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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 27496" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Many kids do well on Tenex. My son was one that didn't. He got more irritable on it, we d/c it after a week. Then we tried again about 9 months later and evenutually after a couple of weeks he started escalating and becoming more physically violent. It was scary. His sleeping pattern got distorted too. We d/c it and the violence stopped after about a week. I did a search and found out that there were some bipolar kids that a had a paradoxical reaction to it (not unlike my son).</p><p></p><p>What you write concerns me--if you see an escalation of undesirable behaviors particularly meltdowns or violence I would definitely talk to your doctor soon. It is hard to tell from what you write if it is just wearing off, or if it is making things worse. If he/she is just a pediatrician they might not be aware of the possibility for it to have undesirable reactions in some kids. </p><p></p><p>I would think that after a couple of weeks at the most if you haven't seen a positive reaction I would seriously think about discontinuing it. </p><p></p><p>What other medications have you tried? What are the major symptoms you are trying to address?</p><p></p><p>Just my two cents from someone who has been on the medication merry-go-round.</p><p></p><p>I will tell you that now that we have the medications adjusted for my 12 year old, life is dramatically improved. Still working on the younger one though. For us it took a lot of medication trials and a couple of very good child psychiatrists with major medication experience. </p><p></p><p>Keep dreaming about Tahiti. It may happen!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 27496, member: 2322"] Many kids do well on Tenex. My son was one that didn't. He got more irritable on it, we d/c it after a week. Then we tried again about 9 months later and evenutually after a couple of weeks he started escalating and becoming more physically violent. It was scary. His sleeping pattern got distorted too. We d/c it and the violence stopped after about a week. I did a search and found out that there were some bipolar kids that a had a paradoxical reaction to it (not unlike my son). What you write concerns me--if you see an escalation of undesirable behaviors particularly meltdowns or violence I would definitely talk to your doctor soon. It is hard to tell from what you write if it is just wearing off, or if it is making things worse. If he/she is just a pediatrician they might not be aware of the possibility for it to have undesirable reactions in some kids. I would think that after a couple of weeks at the most if you haven't seen a positive reaction I would seriously think about discontinuing it. What other medications have you tried? What are the major symptoms you are trying to address? Just my two cents from someone who has been on the medication merry-go-round. I will tell you that now that we have the medications adjusted for my 12 year old, life is dramatically improved. Still working on the younger one though. For us it took a lot of medication trials and a couple of very good child psychiatrists with major medication experience. Keep dreaming about Tahiti. It may happen! [/QUOTE]
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