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<blockquote data-quote="Got2Sleep" data-source="post: 30119" data-attributes="member: 3587"><p>Are you sure the rash from Lamictal was the "dreaded" one (Stevens-Johnson Syndrome)? Many kids get rashes on Lamictal, but not all are the fatal one. If you start low and go slow, the risk of the rash is greatly reduced. --Not sure of anythign at this point. WE did start slow, but the rash continued and pharmacist and psychiatrist wanted us to stop.</p><p></p><p>Has he been evaluted by a pediatric neurologist for seizures? Lithium can reduce the seizure threshhold. The symptoms of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy mimic BiPolar (BP).--Yes, we did MRI and EEG(both a regular and a sleep deprived) in October. No signs of seizures, although psychiatrist said he feels something is not right-either seizures deep in brain or weird form of migraines(was on Topamax for a while for these)</p><p></p><p>How is he doing on his current medication mix? What is his Depakote blood level? What dose Seroquel is he taking? Anecdotal evidence indicates that Tenex can cause problems for BiPolar (BP) kids.--medications are so-so. He still cycles rapidly and sleeps less than 5 hrs per night. Depakote level was 67 last week, bood glucose was 57!! We had this problem before on Depakote a year ago, couldnt reach theraputic level and his liver enzymes started elevating. He takes 500mg am/pm of Depakote. We have weaned down his Seroquel to 200mg pm only. He was on 200mg am and 400pm, and we recently decreased. Tenex is not my favorite. In fact I have argued its effectiveness and we are in the process of weaning down on it as well. Have already cut the mid-day dose and lowered both am/pm doses.</p><p></p><p>He has been on Prozac(major stomach issues) Zoloft(doctor felt it led to more issues and made him suicidal).</p><p></p><p>As for the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)---we thought autism early on. He didnt speak until over age 2, but looking back, I believe it was due to feeding issues. But, he does have classic signs and I would love to resolve them with a simple NO, but too much points that way.</p><p></p><p>~S</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Got2Sleep, post: 30119, member: 3587"] Are you sure the rash from Lamictal was the "dreaded" one (Stevens-Johnson Syndrome)? Many kids get rashes on Lamictal, but not all are the fatal one. If you start low and go slow, the risk of the rash is greatly reduced. --Not sure of anythign at this point. WE did start slow, but the rash continued and pharmacist and psychiatrist wanted us to stop. Has he been evaluted by a pediatric neurologist for seizures? Lithium can reduce the seizure threshhold. The symptoms of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy mimic BiPolar (BP).--Yes, we did MRI and EEG(both a regular and a sleep deprived) in October. No signs of seizures, although psychiatrist said he feels something is not right-either seizures deep in brain or weird form of migraines(was on Topamax for a while for these) How is he doing on his current medication mix? What is his Depakote blood level? What dose Seroquel is he taking? Anecdotal evidence indicates that Tenex can cause problems for BiPolar (BP) kids.--medications are so-so. He still cycles rapidly and sleeps less than 5 hrs per night. Depakote level was 67 last week, bood glucose was 57!! We had this problem before on Depakote a year ago, couldnt reach theraputic level and his liver enzymes started elevating. He takes 500mg am/pm of Depakote. We have weaned down his Seroquel to 200mg pm only. He was on 200mg am and 400pm, and we recently decreased. Tenex is not my favorite. In fact I have argued its effectiveness and we are in the process of weaning down on it as well. Have already cut the mid-day dose and lowered both am/pm doses. He has been on Prozac(major stomach issues) Zoloft(doctor felt it led to more issues and made him suicidal). As for the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)---we thought autism early on. He didnt speak until over age 2, but looking back, I believe it was due to feeding issues. But, he does have classic signs and I would love to resolve them with a simple NO, but too much points that way. ~S [/QUOTE]
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