Intuniv - Irritability/depression (Page 4)
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My 11 yr old daughter was diagnosed with ADHD 5 yrs ago. We have still not found the right combination of medicines for her. Impulsive behavior became a major issue for us. Our ped neurologist suggested intuniv. Since she was also battling anxiety, she started zoloft and intunive while stopping stimulants completely. After a few months, we saw behavioral changes and opted to stop the zoloft. The intuniv alone was not enough to control the inattentiveness, so she is now on a stimulant along with the intuniv. Now we are struggling in a major way with her being disrespectful to us, screaming at us and her sisters, and just being plain out rude ugly to everyone. She thinks everyone is against her. When we speak to her in a authoritative tone, she thinks we are screaming at her. She thinks her teachers do not like her....etc, etc, etc. Just tonight, I started wondering if the Intuniv could be causing this type of side effect. I read the side effects online and it does say that it can cause irritability....but it is doing such a great job of controlling the hyperactivity and impulsivity in a way that the stimulant does not (since the stimulant has the crash and burn effect after a certain period of time). I am really stumped!

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It is actually hard to say which medication may be causing the irritability, since they both can cause it. It may even be aggravated, because she is taking both of them.

Have you tried anything else, such as maybe a low dose Benzodiazepine, such as Alprazolam? It is available on tablets as low as 0.25mgs, which are scored, so they can be easily split into an even lower dosage. It is often used to treat anxiety and nervousness, so it may help.

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Has her doctor suggested anything else?

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I have been prescribed zoloft 200mg a day for a little over a year and i have tried other mediations such as prozac, lexapro, celexa..and zoloft works wonderful for me! Ive realized when I didnt have them I would start getting really irrtable, and my anger problems that i forgot i even had came back and just wanted to scream and being nasty to my friends and family..Im 26 years old im a little older so I lost them for a few days and all those feelings came back to me. my psychiatrist even said its a very clean drug and it helps a lot of people..maybe just start with the /50mgs idk, they worked for me..good luck!

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