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<blockquote data-quote="dee.fla" data-source="post: 181680" data-attributes="member: 5692"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: blue"><strong>A little info. Chey is my bio grandaughter/adopted daughter. I have 5 kids, all bipolar. Some with ODD mixed in and one with Aspergers mixed in. Chey was diagnosis ADHD/disruptive behavior disorder at age 3. I always knew this was not the correct diagnosis. She is bipolar and ODD. She is now 9, almost 10 and in the last year we have seen very clear rapid cycling with mixed states about every 3 months and each one is getting more intense then the last. This weekend she snuck out her bedroom window and one of my 19 yo chased her on foot and I went after her in the car. She ran about 10 blocks full blast and the only way I caught her was she couldn't run anymore. This was after a meltdown at the pharmacy as she couldn't get a candy bar. The next day she took scissors to her bangs...great look with school starting in 2 weeks. Then she told us the next day that she wanted to go live with Terry.(Terry is our oldest son...he passed away almost 5 years ago and she does know where she is.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: blue"><strong>We have gone through all the medication changes with ADHD and each time it worked for a few days and then the mania would start. I would get so ticked off as I told them over and over that she is not ADHD. She could have it also but the medications do not mix with bipolar. She has taken risperdal and Clonidine since she was 3, at age 5 they added Abilify and it worked great. Then the insurance company decided that the Abilify and risperdal could not be mixed. We tried one alone and neither worked but they do together. As of yesterday her risperdal was increased to 1mg am and 1mg pm and 250 mg Depakote at night. She had a much better day today. The Depakote will increase in 7 days to another 250 mg in the morning. I just get tired of playing the medication game and these kids are treated like guinea pigs.</strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dee.fla, post: 181680, member: 5692"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=blue][B]A little info. Chey is my bio grandaughter/adopted daughter. I have 5 kids, all bipolar. Some with ODD mixed in and one with Aspergers mixed in. Chey was diagnosis ADHD/disruptive behavior disorder at age 3. I always knew this was not the correct diagnosis. She is bipolar and ODD. She is now 9, almost 10 and in the last year we have seen very clear rapid cycling with mixed states about every 3 months and each one is getting more intense then the last. This weekend she snuck out her bedroom window and one of my 19 yo chased her on foot and I went after her in the car. She ran about 10 blocks full blast and the only way I caught her was she couldn't run anymore. This was after a meltdown at the pharmacy as she couldn't get a candy bar. The next day she took scissors to her bangs...great look with school starting in 2 weeks. Then she told us the next day that she wanted to go live with Terry.(Terry is our oldest son...he passed away almost 5 years ago and she does know where she is.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=blue][B]We have gone through all the medication changes with ADHD and each time it worked for a few days and then the mania would start. I would get so ticked off as I told them over and over that she is not ADHD. She could have it also but the medications do not mix with bipolar. She has taken risperdal and Clonidine since she was 3, at age 5 they added Abilify and it worked great. Then the insurance company decided that the Abilify and risperdal could not be mixed. We tried one alone and neither worked but they do together. As of yesterday her risperdal was increased to 1mg am and 1mg pm and 250 mg Depakote at night. She had a much better day today. The Depakote will increase in 7 days to another 250 mg in the morning. I just get tired of playing the medication game and these kids are treated like guinea pigs.[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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