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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 421423" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Has your son been diagnosed by a neuropsychologist? If not, what are they medicating him for?</p><p></p><p>in my opinion he is overmedicated. Unforuntaely again in my opinion some doctors throw a pill at every problem hoping to make it go away. Often that just makes things worse. Lexapro is an antidepressant which can and often does cause activation and mania in not only children but also adults (trust me, I've tried tons of medications myself). Metadate is speed. Theoretically it is supposed to slow down children who have ADHD, but sometimes ADHD is misdiagnosed and it is really something else and also sometimes ADHD kids respond to stimulants just like everyone else...as if it is speed. So you have two activating medications in your son's system. Why is he on Seroquel? </p><p></p><p>If you see no improvement from the medications (in fact, if he is worse) he is obviously on a mix that is not working. I have learned a lot about medications along my path of life, since I have needed them and then they were tried on two of my children. I have learned to be leery and to ask questions and to research on my own. And I would, in retrospect, give no medications to any child who has not received a neuropsychologist evaluation first. And my limit for medications would be two, but not an antidepressant and stimulant at the same time. </p><p></p><p>Again, this is all my opinion, but I think you should probably seek out somebody else to see if that doctor agrees with this one. And if it were me and my child was raging on these medications, I would want him off of both the Lexapro and the Metadate and I'd want to wait several months to see if he is better off of those two medications. See if the Seroquel helps on it's own. If not...you can assess that later. Since I am only a mom, who has seen a lot, this is just my opinion, but it sounds l ike the diagnostician and prescribing doctor is a quack. Which type of doctor is throwing all these medications at your son?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 421423, member: 1550"] Has your son been diagnosed by a neuropsychologist? If not, what are they medicating him for? in my opinion he is overmedicated. Unforuntaely again in my opinion some doctors throw a pill at every problem hoping to make it go away. Often that just makes things worse. Lexapro is an antidepressant which can and often does cause activation and mania in not only children but also adults (trust me, I've tried tons of medications myself). Metadate is speed. Theoretically it is supposed to slow down children who have ADHD, but sometimes ADHD is misdiagnosed and it is really something else and also sometimes ADHD kids respond to stimulants just like everyone else...as if it is speed. So you have two activating medications in your son's system. Why is he on Seroquel? If you see no improvement from the medications (in fact, if he is worse) he is obviously on a mix that is not working. I have learned a lot about medications along my path of life, since I have needed them and then they were tried on two of my children. I have learned to be leery and to ask questions and to research on my own. And I would, in retrospect, give no medications to any child who has not received a neuropsychologist evaluation first. And my limit for medications would be two, but not an antidepressant and stimulant at the same time. Again, this is all my opinion, but I think you should probably seek out somebody else to see if that doctor agrees with this one. And if it were me and my child was raging on these medications, I would want him off of both the Lexapro and the Metadate and I'd want to wait several months to see if he is better off of those two medications. See if the Seroquel helps on it's own. If not...you can assess that later. Since I am only a mom, who has seen a lot, this is just my opinion, but it sounds l ike the diagnostician and prescribing doctor is a quack. Which type of doctor is throwing all these medications at your son? [/QUOTE]
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