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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 104657" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Well..........I guess I am going to be the one that is going to err on the side of non-manipulation......but quite possibly BiPolar (BP). Mania can take all forms, but stealing is one classic symptom. The day that my difficult child, age 12, went on Lithium, his stealing stopped & his frantic rages stopped. That was when I knew that our suspicions were correct. Now at 17 he is still on Lithium, and although it takes the edge off of his illness - the older he gets I can see the bi-polar forming itself into a more tangible illness. Staying up all night, and then sleeping too much (mania-depression); talking with that pressed speech when he is manic; having a grandiose image of himself and how he interfaces with reality; the random disorganization of his thoughts. BiPolar (BP) is not the only thing Matthew has going against him - and Lithium has only taken the edge off - but I can safely say that without the Lithium he would literally be off the deep end.</p><p></p><p>Star, I would encourage, motivate, and do what you can to get Dude into a psychiatrist visit and see what they suggest. This is the age that BiPolar (BP) starts to really take on a form, and maybe Dude is able to feel it, literally, for the first time. Perhaps someone else also planted the idea, but he has to have a reason for taking the idea, and mulling it over, rather than rejecting it. It sounds like he really is trying to do some self reflection. Even if he is wrong, and it is not BiPolar (BP), at least he is searching for answers, and that should be honored by getting him to see a psychiatrist for another evaluation.</p><p></p><p>As far as Lithium goes, this was the only medication we had very few side effects from. Whatever the doctor suggests, do not start an anti-depressant - never, ever - this will undoubtedly throw him into a hyped up state, and we do not need that! Lithium is the only medication that has been around, actually since the late 1900's when people would go and bathe in the hot salt baths, and somehow, miracously feel better. Then in the 50's I believe, it was re-discovered, and put into a pill form, and used very successfully to treat everything from deep depression, to manic-depression. It has an interesting history.</p><p></p><p>Here is a blurb about it for those who are interested:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000099">While Swedish student Johan Arvedson has been credited for the discovery of lithium in 1817, the role of lithium has been suspected for ages, possibly in Southern Egypt before the Birth of Christ.</p><p></p><p>Lithium Carbonate was first discovered as treatment for Mania in 1948 by Australian Psychiatrist John F. Cade. After Mr. Cade's initial report , Lithium treatment was principally developed in Denmark by Mogens Schou, beginning in 1954.</p><p></p><p>After a decade of trials by these and other groups in the United States and abroad, the Psychiatric Association and the Lithium Task Force recommended Lithium to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for therapy of Mania in 1969, twenty years after its discovery by Cade. In 1970, upon the recommendation, the FDA approved the prescription drug. A breakthrough had finally been achieved in the treatment and prevention of one of the world's major mental health problems in the form of manic depression, and the genetically related forms of recurrent depression.</p><p></p><p>Now having said all of the above, pioneering doctors in Lithia Springs were eighty years ahead of Cade, Schou, and the FDA. In 1890, Doctors Robert B. Cloud, Christopher Columbus Garrett, and W. H. Whitehead established the first hospital in America, the Lithia Springs Sanitarium, using natural lithium water in treating alcoholism, opium addiction, and compulsive behavior. Manic depression had not been identified as a form of mental illness at that time. In 1887, the first analysis of Lithia Springs Mineral Water proved the water to be rich, not only in lithium, but also contained potassium, calcium, magnesium, fluoride and other essential trace minerals.</p><p></p><p>In 1999, scientists and the medical profession celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the miracle drug lithium, a true revolution in the treatment of mental health.</p><p></p><p>If the Springs' ancient granite walls could talk, they would tell a tale of the healing water's benefits to prehistoric mankind.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 104657, member: 3301"] Well..........I guess I am going to be the one that is going to err on the side of non-manipulation......but quite possibly BiPolar (BP). Mania can take all forms, but stealing is one classic symptom. The day that my difficult child, age 12, went on Lithium, his stealing stopped & his frantic rages stopped. That was when I knew that our suspicions were correct. Now at 17 he is still on Lithium, and although it takes the edge off of his illness - the older he gets I can see the bi-polar forming itself into a more tangible illness. Staying up all night, and then sleeping too much (mania-depression); talking with that pressed speech when he is manic; having a grandiose image of himself and how he interfaces with reality; the random disorganization of his thoughts. BiPolar (BP) is not the only thing Matthew has going against him - and Lithium has only taken the edge off - but I can safely say that without the Lithium he would literally be off the deep end. Star, I would encourage, motivate, and do what you can to get Dude into a psychiatrist visit and see what they suggest. This is the age that BiPolar (BP) starts to really take on a form, and maybe Dude is able to feel it, literally, for the first time. Perhaps someone else also planted the idea, but he has to have a reason for taking the idea, and mulling it over, rather than rejecting it. It sounds like he really is trying to do some self reflection. Even if he is wrong, and it is not BiPolar (BP), at least he is searching for answers, and that should be honored by getting him to see a psychiatrist for another evaluation. As far as Lithium goes, this was the only medication we had very few side effects from. Whatever the doctor suggests, do not start an anti-depressant - never, ever - this will undoubtedly throw him into a hyped up state, and we do not need that! Lithium is the only medication that has been around, actually since the late 1900's when people would go and bathe in the hot salt baths, and somehow, miracously feel better. Then in the 50's I believe, it was re-discovered, and put into a pill form, and used very successfully to treat everything from deep depression, to manic-depression. It has an interesting history. Here is a blurb about it for those who are interested: <span style="color: #000099">While Swedish student Johan Arvedson has been credited for the discovery of lithium in 1817, the role of lithium has been suspected for ages, possibly in Southern Egypt before the Birth of Christ. Lithium Carbonate was first discovered as treatment for Mania in 1948 by Australian Psychiatrist John F. Cade. After Mr. Cade's initial report , Lithium treatment was principally developed in Denmark by Mogens Schou, beginning in 1954. After a decade of trials by these and other groups in the United States and abroad, the Psychiatric Association and the Lithium Task Force recommended Lithium to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for therapy of Mania in 1969, twenty years after its discovery by Cade. In 1970, upon the recommendation, the FDA approved the prescription drug. A breakthrough had finally been achieved in the treatment and prevention of one of the world's major mental health problems in the form of manic depression, and the genetically related forms of recurrent depression. Now having said all of the above, pioneering doctors in Lithia Springs were eighty years ahead of Cade, Schou, and the FDA. In 1890, Doctors Robert B. Cloud, Christopher Columbus Garrett, and W. H. Whitehead established the first hospital in America, the Lithia Springs Sanitarium, using natural lithium water in treating alcoholism, opium addiction, and compulsive behavior. Manic depression had not been identified as a form of mental illness at that time. In 1887, the first analysis of Lithia Springs Mineral Water proved the water to be rich, not only in lithium, but also contained potassium, calcium, magnesium, fluoride and other essential trace minerals. In 1999, scientists and the medical profession celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the miracle drug lithium, a true revolution in the treatment of mental health. If the Springs' ancient granite walls could talk, they would tell a tale of the healing water's benefits to prehistoric mankind.</span> [/QUOTE]
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