Hyperactivity and PANDAS

[Worried_Dad]

Interestingly, since the mega-dose augmentin has allowed our son to shed so many OCD behaviors, his hyperactivity has increased (or maybe just become more visible). Not terrible, but he has trouble sitting still for any length of time and says he has to do "multiple things at once" or he's bored.

 

I often wonder these days if that's why Beth Maloney said that Sammy benefited from Strattera after his OCD began to improve?

[MomWithOCDSon]

Interestingly, since the mega-dose augmentin has allowed our son to shed so many OCD behaviors, his hyperactivity has increased (or maybe just become more visible). Not terrible, but he has trouble sitting still for any length of time and says he has to do "multiple things at once" or he's bored.

 

I often wonder these days if that's why Beth Maloney said that Sammy benefited from Strattera after his OCD began to improve?

 

 

And I just checked with Beth last week after she and Sammy appeared on the Bonnie Hunt Show. She said Sammy still takes a low dose of Straterra.

 

For what it's worth, our son is now on Week 3 of a low dose of Intuniv, another non-stimulant ADHD medication. Prior to it, though his OCD behaviors have been on the wane (thank you, Augmentin!), he was reporting trouble sitting in his desk in school, needing to get up and walk around constantly, impulsively making wisecracks during class, etc. He even described it once as "needing to crawl out of his skin." The Intuniv seems to have taken care of all of that, on top of which, his focus is improved with regard to schoolwork and homework.