So difficult child has tics...and I use that word loosely because there is no other word to describe it. Pre-medications he would hum CONSTANTLY and tap CONSTANTLY and you could tell some of the time he'd do it on purpose.
After diagnosis of ADHD the humming has subsided as the tapping to some extent BUT...now he makes this grunt kind of noise with his throat, he hits his hip CONSTANTLY, last week he started with a "puh" sound at random times and last night it was some nasal noise.
He's also had a stutter but that has disappeared after about 2 weeks.
Now, when you ASK him nicely to stop and he's in a good mood, he can and he will. His math teacher says he does make noises in math but even SHE'S pretty sure it's to **** off his table mates.
The MD said that some of these drugs bring out the tics that he's already had. In other words the medications aren't CAUSING the tics, he probably always had them but the medications just make them way more apparent.
I am convinced that they are done on purpose. He's that kind of kid. If he can find something that really gets under my skin, he will. If he knows there is a reward for being quiet during book time, he can keep all of that under control. However this gets ridiculous because the other two are quiet during book time with NO motivators but don't see it as fair that difficult child gets rewards for being quiet and truthfully I can understand that.
So here's the question...(oh and he's on Concerta 27mg and risperdal 1 mg daily) do you all have any experience with tics becoming more apparent with certain medications? How do you deal with the tics? How do I know if they are medication related or just to get under everyone's skin (even the younger two get irritated with him at book time cuz sometimes he does it so loud it's hard to hear me reading to them).
we see his psychiatrist on Wednesday so I'll be taking this up with her. Personally, I don't see any difference in the ADHD or the mood but school does so that's what the docs are kind of going on. He has stopped hitting and kicking me, but I'm not sure if that's the drugs or the threat of going to the hospital as a psychiatric emergency which I have been told by the psychiatrist to do.
Thanks all
After diagnosis of ADHD the humming has subsided as the tapping to some extent BUT...now he makes this grunt kind of noise with his throat, he hits his hip CONSTANTLY, last week he started with a "puh" sound at random times and last night it was some nasal noise.
He's also had a stutter but that has disappeared after about 2 weeks.
Now, when you ASK him nicely to stop and he's in a good mood, he can and he will. His math teacher says he does make noises in math but even SHE'S pretty sure it's to **** off his table mates.
The MD said that some of these drugs bring out the tics that he's already had. In other words the medications aren't CAUSING the tics, he probably always had them but the medications just make them way more apparent.
I am convinced that they are done on purpose. He's that kind of kid. If he can find something that really gets under my skin, he will. If he knows there is a reward for being quiet during book time, he can keep all of that under control. However this gets ridiculous because the other two are quiet during book time with NO motivators but don't see it as fair that difficult child gets rewards for being quiet and truthfully I can understand that.
So here's the question...(oh and he's on Concerta 27mg and risperdal 1 mg daily) do you all have any experience with tics becoming more apparent with certain medications? How do you deal with the tics? How do I know if they are medication related or just to get under everyone's skin (even the younger two get irritated with him at book time cuz sometimes he does it so loud it's hard to hear me reading to them).
we see his psychiatrist on Wednesday so I'll be taking this up with her. Personally, I don't see any difference in the ADHD or the mood but school does so that's what the docs are kind of going on. He has stopped hitting and kicking me, but I'm not sure if that's the drugs or the threat of going to the hospital as a psychiatric emergency which I have been told by the psychiatrist to do.
Thanks all