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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 20052" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Hi Gennard....</p><p>Oh goodness....I am so sorry. I can definitely relate - my son was out of control at that age as well, and being solo there were times I thought I could not make it as well - but obviously I did, and you will too!</p><p></p><p>I guess my main advice would be that his medications need to really be looked at, and possibly a hospitalization would be in order to help with that. I found that any anti depressant, and any stimulant like Concerta made my son unbelievably moody - at times so much that he was suicidal. Abilify was also horrible for my son....although it is supposed to be a mood stabilizer, it made his bipolar worse, especially his sleeplessness - and as most doctors will tell you it does have a stimulant in it. Your son is basically on 3 medications that all can increase mania - and if he does have bipolar, then this could be a <strong>big</strong> problem!</p><p></p><p>So I would suggest talking to your Dr and insisting that he do a total wash of medications and starting over - steering clear of anti depressants or stimulants.</p><p>Good luck - you will make it, and your son will get better - you are just in the valley right now but soon you will see the light.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 20052, member: 3301"] Hi Gennard.... Oh goodness....I am so sorry. I can definitely relate - my son was out of control at that age as well, and being solo there were times I thought I could not make it as well - but obviously I did, and you will too! I guess my main advice would be that his medications need to really be looked at, and possibly a hospitalization would be in order to help with that. I found that any anti depressant, and any stimulant like Concerta made my son unbelievably moody - at times so much that he was suicidal. Abilify was also horrible for my son....although it is supposed to be a mood stabilizer, it made his bipolar worse, especially his sleeplessness - and as most doctors will tell you it does have a stimulant in it. Your son is basically on 3 medications that all can increase mania - and if he does have bipolar, then this could be a [b]big[/b] problem! So I would suggest talking to your Dr and insisting that he do a total wash of medications and starting over - steering clear of anti depressants or stimulants. Good luck - you will make it, and your son will get better - you are just in the valley right now but soon you will see the light. [/QUOTE]
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