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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 221158" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I don't know the reasons for your difficult child's defiance/opposition/agitation/aggression... BUT, I will say that Lamictal has well known antidepressant qualities and we saw it in action firsthand with my husband and difficult child 2. For husband, it really, really helped his mood reactivity. He was very negative and I guess you could say oppositional (more so at home than work, although at work, he was always getting dinged for being argumentative (he called it playing "devil's advocate")). It just really smoothed things out for him. </p><p> </p><p>For difficult child 2, it helped him with his emotions -- less crying, emotional instability, etc.</p><p> </p><p>I would give it a try because it works a bit differently that the other MS drugs out there.</p><p> </p><p>As for the AP switch, can't really offer advice there as to one working any better than the others. I think when one stops working (providing it's being given for the right reasons) you need to consider other options. We've tried Risperdal, Abilify and Zyprexa. difficult child 2 maxed out on Risperdal and we switched to Abilify, which worked for a while. He could not tolerate Zyprexa due to a severe dystonic reaction (and after that, couldn't take any of the AP's, so now he's on Seroquel).</p><p> </p><p>I mentioned in an earlier post that we're on drug #16 in 8 years... so you're not alone in having to "sample" a lot of different things before you finally find the right combo for your difficult child.</p><p> </p><p>As for uncooperative doctor's offices, you'll probably just have to call yourself and be the squeaky wheel. Maybe give them a deadline? Or perhaps if you can just pick them up yourself and hand deliver them to the new doctor?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 221158, member: 3444"] I don't know the reasons for your difficult child's defiance/opposition/agitation/aggression... BUT, I will say that Lamictal has well known antidepressant qualities and we saw it in action firsthand with my husband and difficult child 2. For husband, it really, really helped his mood reactivity. He was very negative and I guess you could say oppositional (more so at home than work, although at work, he was always getting dinged for being argumentative (he called it playing "devil's advocate")). It just really smoothed things out for him. For difficult child 2, it helped him with his emotions -- less crying, emotional instability, etc. I would give it a try because it works a bit differently that the other MS drugs out there. As for the AP switch, can't really offer advice there as to one working any better than the others. I think when one stops working (providing it's being given for the right reasons) you need to consider other options. We've tried Risperdal, Abilify and Zyprexa. difficult child 2 maxed out on Risperdal and we switched to Abilify, which worked for a while. He could not tolerate Zyprexa due to a severe dystonic reaction (and after that, couldn't take any of the AP's, so now he's on Seroquel). I mentioned in an earlier post that we're on drug #16 in 8 years... so you're not alone in having to "sample" a lot of different things before you finally find the right combo for your difficult child. As for uncooperative doctor's offices, you'll probably just have to call yourself and be the squeaky wheel. Maybe give them a deadline? Or perhaps if you can just pick them up yourself and hand deliver them to the new doctor? [/QUOTE]
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