chlonidine

hi u guys, i actually stopped home before picking up kids because i had to have few min. alone to type and share this with all of you. haven't even called anyone yet except for boyfriend. it was sooo sooo hard. it would of been 100 times easier had i done it alone. i left very early we had...

hi i hope this is the right board to post in for older difficult child who is 14 and driving me batty. i had posted last week i had to take her for drug screening school said i had to, due to her failing every class. been a slow downward spiral mode for past 3 years now. she's so so nasty and...

My opinion is apparently not worthy of listening to because I'm not my difficult children biological parent. I am also apparently suspicious of all things psychiatric because I ask questions. My feelings are so hurt right now I don't even know where to start. I guess I'll start with our referral from the...

hi to all i havne't been around my usual amt. as of late so much going on. so i'm here at hospital i figured out way to link into their wireless connection its kinda slow but hey it's better than me having nervous breakdown right?? lol so today is difficult child's birthday so we got up early went...

Well, we are on day 5 of starting Zyprexa. I have some questions. The doctor chose Zyprexa this time because it tends to cause weight gain, and with taking Concernta, where he only eats maybe once a day, we thought this might tend to balance it out. But, his appetite is just as poor as it was...

hi how is everyone?? yup haven't been here in a while. so i am taking a training class at a local ranch that deals with therapy with horses for special needs kids. i love horses and i used to teach special needs and i wanted to give back on some level and have always wanted to do this...

hi to everyone so our internet was down for 6 days router was broken i thought i was going to lose it lol but i didn't......:) anyway so tomorrow 's mtg. up at school to discuss recommendations from difficult child's evaluation and discuss 504 which i'm not sure if i should push for iep. if i do...

hi to everyone, i'm surviving my day ever so carefully.....lol i'm sick difficult child was up till 5 a.m. last night. huge mistake not giving her chlondine live and learn thought i'd give her break. she was relentless last night. what i've seen this past week (shes not on any medication's now; abilify...

hi i'm so confused about one particular behavior my difficult child who will be 9 next week wetting the bed. now i know i have her evaluation coming up next week and all, which is great. yet this bed wetting thing has me looped for years. we dont' have a nice big house with washer/dryer we have 3...

My husband is taking a walk... I am drinking a Mocktail and eating chocolate... OK, What??? Do you just Follow the DSM-IV guidelines??? Or do you agree that young children can indeed have cycling maybe even rapid cycling? Indicative of a Mood Disorder or Early Onset Bi-Polar (EOBP) showing that the symptoms can be...

hi good morning to everyone, i had to share this, a little bit of sunshine in the middle of the chaos of it all :) my little difficult child so sweet she is has a crush on a boy. yup in the middle of it all the medication's, doctor's etc. she found a little boy of whom she has a huge crush on. she was so...

hi so i've been told by various doctor's that a neuro pysch evaluation. is only as good as the doctor who reviews the findings. this makes me nervous especially since the columbia hospital thing didn't work out due to their lack fo competence. i do understand that they are certain standarized tests...

good morning everyone, haven't been posting like my usual feverish self lately hands have been ummm full. :) my little difficult child as many of you know from earlier posts is off her medication's now until her evaluation on the 27th of this month. it's been alot of different things as of late. it's...

hi everyone so difficult child is back home from dad's last night. the crying anxiety i can't sleep, etc. while on chlonidine may i add.........:( so this morning her first day back at school since break. shes still in bed been trying to get her out all morning. my first day back at work also...

husband took all 3 difficult children to new pyschiatrist today. I swear that these people are just low paid drug pushers. He prescribed chlonidine for each difficult child for sleep. Then he prescribed concerta for oldest difficult child, Foclin XR 20 mg AGAIN for middle difficult child and Vyvanse for youngest difficult child. We are filling them tonight...

And one difficult child is actually excited about. Maybe I am a glutten for punishment and remind me in a week or so why exactly we are doing this, but difficult child will be going off his medications starting tomorrow. He will have to continue with one of his clonidine tablets for a week or two as it needs to be weaned off...

i'm really not feeling well. im very tired and need some sleep. ive' got little difficult child in room hysterical now because she' sconvincned foot is broken. foot is not broken. i let her stay up till 10 tonight figuring that would help her go down easier, i didn't give her chlonidine for simple fact i...

hi rin slept thru night got up this moring i figured ok business as usual let's try adn get her into bldg. at school, heart rate was at comfy 110 i felt confident this was fine. anyway get on train and yup took alot to get her in again and did i mention it was pouring out.....LOL......get...

My 6 yr old son has been diagnosed ADHD. Atm he is being treated with 20 mg of Ritalin LA and 10 mg Chlonidine at night to peal him of ceiling into bed. Since upping the dosage to 20 mg there seems to be more agressive traits coming out. For example, in Summer School, when asked to come...

hi to all hope everyone is well. i have little difficult child who will be going in for testing 2/27 until then we're flying by the seat of our pants at home and school, no medication's right now. sleep is so difficult for her. for all of us. i just finished an hour phone call with difficult child's old pyschdoc. an...