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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 47699" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>The only way you can know if the medications you've already tried don't work is if she was on them for at least eight weeks, at a therapeutic level, WITHOUT also taking stimulants or an anti-depressant. Both stims and anti-depressants can make it impossible for mood stabilizers to kick in. Also, less than eight weeks long just isn't enough time, and a too-low dose won't work either. It will be the same with Lamictal. That also takes eight weeks at least to kick in and if she's still on Lexapro and the stimulant, she is probably not going to respond the way you like. I can't imagine how hyper she must be on an antidepressant and stimulant. Almost everyone with bipolar has some depression, but anti-depressants can kick bipolars into rageful, aggressive, even psychotic mania. You need to make sure all the mood stabilizers were tried for a long enough period of time, at a high enough dose, and for the adequate length of time or you don't really know if they will help your child or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 47699, member: 1550"] The only way you can know if the medications you've already tried don't work is if she was on them for at least eight weeks, at a therapeutic level, WITHOUT also taking stimulants or an anti-depressant. Both stims and anti-depressants can make it impossible for mood stabilizers to kick in. Also, less than eight weeks long just isn't enough time, and a too-low dose won't work either. It will be the same with Lamictal. That also takes eight weeks at least to kick in and if she's still on Lexapro and the stimulant, she is probably not going to respond the way you like. I can't imagine how hyper she must be on an antidepressant and stimulant. Almost everyone with bipolar has some depression, but anti-depressants can kick bipolars into rageful, aggressive, even psychotic mania. You need to make sure all the mood stabilizers were tried for a long enough period of time, at a high enough dose, and for the adequate length of time or you don't really know if they will help your child or not. [/QUOTE]
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