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<blockquote data-quote="tessaturtle" data-source="post: 158994" data-attributes="member: 3510"><p>My input: our difficult child experienced a significant increase in aggression on seroquel. We would report this aggression to his prescriber and his therapist. In response, his prescriber INCREASED his seroquel. we continued to complain and told him our thoughts - that it was the seroquel that was causing it (it got worse under each increase). He was up to 600 mg with the ARNP suggesting we go up to 800! well, long story short, he ended up in the psychiatric hospital. We told them straight off the bat our thoughts about the seroquel. We thought they listened, but a couple of weeks later, they were telling us that they were having some success with increasing his carbamazapine levels (tegretol) but were still seeing high irritibility and aggression. We asked what other medications they had him on and they said they still had him on SEROQUEL! we explained our thoughts, they weaned him off the seroquel, and wouldn't you know, the aggression and irritibilty significantly decreased. </p><p></p><p>THe combo they placed him and that he is still on is the best we have ever seen in him. He is on carbamazapine (tegretol), abilify, and guanfacine (tenex). THe tenex helps keep his hyperactivity (motor restlessness) at a manageable speed, and the abilify and tegretol seem to be working well together for the mood stabilizing piece.</p><p></p><p>Each kid is different (our difficult child got verbal and physical tics from clonidine!), but I thought it might be helpful to hear about as many different experiences as possible! </p><p>Good lluck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tessaturtle, post: 158994, member: 3510"] My input: our difficult child experienced a significant increase in aggression on seroquel. We would report this aggression to his prescriber and his therapist. In response, his prescriber INCREASED his seroquel. we continued to complain and told him our thoughts - that it was the seroquel that was causing it (it got worse under each increase). He was up to 600 mg with the ARNP suggesting we go up to 800! well, long story short, he ended up in the psychiatric hospital. We told them straight off the bat our thoughts about the seroquel. We thought they listened, but a couple of weeks later, they were telling us that they were having some success with increasing his carbamazapine levels (tegretol) but were still seeing high irritibility and aggression. We asked what other medications they had him on and they said they still had him on SEROQUEL! we explained our thoughts, they weaned him off the seroquel, and wouldn't you know, the aggression and irritibilty significantly decreased. THe combo they placed him and that he is still on is the best we have ever seen in him. He is on carbamazapine (tegretol), abilify, and guanfacine (tenex). THe tenex helps keep his hyperactivity (motor restlessness) at a manageable speed, and the abilify and tegretol seem to be working well together for the mood stabilizing piece. Each kid is different (our difficult child got verbal and physical tics from clonidine!), but I thought it might be helpful to hear about as many different experiences as possible! Good lluck! [/QUOTE]
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