[tri-med] Strattera

Hi All :o)
Today is Devon's first day on  one 18mg Strattera. Joe and I have been
reading up on it and as usual we're worried but hopeful :o( It has the same
possible side effects as just about anything we've looked at.heck.even the
same ones as the meds I take! Joe's lost sleep worrying about him.but then
when he talked to me about it the next day he said that "we're pretty good
at recognizing the signs when he's not feeling well, when he's going to toss
his cookies, when he gets unsteadi-ER." the only thing we're worried about
is if he gets a headache.how will we figure that one out?? I figure he'll
get fussy.and maybe quieter.maybe he'll even lay down??? I don't know how to
teach him to show us when he has a headache.how to explain to him what a
headache is??? The Strattera is not supposed to knock him out.it's NOT a
stimulant.and it's supposed to have a calming effect and help with issues
like aggression, etc.

The instructions we have are to give him ONE 18mg Strattera every morning
for 2 weeks. Then up it to TWO 18mg Strattera  every morning for 2 weeks. IF
we like what we're seeing after the second dosage increase.we can hold at
36mg every morning.if not.we're to increase it another 18mg. Obviously.when
we get to a therapeutic dosage, we'll get a script for the proper dosage so
he only has to swallow ONE capsule.

If anyone has some experience with Strattera, we'd like to hear from you :o)
Otherwise.just please send up a small prayer that we'll find the answers for
our silly man, Devon :o)

As a little post script.I gave him his first pill a little less than an hour
ago and he's not asleep with his head drooping or staggering around like a
zombie like what happened with his first dose of Chlonidine (and that was
only HALF of the smallest dose) !!! That's something :o) But we don't expect
to see any real changes for over a week. Hopefully they'll be positive
things????

Take care.

 

Love,

Penny...loving & devoted wife to Joe, the best husband in the world...mom to
Nick (16 yrs old...lover of Fishing, Dragons, Turtles, Blue Collar Comedy
Tour, RollerCoasters, Chocolate Icecream w/ Ovaltine sprinkles, Devon (11
yrs...lover of Barney, Blue, Nappy ol' Bear w/dreadlocks, Elmo, & food in
general. Full trisomy 13 w/balanced translocation 5 and 13) , and Trooper
the Wonder Dog...our 10? year old yellow lab adopted from FL Lab Rescue
12/13/02 :o) Please visit the webpage my wonderful friend Karen made for me
on our trisomy listserv at:

http://www.trisomyonline.org/victor.html      

AND...Devon's moment of glory in Exceptional Parent Magazine...

http://www.eparent.com/familiarfaces/ffaces_4_01.htm

AND...see our Trooper on FL Lab Rescue's website at:

http://www.labradorrescue.net/success/index.html (Look for the name Trooper)
AND :o) http://livingwithtrisomy13.org/album9.htm

AND http://web.coehs.siu.edu/Grants/TRIS/

"Those who matter don't judge me .... those who judge me don't matter."

 



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