Just a note that we have found that the
XR and ER versions of psychiatric drugs do seem to make a difference in the length of time our child stays "stable" throughout the day. If your doc hasn't changed your child's
meds over to the long-acting version, you may want to ask.
My son was prescribed Depakote ER, but can't swallow a pill to save his life so he has to have the sprinkles. As soon as he's able to swallow pills we will switch him over.
ReplyDeleteWhile I have found Lithium ER to be more effective than regular form of the mood stabilizer for me, I feel the need to say that with other XR drugs that was not the case. When I was in the hospital, they gave me Serequel XR, instead of the normal release which I had been taken that was working for its intended use, psychosis; but they wanted to change and up for mood purposes. To make this short, the drug made me drowsy (which normal Serequel barely had), hungry (once again, other had not), my psychosis came back a little, and my mood did not improve until they upped the dosage of my Lithium. When I got back home, I switched back to regular release and my psychosis ran away with its tail between its legs. I could stay awake, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm not the only one with that reaction to Serequel XR. In fact, others have been more extreme. Such as Celia's daughter Liza' experience with it (http://licoriceroot.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/warning-do-not-try-a-new-medication-on-a-week-day/, http://licoriceroot.wordpress.com/2010/05/page/2/, http://licoriceroot.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/seroquel-versus-seroquel-xr-mommy-the-medical-detective/). I know that a lot of the medicines work better as XR, it should be noted that is not always true.
With Love;
Erika
Thank you Erika for sharing your experience with Seroquel XR. I know that not everyone responds the same way to every drug, which is why I put "almost" always instead of always, because everyone's body chemistry is different, and what works for one person may not work at all for another. Geodon was horrible for Caroline, as was Depakote. I am glad you chimed in!
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