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The last day he took Lamictal was April 30th.

 

I've seen the dystonia before when he tried Zyprexa and a bit less so with Abilify.  So I don't think that's what I'm seeing.  It just seems to be a resurgence of ADHD symptoms, despite being on the stimulant during the day.

 

He really didn't improve much after taking the patch off this afternoon as far as his attention and silliness goes.

 

This is what happened 18 months ago when he was just on Risperdal and a stimulant.  It's like the Risperdal counteracted any effect by the stimulant... so I'm trying to understand the neurochemical processes that are going on here.

 

Last spring, after getting him up to 3mg Risperdal and a ridiculously high dose of stimulant, psychiatrist switched him to Abilify and stimulant.  Which was o.k. for a couple months, and then same problems started happening with the stimulant not working.  Then he added Tenex, and that's when he REALLY, REALLY became manic.  (The whole ball started rolling a year ago last fall, which was when we think the chorea and mood part of the Sydenham's was beginning to manifest itself).

 

So in trying to help his fine motor more by adding the Risperdal and bumping it up to see if he gets better control of his shakiness, it's making everything fall apart again (apparently) since he's off Lamictal (that was added in January... because he was picking at himself and still very emotional).

 

It's all very confusing...


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