Thursday, December 3, 2009

Dee Dee's Meds

About a month ago, we took Dee Dee off her Adderall and since then we have seen a huge imporvement in her.  She is no longer "comatose" for most of her day.  She is chattering, and happy, and giggly, and is making jokes and just generally acting more like a 6 yr old.
But, she has also been acting out more, stealing more, and not listening!!  So we started on Respiridril (yeah, ok, cant spell that!!) and im seeing some of her negative behaviors lessen, which is good.... but we are still seeing a lot of the defiant behaviors.  So... I guess we havent found the right med yet, but this one is TONS better than the Adderall.

Question... what can cause shaking in kids, and a "jerking" motion at random times?  She is on clonidine, and depakote, as well as the respiridril.  When I called the doctor, he said none of those should be causing a lot of jerking, and we would have to wait until our appt on the 18th to talk about what it could be.  So, in the meantime, Im trying to figure out what else, besides meds, can cause it.  Its happeneing a lot.  Sometimes, I have identified that it happens when she is getting in trouble, or is caught doing something wrong, and sometimes, nothing is happening, its calm and peaceful and she shakes.  To clarify, these are not seizure shakes... just a jerking of her hands or a small jerk of her body.  Its like when you get a chill or something.

Id love some advice, or any experiences you have had with this!!
Thanks! :o)

2 comments:

  1. No expert here.. Will be praying for a right mix of healing to help you all out!

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  2. Seizures can present in many different ways. Check out rage seizures. I am surprised to read she is talking respidol and clonadine, along with the depakote. For us it was either respidol or clonadine. Our guy had adverse reactions on the cloandaine. What does of depakote is she taking? Lil man takes 250 mg ER, twice a day. Along with 1.5mg of respidol before bed to help him sleep. He also takes 25 mg of streterra. (sorry for all the spelling mistakes LOL)

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