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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 299816" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>difficult child 3 has ADHD as well as autism and has been successfully treated with dexamphetamine for the ADHD component. Wetried Concerta but he got rebound on that. We were trying to get him off the usual ADHD medications because of his extreme anxiety (which stimulants are beleived to make worse). So we tried Strattera, and for difficult child 3 it was an absolute disaster. He lasted on it three days and with hindsight we should have taken him to the hospital. But instead we got him home and weaned him off it over the next few days. It took about a week to boil out of his system enough for him to cope a bit better again.</p><p></p><p>it really was nasty - he got violent, teary, aggressive, verbally garrulous, talked non-stop and argued non-stop with circular logic. The extreme irritability was horrible and made a lot of things worse.</p><p></p><p>But he still has ADHD. </p><p></p><p>The psychiatrist did tell us that he had not expected much of Strattera, but it was the therapist who had requested we try it.</p><p></p><p>So if Strattera doesn't work, or causes problems, don't immediately assume that ADHD can't be the diagnosis. It still can be.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 299816, member: 1991"] difficult child 3 has ADHD as well as autism and has been successfully treated with dexamphetamine for the ADHD component. Wetried Concerta but he got rebound on that. We were trying to get him off the usual ADHD medications because of his extreme anxiety (which stimulants are beleived to make worse). So we tried Strattera, and for difficult child 3 it was an absolute disaster. He lasted on it three days and with hindsight we should have taken him to the hospital. But instead we got him home and weaned him off it over the next few days. It took about a week to boil out of his system enough for him to cope a bit better again. it really was nasty - he got violent, teary, aggressive, verbally garrulous, talked non-stop and argued non-stop with circular logic. The extreme irritability was horrible and made a lot of things worse. But he still has ADHD. The psychiatrist did tell us that he had not expected much of Strattera, but it was the therapist who had requested we try it. So if Strattera doesn't work, or causes problems, don't immediately assume that ADHD can't be the diagnosis. It still can be. Marg [/QUOTE]
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