Re: jennifer-meds effecting eating -suggestions

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Sheryl

Call the doctor and tell him Dakoda is having a bad reaction to the

medication. If he is a good doctor, he will tell you to stop the meds

immediately and see how his behaviour is after that. If it is the drug, his

behaviour will bounce back immediately. Then, you'll need to find another

medication or a different dose. Sometimes a smaller dose of the same

medicine, until the body adjusts is what is needed.

My son did a double blind study on Ritalin several years ago and I will

never forget it. When he was on the full dose of Ritalin, he became paranoid

(thought every one was staring at him and would break out into hysterical

crying for no reason; he would sit in the living room in a trance and

refused to eat ANYTHING.) I was flipped, and so thankful that experiment

only lasted 7 days. And then he bounced back.

There is no benefit to Dakoda if he is feeling so weird that he is acting

up. Call the doctor tomorrow.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Debby

jennifer-meds effecting eating -suggestions

> hi jennifer, Neurologist put Dakoda on aderral for ocd , since i refused

> stattera, yesterday. I keep wondering if its transitional adjustment or

> what , but for three hours hes non-stop cryng and hasnt eaten but maybe

> 300 cals today. not good since he was losing weight fast/ Do you know if

> what Dr. H usually does for this, I can't see keeping him on aderral if

> its going to do this, it's like he changed from sweet boy to monster. also

> woke up sweating even thought put starch in his food last night. shirt was

> very wet but only trace of ketone. so fed him immdtly but didnt eat hardly

> anything , since tryng to feed and refuses to eat. I know ocd is problem

> for the teachers but we have tried several drugs for it and seem like

> nothing helps. Would appreciate any help , at wits end on this.

> Sheryl , Dakoda mom , now 30.6 lbs 3.5in

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Thank you for help, I did stop drug tonight , I can't see him going through

that. I'm going to call Dr. tmrw morning , It's like they keep tryng different

meds and all have adverse effect on him. been on tegretol, baclofen, valvoric

acid and now this , I'm at my wits end , the thing is the ocd doesnt seem that

bad to me , but the teachers are syng his constant lights on and off , doors

open and shut so many times is distracting to other students . wait until they

discover he is now obsessed with band-aids , tape and stickers. He just started

this one. I'll let you know what they say.

Sheryl

" Debby B. " wrote:

Sheryl

Call the doctor and tell him Dakoda is having a bad reaction to the

medication. If he is a good doctor, he will tell you to stop the meds

immediately and see how his behaviour is after that. If it is the drug, his

behaviour will bounce back immediately. Then, you'll need to find another

medication or a different dose. Sometimes a smaller dose of the same

medicine, until the body adjusts is what is needed.

My son did a double blind study on Ritalin several years ago and I will

never forget it. When he was on the full dose of Ritalin, he became paranoid

(thought every one was staring at him and would break out into hysterical

crying for no reason; he would sit in the living room in a trance and

refused to eat ANYTHING.) I was flipped, and so thankful that experiment

only lasted 7 days. And then he bounced back.

There is no benefit to Dakoda if he is feeling so weird that he is acting

up. Call the doctor tomorrow.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Debby

jennifer-meds effecting eating -suggestions

> hi jennifer, Neurologist put Dakoda on aderral for ocd , since i refused

> stattera, yesterday. I keep wondering if its transitional adjustment or

> what , but for three hours hes non-stop cryng and hasnt eaten but maybe

> 300 cals today. not good since he was losing weight fast/ Do you know if

> what Dr. H usually does for this, I can't see keeping him on aderral if

> its going to do this, it's like he changed from sweet boy to monster. also

> woke up sweating even thought put starch in his food last night. shirt was

> very wet but only trace of ketone. so fed him immdtly but didnt eat hardly

> anything , since tryng to feed and refuses to eat. I know ocd is problem

> for the teachers but we have tried several drugs for it and seem like

> nothing helps. Would appreciate any help , at wits end on this.

> Sheryl , Dakoda mom , now 30.6 lbs 3.5in

>

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Sheryl,

Coby is on Zoloft for his ocd behaviors. I'm like you, I don't feel

that Coby's are that bad, but they do interfer with his imaginary

play and the way he plays with other kids. Anyways, I have liked

the Zoloft so far. It has helped with is obsessions and I can draw

him away from things that he has fixed on now and I don't notice it

affecting his personality in any way. Zoloft has a side effect of

causing some weight gain, but not enough. Dr. H wants us to switch

to risperadone or get the Zoloft dose adjusted and then restart the

periactin. Coby didn't do so well on periactin this last time. He

is becoming very hyper and the periactin made it worse, but if he

needs it to gain weight then I guess we will have to deal with the

behavior for the time being.

Be sure to keep us updated. Or you can e-mail my privately at

greyeyedcutie @ yahoo.com (no spaces)

le, mom to:

Shye 10, Brock 8, and Coby (rss) & Carlee 2 yr old twins

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Hi Sheryl,

was diagnosed as either PDD or PDD like symptoms which is very

similar to OCD. Our doctor prescribed risperadal which happens to

also work as an appetite STIMULANT. I also have cousins on

risperadal for straight OCD. You may want to look into this.

Judith, Steve, (RSS) and (non RSS) 5 year old twins

> hi jennifer, Neurologist put Dakoda on aderral for ocd , since i

refused stattera, yesterday. I keep wondering if its transitional

adjustment or what , but for three hours hes non-stop cryng and

hasnt eaten but maybe 300 cals today. not good since he was losing

weight fast/ Do you know if what Dr. H usually does for this, I

can't see keeping him on aderral if its going to do this, it's like

he changed from sweet boy to monster. also woke up sweating even

thought put starch in his food last night. shirt was very wet but

only trace of ketone. so fed him immdtly but didnt eat hardly

anything , since tryng to feed and refuses to eat. I know ocd is

problem for the teachers but we have tried several drugs for it and

seem like nothing helps. Would appreciate any help , at wits end on

this.

> Sheryl , Dakoda mom , now 30.6 lbs 3.5in

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