Multiple Medications for Your Child: What You Need to Know

Is your child being treated with more than one drug for emotional or behavioral issues, like attention deficit, anxiety, or a mood disorder? Approach her treatment with caution and thought. This expert advice shows you how.

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February 1, 2018 at 5:07 pm

Adults can also react unexpectedly to combinations of medications. After my first diagnosis of Adhd following a. Bout of major deepression and a script for Ven Lafaxine, my AP or GP prescribed a combination of Concerta XR and Ami Tryptilene to counteract the sleepless nights i used to have. The purpose of the concerta was to counteract a bad habit of talking often and loudly and without any forethought at choir performances and practices several times a week always in the evening except Sunday mornings and the very occasional Saturday morning. I also moved around a lot in practice though this was frowned upon. The problems occurred when i became agitated or my LFT would show up on Concerta and I would sleep til noon on the amitryptilene. Unable to wake up. .
Ven Lafaxine ( Effexor) for the mood disorder had done a tremendous job of eliminating those symptoms and my RSD.
What it appears i need is a short acting Ritalin or Concerta for choral or other similar activities like committee meetings. While the little card from big pharma for Concerta XR handed out by the Doctor effectively eliminated my copay and deductible my insurer was paying more than 10 times the cost of generic ritalin for a combination of meds that were not nearly replacing my old Caffeine habit. Unfortunately i had replaced that old habit with a litre of decaffe in the morning.