Posted by dde on November 18, 2002, at 19:40:41
In reply to Re: Effexor XR and ADD/ADHD?, posted by bridgette_31 on November 18, 2002, at 15:01:36
So, yet another parent who questions the use of an anti-depressant for the use on ADHD. Our experience was just as you say: giving him more and more of the effexor xr increased his depression, so much so that he took his life. Some major research needs to be done before they start just handing this stuff out to kids who are ADHD, kids with ADHD and symptoms of depression and ADHD and kids who are bi-polar. This would require some one on one time with the doctor, which my son had only 10 minutes of. Please, people, make sure the doctor REALLY KNOWS the child before putting them on numerous medications. The child's life could be at stake. Please forgive my grieving, I am moving into the angry stage, and it may appear that I am anti doctor. That is not the case, I just think the doctor should have spent more time getting to know my son before arbitrarily prescribing medication and never following up on him, but allowing his nurse to do the followups! This nurse actually had the gall to tell me that their clinic had done extensive research on children and found it to be best for kids with ADHD! She never even addressed the depression that we went there to address! Best regards, dde
> Both of my children have been diagnosed ADHD and take Adderall. An ADHD person's reaction to stimulants is the opposite of a person who is not AdHD. Giving an ADHD person an antidepressant for instance would actually increase depression. A stimulant for them actually is calming. I can't imagine an ADHD person being given antidepressants!! I give my kids caffeine and they take a nap.
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