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tenex or clonidine for my 6 yr old - your experiences?
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<blockquote data-quote="tictoc" data-source="post: 344885" data-attributes="member: 7916"><p>Hi, You pretty much described how my son was at the beginning of Kindergarten. I would add that there were parents of other students who wanted to call the police on my difficult child. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/sad-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sad-very:" title="sad-very :sad-very:" data-shortname=":sad-very:" /> Not good. That said...</p><p> </p><p>My son has done well with clonidine. He has Tourette Syndrome, so this class of medications has added benefits for us (helps with the tics). We never tried Tenex, so I can't really comment on that. Our neuropsychologist and pediatrician both preferred clonidine for my son because it supposedly is better with impusivity and hyperactivity, while Tenex is better with inattention (supposedly--run that by your own professionals to see what they think). </p><p> </p><p>My son now takes a very high dose of clonidine (.4 mg) and we have also added a mood stabilizer (Trileptal), but we generally have been happy with clonidine. difficult child takes it in patch form (he wears two .2 mg patches simultaneously). difficult child was very sedated when he started clonidine and then sedated again with each increase in dose. But, that wears off quickly. Also, your dr probably would start your son on the tablet form of clonidine and there can be a significant rebound effect as the dose wears off. If you are seeing good things from the clonidine otherwise, I say to stick with it until you can get him to a stable dose and he can start using the patch. That eliminates the rebound problem.</p><p> </p><p>The patch can cause some itching and scratching at it can make it come off. Our pediatrician prescribed a FloVent inhaler to spray directly on difficult child's back where we put the patch. We let the spot dry and then put the patch on. This eliminated the itching. We also apply hydrocortisone to the spot when we remove a patch (and then place the next patch in a different location on his back).</p><p> </p><p>When difficult child started using the patch, it was only available in the name-brand form (Catapres). It has since become available in generic form (clonidine). We tried the generic for less than two weeks. The generic patches are literally about 3 times the size of the Catapres patches and they don't stick as well. </p><p> </p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tictoc, post: 344885, member: 7916"] Hi, You pretty much described how my son was at the beginning of Kindergarten. I would add that there were parents of other students who wanted to call the police on my difficult child. :sad-very: Not good. That said... My son has done well with clonidine. He has Tourette Syndrome, so this class of medications has added benefits for us (helps with the tics). We never tried Tenex, so I can't really comment on that. Our neuropsychologist and pediatrician both preferred clonidine for my son because it supposedly is better with impusivity and hyperactivity, while Tenex is better with inattention (supposedly--run that by your own professionals to see what they think). My son now takes a very high dose of clonidine (.4 mg) and we have also added a mood stabilizer (Trileptal), but we generally have been happy with clonidine. difficult child takes it in patch form (he wears two .2 mg patches simultaneously). difficult child was very sedated when he started clonidine and then sedated again with each increase in dose. But, that wears off quickly. Also, your dr probably would start your son on the tablet form of clonidine and there can be a significant rebound effect as the dose wears off. If you are seeing good things from the clonidine otherwise, I say to stick with it until you can get him to a stable dose and he can start using the patch. That eliminates the rebound problem. The patch can cause some itching and scratching at it can make it come off. Our pediatrician prescribed a FloVent inhaler to spray directly on difficult child's back where we put the patch. We let the spot dry and then put the patch on. This eliminated the itching. We also apply hydrocortisone to the spot when we remove a patch (and then place the next patch in a different location on his back). When difficult child started using the patch, it was only available in the name-brand form (Catapres). It has since become available in generic form (clonidine). We tried the generic for less than two weeks. The generic patches are literally about 3 times the size of the Catapres patches and they don't stick as well. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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