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Post by crillmom on Nov 3, 2003 10:00:36 GMT -5
Do you guys know if straterra helps for emotions. Is it like the stimulants that it can make you more emotional?
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Post by Mayleng on Nov 3, 2003 10:05:52 GMT -5
Do you guys know if straterra helps for emotions. Is it like the stimulants that it can make you more emotional? crillmom, the only time Strattera makes you emotional is if the dosage is too low or too high. Too low you get the whinny, crying kinds of moods, and too high you get the anger and rage type of moods. My son has been the happiest on Strattera and that's one of the things many moms have said that their kids are actually happy. My son wakes up happy. Kids needs to be in their Target Zone (between minimum and maximum target dose), and there is some fine tuning to be done even within the zone. |
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Post by crillmom on Nov 3, 2003 10:15:11 GMT -5
As I posted yesterday, my son has been very emotional at school. We had our conferences today. THe good news is he has all A's and B's which is great because 4th grade at our school is very hard. The bad news is the fact that he is so emotional. He was on paxil last year for obsessional thoughts and it worked great and his emotional were in check. We took hiom off and things have been great as far as anxiety, obsessional thoughts. But obviously the emotional stuff is back. Anyway, sorry so long. I was thinking of asking the Dr. if we should try straterra again but keep in the small amount of stimulant to help with the impulsiveness. I do remember he was happy and not as emotional on the straterra we just took him off because it wasn't cutting it for hyperness. But I am thinking if we keep him on the concerta with straterra that might be the magic combination. What do you guys think? Thanks
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Post by Mayleng on Nov 3, 2003 10:18:38 GMT -5
Crillmom, it seems alot of people are having success with this combo. Check out "d" post under Strattera and Ritalin thread. It seems the doctors are seeing this as a trend. The good thing you can use a lower dosage of stims with the Strattera.
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Post by crillmom on Nov 3, 2003 10:32:24 GMT -5
thanks mayleng. I think I will ask my dr. About trying this.
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Post by Mayleng on Nov 3, 2003 10:38:14 GMT -5
When kids have comorbids things get very tricky. I have seen kids who didn't appear to have anxiety or OCDs. But once their ADD was treated, these things became apparent and a problem. I have a suspicion that the ADD can sometimes aid these other disorders, keep them from dwelling on things or concentraiting long enough to get upset. This isn't a disorder, but my son was very aggreeable when he wasn't being treated. I thought it was his pleasant personality. But in hindsite I think he's ADD kept him from being able to be anything else. Now that he is being effectively treated, he is very stubborn and a tiny bit obstinant. Not in a bad way, but in a stand up for what you feel way. I took for granted that he would just go with the flow, But now he has the presence of mind and ability to hold onto a thought for more than a fleeting moment, to decide he feels strongly about something, so now he's a pain in the a$$, just like other kids.  What I'm trying to say is that when we effect one part of their brains, there is a domino effect, sometimes it's apparent, sometimes not. This is especially true with comorbs. I know Paxil works fantastic for OCDs, why did you stop? Another thing to consider besides stims is; how about asking the doc about adding Straterra to the Paxil? FYI they will usually put kids on half doses of strat when mixing with Paxil because the paxil effects the way start is metabolized. But I know another member whos daughter is autistic, has OCD and ADD and she is having the good success with the combo of Strat and Pax. Hopefully if she made it here, she will see this and reply to you. |
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Post by crillmom on Nov 3, 2003 11:20:55 GMT -5
the reason we stopped the paxil was my dr. felt 18 months on paxil was enough time. And he really has no signs of relapes for what he was being treated for. (obsessional thoughts, they are gone) The emotional stuff I don't know if it is ocd related. I really don't want him on paxil. I thought maybe straterra for mood and concerta for impulsivity. what do you think?
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Post by tomsmum on Nov 3, 2003 11:39:07 GMT -5
crillmom,
Following on from my posts about the effectiveness of the Strattera at the moment, Tom's emotions are all over the place.
We had a bad day on Friday, I went into school to help for the class party, and Tom sobbed in my arms for five minutes because he was afraid he'd miss out on being at my craft station!!
This is so unlike him, we are used to the bad temper, door slamming etc, but the tears are very unlike him... just another thing to check on when I talk to the doctor.
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