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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 243961" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>J's psychiatrist says that the sedation associated with Seroquel can result in slowed cognitive processing. What you may be seeing at 8:30 pm is your difficult child 2's afternoon dose of Seroquel wearing off and he is more "available" to work.</p><p> </p><p>We have counteracted J's Seroquel sedation (he takes 600 mg at night) by recently adding 150 mg Wellbutrin XL, stimulatory antidepressant known to help with ADHD sx. I was worried that Wellbutrin would send J into mania, but it's helped a lot with alertness and focus at school. Wellbutrin is the least likely of any AD to induce mania in patients with BiPolar (BP). I still wonder if difficult child 2 would benefit from re-trialing Lamictal and lowering his Seroquel dose.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of playing a musical instrument, I think you should listen to difficult child 2 and let him do what he wants. It's optional, unlike school. M recently dropped orchestra at school (she plays cello) because she was having a hard time learning the pieces. It was frustrating to her and making her more anxious. If difficult child 2 does Chorus, that's still experience with the performing arts. </p><p> </p><p>I don't know what to say about difficult child 1, except he sounds an awful lot like J. Are you sure there's not more of a mood piece going on? What's going on with his IEP process?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 243961, member: 2423"] J's psychiatrist says that the sedation associated with Seroquel can result in slowed cognitive processing. What you may be seeing at 8:30 pm is your difficult child 2's afternoon dose of Seroquel wearing off and he is more "available" to work. We have counteracted J's Seroquel sedation (he takes 600 mg at night) by recently adding 150 mg Wellbutrin XL, stimulatory antidepressant known to help with ADHD sx. I was worried that Wellbutrin would send J into mania, but it's helped a lot with alertness and focus at school. Wellbutrin is the least likely of any AD to induce mania in patients with BiPolar (BP). I still wonder if difficult child 2 would benefit from re-trialing Lamictal and lowering his Seroquel dose. In terms of playing a musical instrument, I think you should listen to difficult child 2 and let him do what he wants. It's optional, unlike school. M recently dropped orchestra at school (she plays cello) because she was having a hard time learning the pieces. It was frustrating to her and making her more anxious. If difficult child 2 does Chorus, that's still experience with the performing arts. I don't know what to say about difficult child 1, except he sounds an awful lot like J. Are you sure there's not more of a mood piece going on? What's going on with his IEP process? [/QUOTE]
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