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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 53055" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>When he described his little "beehive" head, he was on 40mg Daytrana and had taken 1mg Tenex in the morning (dosage 1mg twice a day... this was his second week into it, titrating from 0.5mg twice a day for a week). His body twitching and flood of speech had only worsened on the higher dose of Tenex, although his teachers have commented for several months that he often seemed nervous and shaky. Could be the Daytrana is too high.</p><p></p><p>Back in 1st grade when he tried the Zoloft, and my memory may not be perfect here, I think it was after less than a week when I saw the "manic" behavior: hyper-hyperactive (not jittery like now), taking more physical risks (climbing way too high in a tree, jumping from high places (top of swing set), swinging baseball bats carelessly around others (I was afraid to let him out of my sight when other kids were around), lots of "sexual/bathroom" talk and handling his genitals, aggressive, VERY impulsive, (shorted an electrical plug in his room by laying a metal necklace across the partially exposed prongs -- blew a fuse in our house -- I finally realized what caused it a few days later when I saw the burn marks on his bedroom wall). Got stuck on wanting me to buy him a particular pair of shoes and once he got going would not stop talking about it. The kicker was when we were at his t-ball game and he started to tell me about something and said "Can you hear them mom? Can you hear what they're saying?" Freaked me out because I could not figure out who or what he was talking about. </p><p></p><p>He did really well on Concerta and Risperdal for about two years. It was only this past November when things noticeably began to change.</p><p></p><p>I think another opinion would be worth pursuing now, as much as I like and respect our psychiatrist. I don't seem to find any "neuropsychs" in my area, but there are plenty of neurologists and psychiatrists... where to turn first?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 53055, member: 3444"] When he described his little "beehive" head, he was on 40mg Daytrana and had taken 1mg Tenex in the morning (dosage 1mg twice a day... this was his second week into it, titrating from 0.5mg twice a day for a week). His body twitching and flood of speech had only worsened on the higher dose of Tenex, although his teachers have commented for several months that he often seemed nervous and shaky. Could be the Daytrana is too high. Back in 1st grade when he tried the Zoloft, and my memory may not be perfect here, I think it was after less than a week when I saw the "manic" behavior: hyper-hyperactive (not jittery like now), taking more physical risks (climbing way too high in a tree, jumping from high places (top of swing set), swinging baseball bats carelessly around others (I was afraid to let him out of my sight when other kids were around), lots of "sexual/bathroom" talk and handling his genitals, aggressive, VERY impulsive, (shorted an electrical plug in his room by laying a metal necklace across the partially exposed prongs -- blew a fuse in our house -- I finally realized what caused it a few days later when I saw the burn marks on his bedroom wall). Got stuck on wanting me to buy him a particular pair of shoes and once he got going would not stop talking about it. The kicker was when we were at his t-ball game and he started to tell me about something and said "Can you hear them mom? Can you hear what they're saying?" Freaked me out because I could not figure out who or what he was talking about. He did really well on Concerta and Risperdal for about two years. It was only this past November when things noticeably began to change. I think another opinion would be worth pursuing now, as much as I like and respect our psychiatrist. I don't seem to find any "neuropsychs" in my area, but there are plenty of neurologists and psychiatrists... where to turn first? [/QUOTE]
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