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5 in the morning and at noon and a whole .5mg at night, Zoloft 25mg once a day, focalin 5mg in am, and clonidine 1/2 tab x 2/day and 1 full .1mg at night. He was started on the Zoloft in April of 2006 with the hopes of getting him off of the Klonopin and treating the anxiety however what happened is he became more hyper but with the smaller dose seemed to be more at ease and so was left on half the original does 25mg. We moved to another city and I have a new doctor for him.

He recently had to go to the hospital for a severe bite in the hand. He is currently taking Focalin 5 Mg twice per day for the Hyperactivity and the doctor wants to try Zoloft starting at 12.5 MG this weekend. He has been unsuccessful due to tics, td, and sleep disturbance on med trials of all of the following other meds: Celexa, Prozac, Abilify, Risperdal, Strattera, Vyvanse, Methylin and Adderall. Any thoughts on what direction we should be going with him?

I have been worying a lot lately about the possible consequences of mixing alcohol and medication. From 2006 to mid 2010, I was taking the prescription medications Focalin, Zoloft, and from about 2008-2010, risperdal. What I am owrried about is that I would occasionally drink while I was taking these medicines, even though I knew it wasn't a good idea, I figured nothing bad would happen. My question is is there any risk of brain damage when these specific medications are combined with alcohol ?

hi ok i was put on concerta 36mg about 2 weeks ago and weened off of zoloft 200 mg and put on at the same time 10 now 20 mg of celexa. the first week i was feeling great!! was finally sleeping well, woke up energized and moods were stable. than this week i went down hill. i felt like i was on crack all day!! my brain was foggy, yet overstimulated. couldnt interpret what people were wanting from me. i heard them but just panic mode set in.

WELL 2 WKS AGO THEY SWITCHED HER TO 50MG VYVANCE 150MG OF ZOLOFT AND 10MG RISPERDALE. #1 I FOUND OUT YOU CANT MIX ZOLOFT AND VYVANCE, AND VYVANCE ALONE MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU R ON COCAINE. KEEP IN MIND SHE IS 7 AND WEIGHS 50LBS. SHE USE TO BE CHUNKY NOT NO MORE. FINALLY I SEEN THE LIGHT AFTER WE STARTED GOING THREW GOD AWFUL MOOD SWINGS AND AGRESSIVNESS AND RAGES.

The first is Provigil, but it is contraindicated with mitral valve prolapse. The other 2 are Focalin and Desoxyn. Although Desoxyn is supposed to have the best CNS vs PNS activity, I can just imagine the song and dance I'd have to go through to get someone to prescribe it. So, I'm considering Focalin.

He is extremely bossy, whines and basically has meltdowns all the time if he does not get his way.. He will NOT listen most of the time.. His tantrums get worse and worse.. We tried Focalin XR 5mg and we saw basically no results.. The Psychiatrist now suggested Risperdal .2 mg(very low) 2x per day.. I read everything I can find on the drug.The Dr. says it is now being used for mood disorders.. He is calling it Mood dysfunction or something.. He is not bipolar,..

I can see this since we placed him on Zoloft for the OCD things have improved somewhat. I feel so bad for him becuase our personalities are so different. I am very melow and laid back but also Type A. He is constantly getting into trouble over little things at school almost daily. He also makes me very frazzled throughout the day. I feel like I am constantly reminding him on things he should no not to do. Then ten minutes later having to remind him again. It is like he does not get it.

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The final medication we stopped with Concerta, which made me very angry all the time, caused violent actions against my family, made me gain wait, and gave me severe dark circles under my eyes, and also gave me severe depression. I went off of all medications for about a year, and then another doctor put me on Zoloft for the depression.

Over the years I have tried a different array of medications including abilify 2mg, focalin 10mg, lamictal 300mg, pristiq 50mg, invega 3mg, lorazepam .5mg, nirivam .5mg (same category as xanax), cymbalta 20mg, risperidone .25mg, and zoloft 50mg. I finally started dieting about 5 months ago and I have successfully lost 33 pounds so far. I thought that would help a lot with the anxiety, but alas, it has not.

Zoloft, Lexapro, Paxil, and Paxil CR (all while on the Alprazolam). 7. Switched Doctors 8. New Doctor got me off the Xanax and Lexapro and onto Wellbutrin 300mg XL. 9. Wellbutrin started to feel as though it was wearing off mid day. 10. Doctor thought there may be ADD involved and tried me on 18mg Straterra with the Wellbutrin. THIS DID NOT WORK. HAD A MAJOR REACTION. 11. Referred to Specialist who thinks it's ADD as well. 12. Taken off Wellbutrin XL and put onto Focalin XL and Clonazepam 13.

We have tried every ADHD/ADD med that is out there nothing seems to work. She is currently on Depakote, Seroquel, Clonodine, Focalin, and Zoloft. We have been to a neurologist and everything came back great. She was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital for children and we did not get any answers there either. They think she may be bipolar but they say she is too young to diagnose.

2 WKS AGO SHE GOT PUT ON VYVANCE I CALLED THE DR THIS MORING AND PRETTY WELL TOLD HIM TO STICK IT CAUSE WE WERE GETTING AWFUL RESULTS SHE WAS LASHING OUT HATEFUL AGRESSIVE AND JUST OUT OF CONTROL, I COULDNT TAKE IT NO MORE SO I TOOK HER OFF THIS MORNING AND WE ARE WAITING TO SEE THE RESULTS. ACTUALLY SHE WAS ON ZOLOFT AND RISPERDALE AND THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD SO WE TOOK HER OFF ALL THE MEDS TODAY.

Right before this clear fluid thing started, I began a very low dose of Focalin for adult adhd (it's an extended-release Ritalin (stimulant)), and I also take Zoloft 100 mg every day, but that's it for any type of medication. Since I've been on the Focalin - actually now it's been switched to low-dose Vyvanse (20 mg) - I've found I sweat more and my face has broken out intermittently, also leading me to wonder about hormones.

I am presented with zoloft as and option at our next 15min session. This is an antidepressant that treats OCD because it seems all they use for OCD currently is antidepressants. I kind of like my OCD (intrusive images and the need to prove myself are a mildly irritating). My frustration spawned off a good number of questions on zoloft and I have to say there were a lot of i dunnos in there as responses.

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