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<blockquote data-quote="Calgon_Take_Me_Away" data-source="post: 188707" data-attributes="member: 5645"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I wanted to chime in and say WELCOME! I've been on my own hiatus for the past couple weeks.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I'll start by saying, are you sure you aren't raising my child 3 yrs ago? I can so empathize with what you're going through.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Before doing medication changes in Sept 2007, we did thyroid and food allergy testing. Both came back normal so we switched medications.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Stimulant went from Adderall XR to Concerta. Dropped the Abilify. Added Depakote! Let me tell you, Depakote (from what I see) helped in 2 ways: he stopped thrashing about during sleep (hitting, kicking, yelling, growling, teeth grinding) and his rages stopped completely (rages that were full blown restraint needed). </span><span style="font-size: 15px">He gets Depakote levels tested every 3 months. Currently he's on 625 mg with- levels of 84 in July. At 500 mg his level was 64. They use a butterfly needle and it's virtually painless for difficult child.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">He's now on Vyvanse instead of Concerta.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calgon_Take_Me_Away, post: 188707, member: 5645"] [SIZE=4]I wanted to chime in and say WELCOME! I've been on my own hiatus for the past couple weeks.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]I'll start by saying, are you sure you aren't raising my child 3 yrs ago? I can so empathize with what you're going through.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Before doing medication changes in Sept 2007, we did thyroid and food allergy testing. Both came back normal so we switched medications.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Stimulant went from Adderall XR to Concerta. Dropped the Abilify. Added Depakote! Let me tell you, Depakote (from what I see) helped in 2 ways: he stopped thrashing about during sleep (hitting, kicking, yelling, growling, teeth grinding) and his rages stopped completely (rages that were full blown restraint needed). [/SIZE][SIZE=4]He gets Depakote levels tested every 3 months. Currently he's on 625 mg with- levels of 84 in July. At 500 mg his level was 64. They use a butterfly needle and it's virtually painless for difficult child.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]He's now on Vyvanse instead of Concerta.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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