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cinder
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Need advice on medicated 3 year old

06/20/05 02:41 PM

My sd is 3 and was put on meds. Dexamphetamine (sp?). It was used as an attempt to stop DH's visitation. BM told judge that sd was aggressive and violent following visits to our home. Judge told BM to take her to see a therapist. She did and they started her on 10 mil a day for a week and mother still complained of behavior/aggression problems (we think to document the "behavior problems") so they upped it to 20 mil a day.

The point is we only saw this behavior when she was with her mother. . .until this weekend. She threw a fit that was beyond anything I have ever witnessed. She kicked, tried to inflict bodily harm, screamed bloody murder and refused to be consoled or corrected (Time out has worked for us in the past with a normal temper tantrum) in any way shape or form. Everyone we know, all of our friends and family have commented that since the meds, she is not the same child. We have seen a HUGE difference. She is not the happy go lucky giggling little girl we knew.

Is it possible that the meds could be causing this behavior? Her sleeping has also changed. She will not sleep until way after midnight. She will not wake up on her own until 10:30 a.m. We used to deal with the midnight thing on Friday by waking her up early Saturday and doing something ie beach, chucky cheese, play ground etc. This weekend she was unbearable, so Sunday we just let her sleep. She woke up happy and pleasant and stayed that way until around 8 p.m.

We are giving her the meds as prescribed even though it is against every fiber of my being. Any advice would be appreciated.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Need advice on medicated 3 year old	cinder	06/20/05 02:41 PM
Re: Need advice on medicated 3 year old	Rebecca5	06/20/05 04:32 PM
Re: Need advice on medicated 3 year old	KiwiGirl	06/20/05 06:51 PM
Re: Need advice on medicated 3 year old	cinder	06/21/05 07:54 AM
Re: Need advice on medicated 3 year old	melaniemiller	06/22/05 11:34 AM
Re: Need advice on medicated 3 year old	Moi	06/20/05 03:48 PM
How horrible!!	Dee78	06/20/05 03:01 PM

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