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<blockquote data-quote="grayday" data-source="post: 426928" data-attributes="member: 11923"><p>Sorry to be so vague. I am new to this and need your guidance. Here is some background: My son is 11. His IQ is above normal. He is creative and musically talented. He is quite immature for his age. He weighs 65 pounds and is super skinny.His main struggles are with anger and impulsivity, but he is also very unorganized, anxious, forgetful, and fidgety. Prozac has helped address his depression. School seems to see some benefit from the Strattera in terms of his focus in the classroom. We had considered changing to Intuniv since we weren't seeing much benefit at home and were not sure how much it was truly benefiting him at school. That is when the doctor mentioned combining the two. The doctor talked about Intuniv possibly helping with his anger and impulsivity, since the Strattera may be addressing focus but not the others. We are comfortable with his diagnosis. He never responded well on stimulants (tried several) and had many very bad experiences -- they made him very agitated and volatile. Strattera had been our last hope until we heard about Intuniv. We hate the idea of making him try new medications, but we are frustrated that we have never really seen any measurable improvement on ADHD medications. He is in between therapists at the moment, but will be back in therapy soon. Hope this info helps! Thanks so much for responding!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grayday, post: 426928, member: 11923"] Sorry to be so vague. I am new to this and need your guidance. Here is some background: My son is 11. His IQ is above normal. He is creative and musically talented. He is quite immature for his age. He weighs 65 pounds and is super skinny.His main struggles are with anger and impulsivity, but he is also very unorganized, anxious, forgetful, and fidgety. Prozac has helped address his depression. School seems to see some benefit from the Strattera in terms of his focus in the classroom. We had considered changing to Intuniv since we weren't seeing much benefit at home and were not sure how much it was truly benefiting him at school. That is when the doctor mentioned combining the two. The doctor talked about Intuniv possibly helping with his anger and impulsivity, since the Strattera may be addressing focus but not the others. We are comfortable with his diagnosis. He never responded well on stimulants (tried several) and had many very bad experiences -- they made him very agitated and volatile. Strattera had been our last hope until we heard about Intuniv. We hate the idea of making him try new medications, but we are frustrated that we have never really seen any measurable improvement on ADHD medications. He is in between therapists at the moment, but will be back in therapy soon. Hope this info helps! Thanks so much for responding! [/QUOTE]
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