Hi all,
As some of you read, yesterday I posted that today was psychiatrist day and I asked for suggestions to bring up which I did.
Here is where we are at. He feels from the observations and reports that my son's mood is fairly in control (no rages, no meltdowns and not really elated, etc) But the ADHD/impulsivness is way out of control. Take it from me, UNBAREBLY out of control. We discussed all of the things we have tried stimulants & nonstim (tenex, clonodine, strattera). psychiatrist feels the strattera probably did a lot more than we thought it did because the adhd was so much better before but it really destabilized him. I do agree now tha tit probably did help but made my son angry, aggressive, etc.
psychiatrist would like to raise the depakote to try to get his blood work up to 100 (currently it is 81). Then after 2 weeks of raising the depakote starting wellbutrin. His experience is that it has helped ADHD with many mood patients and tends to disrupt mood less often then some of the other antidepressants and atypical antidepressants.
Well guys, what do know about wellbutrin? Of course I have read the literature in all of the books and on the web but what are the real experiences?
Bugsy's mom
As some of you read, yesterday I posted that today was psychiatrist day and I asked for suggestions to bring up which I did.
Here is where we are at. He feels from the observations and reports that my son's mood is fairly in control (no rages, no meltdowns and not really elated, etc) But the ADHD/impulsivness is way out of control. Take it from me, UNBAREBLY out of control. We discussed all of the things we have tried stimulants & nonstim (tenex, clonodine, strattera). psychiatrist feels the strattera probably did a lot more than we thought it did because the adhd was so much better before but it really destabilized him. I do agree now tha tit probably did help but made my son angry, aggressive, etc.
psychiatrist would like to raise the depakote to try to get his blood work up to 100 (currently it is 81). Then after 2 weeks of raising the depakote starting wellbutrin. His experience is that it has helped ADHD with many mood patients and tends to disrupt mood less often then some of the other antidepressants and atypical antidepressants.
Well guys, what do know about wellbutrin? Of course I have read the literature in all of the books and on the web but what are the real experiences?
Bugsy's mom