ADHD Meds and Side Affects | ADHD Information

Thanks for the reply. Im at my wites end . Between his Dr saying that I should just try to "ignore" the out bursts and stuff , then the med changes. Im happy I now know I'm not the only one going threw all this .
It's all very hard.  After 2 years of this we finally saw a Neuropsychologist.
We go to the "feedback" appt. on Friday.  I am really hoping she will shed some light on what we should do and what EXACTLY we are dealing with.
My son is so smart yet he is really struggling in public school.
It is all very frustrating.
My son has only been to his pediatrican , i am still trying to get  sent to a diffrent type of dr that specializes in this sort of medical problem. we have days were all i do is cry because i dont know what to do . hes doing great in school which im glad about but at home its a battle all day long.

My daughter is now on seroquel because she has gotten very aggressive after being on effexor. She continues on strattera and I discussed my concerns that it may be triggering the aggression, but she feels we need to change one med at a time. My fear is---what if I am treating her for bipolar when indeed it is a med side effect from strattera? So complicated---all I know is that my little girl has gotten worse since being on effexor (of it two weeks after starting) and she is still bad after being off it three weeks. I love clonidine for both of my kids. No leg cramps for either of them (the one NOT on it has them!). The bad part about clonidine is that after a while you may have to increase the dose to get the same effect. hanging in here with the rest of you,

Willie (Marj)

my son has awful leg cramps and his dr said its the clonidine and i dont think it was , when he was on it everything was pretty good . he was getting great sleep and not having as many outbursts . now that hes on Tenex its like giving him a vitamin or something it does no good at all . i have to call his dr tomorrow morning so im gonna find out about putting him back on the clonidine. I looked up several sites and do not see leg cramps listed as a side effect for Clonidine anywhere. My son is on tenex twice a day but I don't think it does much for his sleep as he gets it in the am, too. It is being used for mood stabilization. Take care.My 6 year old son was diaganosed with ADHD about 2 months ago . He is very self abusive and fights with me about everything . His Dr. put him on Concerta 27mg in the AM and Tenex 2mg at night because he has major problems sleeping. He was on Clonidine 0.1mg and it was working great he sleep wonderful. My question is has anyone had problems with leg pains while on Clonidine? That is why he was switched to Tenex and its not working at all. Im wondering if it was just something like growing pains? Any suggests are very welcome , im at a complete lose.My son is having leg pains right now, too.
He is not on any medications.  I think he is having a growth spurt.

thats what im doing too . looking stuff up on the net. i just found a site that says many children get diagnosed with ADHD when its really Bipolar disorder . i never thought of that . my father has bipolar  i suffer from depression and i have an older brother that commited suicid when i was 15 . im really wondering if that is what hes got . all the symptoms are there .including self abuse.

 

It is scary isn't it? My biggest fear has been that my daughter will have bipolar. I was a psych nurse in the past, and saw too much. My daughter's birth mother may have bipolar and her birthfather had problems with "rage." It is so difficult having to advocate for our kids when we often are the only ones seeing our kids symptoms. Well, my oldest just came up so I'll be signing off for now. I'll check if you wrote back tomorrow. Praying for a good night sleep for us all

Marj

im so happy i found someone that understands.it is very difficult for me im very young myself , only 24 . most doctors look at me like im just trying to figure out away to "calm down " my hyper son, which is not at all the case . i think alot of the problem with getting answers is because im young and people dont take me seriously . ya know? it scares me that he could possibly have bipolar because i know what my father goes through and what kind of heart ache my brother WAS going through. i have been battleing depression since my brother passed away and its very hard to take care of my son and myself the way i need to . i tend not to take care of myself as i should because all my attention is on him , trying to keep him from having another outburst or breaking something. i'll check back tomorrow to. im praying for sleep too , doesnt happen very much in this neck of the woods

        Jennifer

Hi!

So far today we have made it without any major outbursts. My two youngest kids (son with adhd, daughter with adhd vs bipolar disorder) are currently playing playstation TOGETHER). The strange thing with seroquel is that it increases her appetite within an hour after taking it which means she goes to bed and keeps complaining of being STARVING! The strattera has knocked out her compulsive eating and her weight dropped to the healthy range, but with the seroquel I have a feeling the weight is going to come back on. Hope everyone is surviving Christmas break---pretty hard on the kids and the parents when the structure from school is missing. Take care,

(Marj)