Re: defiant behavior & Strattera

[Guest guest]

Jennie, I am really wondering what is going on with the 10mg of

Strattera. I did a lot of reading about Strattera when we tried it

for my son (made his OCD skyrocket, helped a tiny bit with

hyperactivity, not a good trade-off), and I learned that it is very

important to get the right dose. It should be 2.2 mg. per kilogram,

I think - even getting started at a lower dose, my son started at

18mg., for his weight (about 50 lbs.) the target dose was between 25-

40mg.

A number of the websites I read stressed that doses lower than the

target dose were useless, and that higher doses than recommended

caused side effects like irritability, insomnia, etc. You should

check with your dr. and tactly ask why he isn't prescribing the dose

recommended by the manufacturer, and if it is really doing

anything. It is possible that even the low dose of Strattera is

contributing to your daughter's OCD, since it certainly made my

son's much worse.

We are dealing with defiant behavior in spades, I know how difficult

that it is. I have really seen it wax and wane, like the tics &

OCD, so I know it related to my son's chemistry somehow. I just

wish we could find a drug that helps...this chemical roulette is so

damn frustrating! We are trying drug #4 next week (clonidine).

Have any of you read Rose Wood's " Dysinhibition Syndrome " ? I have

just finished it and have gotten some very good ideas for the school

and our own parenting skills. It is rather unevenly edited, but

compelling and useful.

I'll post more later! My son is home from school with diarrhea

today. Luckily his OCD contamination fears are not a problem so

much now, although we've been through 6 pairs of underwear, two

pairs sweatpants, and several toilet cleanings already this morning,

poor guy. He is sniffing his fingers more but I don't know if that

is a compulsion or a tic.

Sandy

[Guest guest]

Sandy.

Lindsey is a peanut,less then the 3rd percentile in weight,so since we were

seeing some improvment with her ADHD.He wanted to keep her on that low dose.

Jennie