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Do you think kids with Mental Illness Honeymoon?
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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 107845" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>HI Totoro,</p><p></p><p>I am sorry you having such a rough time with your psychiatrist. </p><p></p><p>My kids can definitely hold it together in some ways with the "outside" world. so I believe that honeymooning is possible. </p><p></p><p>With a child as young as yours, I would definitely question whether the trauma of separation would be worth it. I would have to be convinced that she was really going to get some good attention I guess to put her through a long hospital stay.</p><p>And I think you are right to want to make sure you are dealing with someone well-versed in BiPolar (BP) as that seems to be a big part of what your daughter is suffering from.</p><p></p><p></p><p>My oldest has been on Topamax for quite some time now. He takes 100 mg along with Lamictal. The topamax seems to have helped some of the rapid cycling stuff. We have noticed no ill effects, no appetite loss, no cognitive dulling. It didn't deal with the depression though, which Lamictal has done more to help with. It is a pretty low dose, but he tends to respond at low doses. </p><p></p><p>It didn't do anything for my youngest, except make him more tired and irritable. We saw the effects relatively quickly (couple of days). I would think that if you could try it under good circumstances (not trying other things that would make it difficult to sort out) it might be worth a shot. We titrated up 25 mg at a time (think a week), cause I don't like going up real fast.</p><p></p><p>have a good holiday, remember this is a very hard time for kiddos such as ours...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 107845, member: 2322"] HI Totoro, I am sorry you having such a rough time with your psychiatrist. My kids can definitely hold it together in some ways with the "outside" world. so I believe that honeymooning is possible. With a child as young as yours, I would definitely question whether the trauma of separation would be worth it. I would have to be convinced that she was really going to get some good attention I guess to put her through a long hospital stay. And I think you are right to want to make sure you are dealing with someone well-versed in BiPolar (BP) as that seems to be a big part of what your daughter is suffering from. My oldest has been on Topamax for quite some time now. He takes 100 mg along with Lamictal. The topamax seems to have helped some of the rapid cycling stuff. We have noticed no ill effects, no appetite loss, no cognitive dulling. It didn't deal with the depression though, which Lamictal has done more to help with. It is a pretty low dose, but he tends to respond at low doses. It didn't do anything for my youngest, except make him more tired and irritable. We saw the effects relatively quickly (couple of days). I would think that if you could try it under good circumstances (not trying other things that would make it difficult to sort out) it might be worth a shot. We titrated up 25 mg at a time (think a week), cause I don't like going up real fast. have a good holiday, remember this is a very hard time for kiddos such as ours... [/QUOTE]
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