.</p><p></p><p>This year we have had problems with another medication - another kind of antidepressant. difficult child 3 just seems to have problems with drugs in this group and we're getting increasingly gun-shy.</p><p></p><p>The reason difficult child 3 was put on Strattera, was because he has symptoms of ADHD, and also anxiety. The specialist had thought that the anxiety was likely to be getting made worse by the stimulant medications. Since then I have given it a great deal of thought and I believe that in Aspie kids with ADHD, the anxiety is aggravated MORE by them not being able to concentrate, or cope. The stimulant medications help calm these kids because (at least in part) they feel more capable of coping.</p><p></p><p>There are many factors in how a kid responds to things, and sometimes doctors don't consider the whole picture.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 453417, member: 1991"] difficult child 3 was tried on Strattera and lasted only a few days. His behaviour deteriorated, he became very irritable to the point of violence - he physically attacked me, we were at a friend's place for a Christmas party. I calmed him down enough to get him stable, but all the way home in the car he was arguing with us (that bit is normal!) but not making a lot of sense. He was literally talking/arguing in circles and we had to keep saying, "We will discuss this in the morning after we've all had some sleep." By this stage husband had realised that the medications were almost certainly a factor, so we did not haul off and ream him a new one. When we got home I called the hospital ER, they said to bring him in. But given the time of night (about 1 am at this stage) and our remote location (it would have taken us 40 minutes to get to the hospital and then hours and hours of waiting while more urgent cases were seen first) I felt letting us all get some sleep was preferable. With hindsight, I should have gone to the hospital with him. Next day (having cut out the Strattera) difficult child 3 did not want to talk about it, but we insisted - he had accused us the night before of trying to get out of ever discussing it, so we insisted we talk. He was feeling very ashamed and embarrassed, the events of the previous night were not clear to him. He remembered being angry but could not remember why. This year we have had problems with another medication - another kind of antidepressant. difficult child 3 just seems to have problems with drugs in this group and we're getting increasingly gun-shy. The reason difficult child 3 was put on Strattera, was because he has symptoms of ADHD, and also anxiety. The specialist had thought that the anxiety was likely to be getting made worse by the stimulant medications. Since then I have given it a great deal of thought and I believe that in Aspie kids with ADHD, the anxiety is aggravated MORE by them not being able to concentrate, or cope. The stimulant medications help calm these kids because (at least in part) they feel more capable of coping. There are many factors in how a kid responds to things, and sometimes doctors don't consider the whole picture. Marg [/QUOTE]
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