clonidine

Ok, so here it is, when difficult child was recently inpatient, the psychiatrist not only added Lithium ER to his medications, but added Trazadone for sleep. difficult child has had huge problems sleeping. difficult child is taking 150 mg Trazadone. He takes all his medications at about 7pm (either my daughter or I visually watch him). Anyway, some...

I’m a mother of a 9 year old son and two step children, 9 year old girl and 11 year old boy. I’m here because my 9 year old is spiraling out of control. I feel helpless and not sure what to do next. High level history on my son: Age 2 weeks – Pyloric Stenosis Age 8 months – Diagnosed...

I just want to ask that people dont critize me or put me down, call me names or dis-credit my parenting. Trust me I feel bad enough and didnt come here for critism, I came here for support. So I dont know how to deal with my emotions about having a little boy living in my home who has ADHD, ODD...

Q woke last night...middle of the night and he never just gets up and goes to the bathroom. At least i have him convinced he doesn't have to ask to go to the bathroom anymore, did that for years. but he still yells Goodnight mom, I love you and waits for a response so if I dont wake fully or...

Well, for all the threats they said he was giving them, the whole thing was pretty typical difficult child. The followed my request and didn't tell him I was there while I was finishing all the paperwork and they were packing him (he came home with scrubs and three blankets, they blankets have tags on them...

ride. difficult child seemed to be in a much better place when he came home last Thursday night. He was extremely hyper or manic (hard to tell which at times) but his overall mood was much more pleasant and even. The last two days, however, have not been fun. He was violent yesterday morning pushing...

I got a call from the principal, Sr. C, about 20 min. ago. She said that the contract we signed came across her desk and difficult child could not miss more than 2 days of school. I must not have read the fine print; I thought it meant with-o a dr's note. He has had a cold and sinus infection. I got a dr's...

psychiatrist is recommending guanfacine for my BiPolar (BP) boy's attention. Sleepiness is a possible side effect. Anyone have experience with this? On another thread I asked about clonidine, which is a simillar thing. The new timerelease version I referred to there is actually new guanfacine, which psychiatrist says in...

As is our custom, we have invited difficult child's bmom, grandmother, and 1/2 brother to his birthday party. difficult child doesn't want a huge party--just a sushi dinner. So we will sit at the hibachi table, which is pretty good entertainment. I called the biograndmother a cpl wks ago, and she told me some very strange...

Hi guys, first don't worry I have already called the doctor. I would like some parenting advice though on those of you who have used Intuniv. My son is on it for behavior issues. He has been on it 3 weeks 3 days. He started out on 1mg and did wonderful. Was so good in school had no issues...

:confused1: The rollercoaster ride continues! My son was diagnosed with bipolar and ADHD last December. We've been through the ringer (like everyone else here!) over the last couple of years of middle school with his impulsive ODD behavior and mood swings, angry outbursts, poor choices...

OMG, I am so sick of it. Doesn't matter how many books I've read and how much counseling we've been through. It seems like nothing changes. He's just got that huge sense of entitlement. He's been lagging and dragging all wk, finding all sorts of things to eat that make him sick, then staying up...

Hi, difficult child has been transitioning from Trileptal to Depakote ER since our psychiatrist visit two weeks ago. He has now finished Trileptal and is taking 500 mg of Depakote ER. We made this switch after several very good months on Trileptal because difficult child once again became hypomanic a few weeks ago. psychiatrist had...

E is very very depressed today. He has been crying most of the day and he is not a crier. He is always more just here, angry, manic, but not crying even when he is sad sometimes. Today he was the worst since before his hospitalization as far as mood goes. He has been very irritable and depressed...

Hi all and good morning. Just joined the site this morning, but thought I would get my introduction out of the way... I am 30 yrs old and engaged to my fiance of 5 yrs. We are a blended family with my 7 yr old son from a previous relationship and my fiance's 10 yr old daughter from a...

I am on my way out right now. So must be quick. I am terrified. difficult child lost it, blew up, totally out of control, worse than I ever saw. We had attempted to go to dinner with easy child, his birthday is tomorrow and we were having his birthday dinner. All was fine until we got there. We took two cars...

I've never joined a forum before but I need to talk to someone that has similiar problems like I am dealing with. I have a darling 8 yr old daughter that is seeing a child psychiatrist for anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) but she has horrible rage attacks...we had her on Paxil and it didn't work, she stopped...

Whew, it's getting to be a long day! We didn't give difficult child any medications this a.m., so he could be tested "as is." He is literally hopping around like a kangaroo. Good thing he has a baseball game in 45 min.! He's generally in a good mood--mouthed off a few times--but I think the clonidine may still...

Has anyone tried melatonin? How did you find it? I mentioned to the psychiatrist about difficult child 3 being increasingly late to bed then sleeping in late and being difficult to get moving - out of character. I realise some of this may be typical teen stuff coming in, but I need to find some way to 'switch' difficult child 3 into...

The pediatrician hasn't called us back - I also have a call in to the psychiatrist! difficult child has been having problems at school during recess everyday and has been super aggressive after school which then leads to him getting in physical fights with his friend. We are to the point where we will...