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No Stimulants work! ADHD/ODD, 7 yr old
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<blockquote data-quote="nvts" data-source="post: 340544" data-attributes="member: 3814"><p>To be honest, he asked us to stop with the medications. He said that they made him feel creepy (it was the beginning of last summer) and spinney. Anyway, he was on Trileptal and had a nasty time titrating off it and he swore NEVER AGAIN! </p><p> </p><p>Once he was off, slowly but surely he started to tell me that he was now able to recognize different feelings. In the past there was happy and mad - that was it. He was starting to understand frustration, anger, disappointment as well as love, hope, excitement etc.</p><p> </p><p>The psychiatrist gave me hydroxizine to help with anxiety (it's actually a benedryl type of medication that has this "side effect" that calms the beast!) and at first he refused to take it. He'll take it on the rare occasion when he gets ratcheted up.</p><p> </p><p>That's why I agree with Sharon. I'd recommend that you get a full evaluation done on him before you head down the medications route. You can save yourself a lot of copays ( <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ). My son was initially diagnosis'd with adhd and odd. I now consider those as symptoms rather than the diagnosis!</p><p> </p><p>Keep writing - there's a lot of knowledge on the board and it's full of caring people.</p><p> </p><p>Take care!</p><p> </p><p>Beth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nvts, post: 340544, member: 3814"] To be honest, he asked us to stop with the medications. He said that they made him feel creepy (it was the beginning of last summer) and spinney. Anyway, he was on Trileptal and had a nasty time titrating off it and he swore NEVER AGAIN! Once he was off, slowly but surely he started to tell me that he was now able to recognize different feelings. In the past there was happy and mad - that was it. He was starting to understand frustration, anger, disappointment as well as love, hope, excitement etc. The psychiatrist gave me hydroxizine to help with anxiety (it's actually a benedryl type of medication that has this "side effect" that calms the beast!) and at first he refused to take it. He'll take it on the rare occasion when he gets ratcheted up. That's why I agree with Sharon. I'd recommend that you get a full evaluation done on him before you head down the medications route. You can save yourself a lot of copays ( :winking: ). My son was initially diagnosis'd with adhd and odd. I now consider those as symptoms rather than the diagnosis! Keep writing - there's a lot of knowledge on the board and it's full of caring people. Take care! Beth [/QUOTE]
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