Post by losingmysanity on Jan 10, 2004 20:53:41 GMT -5
Hi all
not entirely sure what the spelling of it is clonidine? clonodine? anyway the Doctor is thinking of switching my son because he is having some problem with tic's being on ritalin and/or concerta. He is also on risperdal
.75 twice a day
He was just on the one pill of concerta, and the doc asked me to double it to see if would help the tics.
the trouble is that the concerta dose was not high enough and he could not focus/organize thoughts etc
and thought he may be having anxiety about school thus increasing the tics. but day 2 now and last night
he was still awake at 10:30 saying he felt dizzy and could not breath. Tics dont seem much better yet either.
today he had a terrible rage in his bedroom and broke of the door stopper.....
has anyone tried the clonidine? think doc said that it is treatment used for tourettes patients with add, instead of the other way around (add patients that have tics)
I tell you there are days when I dont know how I am going to get thru the rest of my life with this kid. I'm also worried what will become of him. If fear that if he keeps going the way he is, he will have no friends, no wife and end up living on the street.
oh well tommorrow is another day as they say.
thanks
not entirely sure what the spelling of it is clonidine? clonodine? anyway the Doctor is thinking of switching my son because he is having some problem with tic's being on ritalin and/or concerta. He is also on risperdal
.75 twice a day
He was just on the one pill of concerta, and the doc asked me to double it to see if would help the tics.
the trouble is that the concerta dose was not high enough and he could not focus/organize thoughts etc
and thought he may be having anxiety about school thus increasing the tics. but day 2 now and last night
he was still awake at 10:30 saying he felt dizzy and could not breath. Tics dont seem much better yet either.
today he had a terrible rage in his bedroom and broke of the door stopper.....
has anyone tried the clonidine? think doc said that it is treatment used for tourettes patients with add, instead of the other way around (add patients that have tics)
I tell you there are days when I dont know how I am going to get thru the rest of my life with this kid. I'm also worried what will become of him. If fear that if he keeps going the way he is, he will have no friends, no wife and end up living on the street.
oh well tommorrow is another day as they say.
thanks
