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<blockquote data-quote="wincha" data-source="post: 21574" data-attributes="member: 137"><p>Tigger DS#2 - age 8, difficult child gifted and strong-willed indigo child; Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP); Depakote 750mg, Stratera 40mg, Clonodine .2mg</p><p></p><p>I am going to assume the Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP) means bipolar. Strattera is a stimulant and can cause instability with bipolar. My son became very unstable with stimulants and I know that strattera is a little different but his psychiatrist said this medicine could make him unstable also. There is now a black box warning coming out for ritalin, concerta, and adderall amoung others. Most likely your child is having negative experiences and or anxiety at school. My daughter doesn't like to go to school or didn't as much last year. We are working on the IEP process now. Not sure where you are with the IEP process but I would get started and school refusal is a good way to show that the child's disabilty is affecting their education. My son had to try many medications before we found what worked but what we found was alot of therapy really was what he needed and now at 19(his choice) he is medication free(not my choice) and stable. It was the therapy that really held him together, he was able to get through most of high school due to his IEP and therapeutic school. Being strong willed can end up being a very good thing when you are an adult.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wincha, post: 21574, member: 137"] Tigger DS#2 - age 8, difficult child gifted and strong-willed indigo child; Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP); Depakote 750mg, Stratera 40mg, Clonodine .2mg I am going to assume the Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP) means bipolar. Strattera is a stimulant and can cause instability with bipolar. My son became very unstable with stimulants and I know that strattera is a little different but his psychiatrist said this medicine could make him unstable also. There is now a black box warning coming out for ritalin, concerta, and adderall amoung others. Most likely your child is having negative experiences and or anxiety at school. My daughter doesn't like to go to school or didn't as much last year. We are working on the IEP process now. Not sure where you are with the IEP process but I would get started and school refusal is a good way to show that the child's disabilty is affecting their education. My son had to try many medications before we found what worked but what we found was alot of therapy really was what he needed and now at 19(his choice) he is medication free(not my choice) and stable. It was the therapy that really held him together, he was able to get through most of high school due to his IEP and therapeutic school. Being strong willed can end up being a very good thing when you are an adult. [/QUOTE]
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