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<blockquote data-quote="Leighfoos" data-source="post: 334187" data-attributes="member: 8806"><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My sons Tics and anxieties started before we were on the Vyvanse. We just started the Vyvanse 3 months ago. Prior to the Vyvanse we were on Focalin XR and then Concerta.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When we began seeing signs of the tics and anxieties (he was 6) his doctor took him off the medication for 3 months over the summer to see if these were symptoms of the medication. During that time the tics and anxieties were still present.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">So prior to putting him back on the ADHD medication we took him to a Neurologist who diagnosed him with Tourette's Syndrome. The Neurologist advised us to put him back on his ADHD medication since the tics were not a symptom of his medication and his ADHD medications were helping him.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">We also began see the Neuropsychologist for his anxieties a little over a year before she recommended us to a Child Psychiatrist who then put him on the Risperdal.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Since we have started the Risperdal last year we have development 2 more tics, but its hard to say if this is related to the medications or not, since at his age tics can wax and wane in severity and have remissions and exacerbation.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thanks for the advice on getting a second option; we had planned to do that over the summer.</span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leighfoos, post: 334187, member: 8806"] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]My sons Tics and anxieties started before we were on the Vyvanse. We just started the Vyvanse 3 months ago. Prior to the Vyvanse we were on Focalin XR and then Concerta.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]When we began seeing signs of the tics and anxieties (he was 6) his doctor took him off the medication for 3 months over the summer to see if these were symptoms of the medication. During that time the tics and anxieties were still present.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]So prior to putting him back on the ADHD medication we took him to a Neurologist who diagnosed him with Tourette's Syndrome. The Neurologist advised us to put him back on his ADHD medication since the tics were not a symptom of his medication and his ADHD medications were helping him.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]We also began see the Neuropsychologist for his anxieties a little over a year before she recommended us to a Child Psychiatrist who then put him on the Risperdal.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Since we have started the Risperdal last year we have development 2 more tics, but its hard to say if this is related to the medications or not, since at his age tics can wax and wane in severity and have remissions and exacerbation.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Thanks for the advice on getting a second option; we had planned to do that over the summer.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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