Re: For those with kids on Tenex

[Guest guest]

my son has been on tenex for a while and quite frankly, havent noticed any

difference in anything. i have mentioned this to dr g and he still wants me to

give it to my son. ho hum....

vicki in los angeles

[Guest guest]

Donna

Dr G had us try it for " hyperness " ...my son could not sit still and

pay attention to story time and is easily distracted, especially at

things like circle time or when there is a lot of language going

on. Also, at 1:1 speech therapy where there are lots of toys and

stuff in the room (and alot of language going on!). Tenex just made

him fall asleep, so we quickly stopped it. (Does anyone if

Straterra is a help for this distactibility thing?)

> Hi Listmates,

>

> My son, 6, is currently taking Famvir, Lamisil, and Zoloft. Dr. G

> wants to try adding Tenex to his " cocktail " to see if it will help

> with his distractibility.

>

> To those who have used Tenex with their children, can you share

your

> experiences? What is the ultimate effect of the drug? Is there

> a " bad " period before the " good " kicks in? How long should I give

it

> before deciding whether or not it is doing any good? Should I be

> concerned about any side-effects related to the lowering of blood

> pressure? Answers to these and any other advice, experiences,

etc.,

> would be greatly appreciated.

>

> TIA,

> Donna

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna,

We have been giving our son the generic form of Tenex for about 4 months now.

Per Dr. Goldberg, this is a blood pressure medication. We are using it to

" calm " him down. He was very hyper before. Since we increased the dosage to

1/4 twice daily, it has helped. (Another person, unrelated to Dr. Goldbeg told

us that Tenex is usually prescribed to children that have " motor ticks " , I don't

know how true this is). Our son didn't have any side effects. By the way, out

son is 5 1/2.

Good luck,

Argie

For those with kids on Tenex

Hi Listmates,

My son, 6, is currently taking Famvir, Lamisil, and Zoloft. Dr. G

wants to try adding Tenex to his " cocktail " to see if it will help

with his distractibility.

To those who have used Tenex with their children, can you share your

experiences? What is the ultimate effect of the drug? Is there

a " bad " period before the " good " kicks in? How long should I give it

before deciding whether or not it is doing any good? Should I be

concerned about any side-effects related to the lowering of blood

pressure? Answers to these and any other advice, experiences, etc.,

would be greatly appreciated.

TIA,

Donna

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[Guest guest]

Thanks to those who responded, and I look forward to reading more.

Right now we are holding off on starting the Tenex because

broke out Saturday with Fifth Disease. THAT was a surprise, let me

tell you!

Dr. G is prescribing the Tenex because has a lot of difficulty

focusing and staying on task, even though he's otherwise quite

alert. My side of the family has low blood pressure and I'm pretty

sure the Tenex will just put him to sleep, but Dr. G wants to try it.

Every time Dr. Goldberg wants to change something in 's regimen,

I get very anxious. Tinkering with SSRI doses, going through a die-

off...it's so nerve-wracking and emotionally draining. I really

appreciate everyone's encouragement and support.

Donna

[Guest guest]

Tyler used to take it but he's not on it anymore. I really didn't see any

problems at all while he was on the med. Dr. G started us out on some tiny

fraction of a dose. I think it was 1/4 or an 1/8th. When we discussed

adding this med to our " cocktail " it was because Ty could be hyper and

really unfocused at times and Dr.G. thought that this might bring him down a

notch. We were also on a small dose of Wellbutrin, Paxil both of which has

worked well for us. The only real negatives we've ever had was an antiviral

change from Valtrex to Famvir early on in our treatments and it was NOT

enjoyable! Needless to say we went back to Valtrex and stayed with it for a

long time. Other than that, the changes we see are noticed over a period of

time, nothing is ever really drastically dramatic.

leslie

-- For those with kids on Tenex

Hi Listmates,

My son, 6, is currently taking Famvir, Lamisil, and Zoloft. Dr. G

wants to try adding Tenex to his " cocktail " to see if it will help

with his distractibility.

To those who have used Tenex with their children, can you share your

experiences? What is the ultimate effect of the drug? Is there

a " bad " period before the " good " kicks in? How long should I give it

before deciding whether or not it is doing any good? Should I be

concerned about any side-effects related to the lowering of blood

pressure? Answers to these and any other advice, experiences, etc.,

would be greatly appreciated.

TIA,

Donna

Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with

the original author(s), and is not necessarily endorsed by or the

opinion of the Research Institute.