nose bleeds - ritalin?

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My son had a huge nose bleed that came out of the blue and lasted 9 hours

We had to take him to the hospital, they said most kids stop bleeding with ice and compression and were really quite worried. We were sent on to a larger hospital, where they fixed him up.
My question is can this be related to his medication? (Now ritalin for ADHD, apydan for epilepsy)
His liver was fine - they did blood tests.
His blood pressure was higher than I expected (120/70) and a lot higher than before he started taking meds a year ago. (He is nine and fit)
Has anyone experienced this?

I'm probably overreacting, I know he needs meds. But I'm worried about the impact it may be having on his system. Should I change him from ritalin to stattera?

I just get so worried!

A 9 hour nosebleed sounds pretty bad. What did the doctor say?

My son doesn't take any meds (except allergy meds in spring and fall). He gets regular nosebleeds in dry weather, but they last less than a minute.

Hmm, I never had any nose bleeds when I took it. Even when I snorted it which I wish I hadn't done (don't ask I was a young dumb kid).

LOL - that sounds scary, I won't ask!

The first doctor was worried and took heaps of blood tests.
The second doctor was good at noses, but knew nothing about epilepsy/ADHD. It drives me crazy that all the different doctors deal with their piece of the puzzle (autism/ADHD/epilepsy/nose bleed) but there is no communication between them.
I'm trying to get on to the psychiatrist, to ask whether the nose bleed could be a side effect. He'll probably say no.

I was calm when it all was going on, and so was my son. He was quite heroic!
I'm rattled now - it was scary, and for a while I thought his liver was failing because of the meds . (when he was examined his liver was tender). It's as if every time they check him for something, he's got it, so I seriously started thinking what now? How do we get round this one.
My son has started talking about how unfair it is that he "always" has to go to hospitals, why he got another "sickness" and generally about dying, so he must have been quite scared, too. It makes me sad he had to go through this, too.

I know it was just a nose bleed, I guess I just wanted to tell someone...

Most of what I found was about abuse but I did run into a page where Joanne D. has the same problem.

5 down.

how?

Sorry, not sure what you mean how?

If you mean where I saw it "problem." is a link its the 5th response down.

thanks - "problem" wasn't showing up as a link....

some meds can raise or lower your blood pressure as a secondary side effect of the medicine...........

You're right - the psychiatrist wants me to take his blood pressure this weekend before and after meds. It'll be interesting..