Atomoxetine Health Feed

Attentrol 18 mg is not prescribed for 8 years old child, Atomoxetine may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or actions in children and teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). Talk with the patient's doctor to be sure that the benefits of using atomoxetine outweigh the risks. Families and caregivers must closely watch patients who take atomoxetine. It is important to keep in close contact with the patient's doctor. Tell the doctor right away if the patient has symptoms...more

You need to discuss this with your psychiatrist.
Atomoxetine doesn't help every patient of adhd (although, it very effective in some).
Get your diagnosis revised, if its really adhd, you can discuss option of stimulants with your psychiatrist.

It should be avoided if symptoms are not too severe till the age of 6 years as it can cause growth spurt. Meanwhile you can try some psychological techniques like parent skill training for adhd (read it on google).

In practice it is seen that effect of Attentrol 10 prescribed for children improve with more time and may take many months or years

It's really a bad thing,,yes prognosis is not good in this type of cases,,but by proper homoeopathic treatment it can be done,, atlst by proper homoeopathic treatment further progress can be restricted,, atlst u can try for this,, because there is no treatment available for this

Dosage needs to be prescribed after clinical examination and also take tablet folvite 2.5mg once a day for lifetime

Hi.
If is child is diagnosed with adhd after psychological evaluation.
Then usually the recommendation is to give behavioral therapy before 6 years of age first and then try medications if adhd is severe.
And I feel better to start with small dose may be 5 or 10 mg morning and gradually increase over 4-8 weeks if required.
Consultant pediatric neurologist bangalore.

Do not stop the medication abruptly. It will have bad withdrawal symptoms. With the advise of Dr. Step by step reduce the medicine. You may tell your complaints mentioned here to Dr. Too. Meanwhile, please start doing yoga, and go for cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety. Yoga, meditation and therapies work out beautifully to come out of this situation. All the best.

We can not deny that her problem may be worsening day by day but it is also something that we can not guess without actual examining her. Grinding teeth at the age of 6 is normal since her masticatory/ chewing forces are increasing towards more complex diet by the help of eruption of permanent tooth. But other features denotes cerebral disease which must be exclusively examined and appropriately treated by a neurophysician or psychiatrist. Kindly follow first hand information/opinion from them.

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