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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 194752" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Sorry you're having to deal with ex and his problems on top of trying to help difficult child.</p><p> </p><p>I have to admit, thorazine caught me way off guard. thank you was on it during the worst of the bad old days but only as a prn medication. I can't tell you what dose he was on but on the 1 or 2 times I actually got him to take it, it knocked him out cold (maybe it was a higher dose?). </p><p> </p><p>Do you feel confident in this psychiatrist's understanding of difficult child? Do you think psychiatrist is competent? I'm *not* questioning his/her competence at all. It's just that when you're trying to find the right medication for your kid, it really boils down to faith in the psychiatrist's ability and how much you trust him/her. In my experience, medication management has little to do with science (because how an individual child will respond to any given medication is really unpredictable) and a whole lot to do with art. There have been a couple of psychiatrists who I trusted completely and did not question the choices they made when it came to thank you's medications. There have been others who I quizzed quite thoroughly after doing extensive research on my own before I let them change medications.</p><p> </p><p>I don't know. Ten plus years into medications with thank you, I'd personally wonder why a mood stabilizer (tegretol, lithium, depakote, or even Topamax) isn't being tried first, or another atypical antipsychotic like Risperdal or Zyprexa... but I'm finding it really hard to be objective. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> If the logic and reasoning behind this choice makes sense to you and you have faith in the psychiatrist then follow your gut. </p><p> </p><p>If you're worried about the medication, definitely talk with psychiatrist about it more and/or maybe seek out a second opinion? </p><p> </p><p>Sorry - finding the right combo to stabilize our kids so they can start working on self-control and self-monitoring has always seemed like pharmacologic roulette to me. It's very scary as a parent to have to make these decisions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 194752, member: 8"] Sorry you're having to deal with ex and his problems on top of trying to help difficult child. I have to admit, thorazine caught me way off guard. thank you was on it during the worst of the bad old days but only as a prn medication. I can't tell you what dose he was on but on the 1 or 2 times I actually got him to take it, it knocked him out cold (maybe it was a higher dose?). Do you feel confident in this psychiatrist's understanding of difficult child? Do you think psychiatrist is competent? I'm *not* questioning his/her competence at all. It's just that when you're trying to find the right medication for your kid, it really boils down to faith in the psychiatrist's ability and how much you trust him/her. In my experience, medication management has little to do with science (because how an individual child will respond to any given medication is really unpredictable) and a whole lot to do with art. There have been a couple of psychiatrists who I trusted completely and did not question the choices they made when it came to thank you's medications. There have been others who I quizzed quite thoroughly after doing extensive research on my own before I let them change medications. I don't know. Ten plus years into medications with thank you, I'd personally wonder why a mood stabilizer (tegretol, lithium, depakote, or even Topamax) isn't being tried first, or another atypical antipsychotic like Risperdal or Zyprexa... but I'm finding it really hard to be objective. ;) If the logic and reasoning behind this choice makes sense to you and you have faith in the psychiatrist then follow your gut. If you're worried about the medication, definitely talk with psychiatrist about it more and/or maybe seek out a second opinion? Sorry - finding the right combo to stabilize our kids so they can start working on self-control and self-monitoring has always seemed like pharmacologic roulette to me. It's very scary as a parent to have to make these decisions. [/QUOTE]
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