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Mom? What's a difficult child?
Well I had a long talk with psychiatrist3 tonight. I had everyday written down and just started reading them off and K's rxn's since starting Tenex!!!
I then explained my fears about trying to treat the ADHD symptoms etc. "I would really like to focus on mood stability"
He actually said "well with a child with K's Bipolar and her severe anxiety..." Prior to this he had never really said it, he said he would treat her as if she was, and take her previous diagnosis's. But I think he realizes what is going on now... I hope.
Anyway he explained his reasoning, he is hesitant to try another AP, due to her Dystonia/movements/weight gain, which has been more than 5% of her body weight. He is very concerned about her Anxiety and feels part of stabilizing her is calming her anxiety, he had used Tenex to help calm kids before. So now he wants to go a couple of days let her calm down a bit and then add the Nuerontin. He acknowledges that this is not the "best" for BiPolar (BP) but it is good for anxiety and with the Lamictal and maybe Nuerontin he is hoping we can stop the Abilify and see some calm for her...
He doesn't want to add an AD, but says maybe, once we get the Lamictal where we really want it. We are going to 175mg now. I think he said he wants to go only to 200mg.
He said he knows this is hard and knows i want her on as few medications as possible... He feels uncontrolled anxiety can send a BiPolar (BP) person out of control even more. Which I have read and I agree with, my anxiety makes my moods much worse!!!
Anyway that is my update, I appreciate any advice or input, thought... :thumb:
I then explained my fears about trying to treat the ADHD symptoms etc. "I would really like to focus on mood stability"
He actually said "well with a child with K's Bipolar and her severe anxiety..." Prior to this he had never really said it, he said he would treat her as if she was, and take her previous diagnosis's. But I think he realizes what is going on now... I hope.
Anyway he explained his reasoning, he is hesitant to try another AP, due to her Dystonia/movements/weight gain, which has been more than 5% of her body weight. He is very concerned about her Anxiety and feels part of stabilizing her is calming her anxiety, he had used Tenex to help calm kids before. So now he wants to go a couple of days let her calm down a bit and then add the Nuerontin. He acknowledges that this is not the "best" for BiPolar (BP) but it is good for anxiety and with the Lamictal and maybe Nuerontin he is hoping we can stop the Abilify and see some calm for her...
He doesn't want to add an AD, but says maybe, once we get the Lamictal where we really want it. We are going to 175mg now. I think he said he wants to go only to 200mg.
He said he knows this is hard and knows i want her on as few medications as possible... He feels uncontrolled anxiety can send a BiPolar (BP) person out of control even more. Which I have read and I agree with, my anxiety makes my moods much worse!!!
Anyway that is my update, I appreciate any advice or input, thought... :thumb: