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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 561169" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Thanks Crazy. G does not have a regular psychiatrist. Back when she was around 16/17 or thereabouts, she refused all medications and so the psychiatrist was never seen again. Over the past year she has been on 10mg Prozac, which was upped about two months ago to only 20mg. I agree, clearly this is no longer working. It was doing okay for a while, but we have to be careful with G on an antidepressant because if her dose is too high, she behaves in very risky behaviors. The one and only time she was on a mood stabilizer was around age 15/16 and it was Lamictal - that was a no go. One the very lowest starting dose, she developed the lowest possible side effects and could not walk. Since then she has basically given me a hard time about taking medications. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Thankfully, within the last three years she has been more open to speaking with a therapist again and taking xanax for anxiety attacks and the prozac for depression. I just think that we are beginning to need help outside the capabilities of our regular doctor, good though she is. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">I think another aspect to my feeling at a loss is that for a long time now I've really allowed myself to believe the majority of G's issues had more to do with maturity and hormones rather than a true BiPolar (BP) diagnosis, even though early on one psychiatrist did say she had a mood disorder, but that's as close as G came to getting an official diagnosis. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">In my heart it is finally hitting me hard that this will be a life long struggle for G...that no amount of maturity and therapy will take this away and I'm heartbroken over it. I just want to weep. And then my brain goes on overdrive and I worry incessantly...what if she decides to start her own family one day? Will she be able to be off her medications? Will she be able to breastfeed? Will she be able to handle a baby, toddler, etc. I know I'm jumping the gun - I don't really think about all that, but it does flit through my mind. And I worry about Eric...he is a difficult child also, not in the same ways, but he has struggled with addiction and depression in the past. He has a lot of baggage. Sad as it is to say, to a certain degree, G does need someone to look after her. She has Aspie-lite traits as well as Tourette and the BiPolar (BP) (if that's what it is). </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Thanks for listening to me and responding. I feel so alone right now with this...H thinks it's all BS and won't even entertain the idea that she needs medications. He's all about just getting over it and doing what needs to be done. I swear, it's like all those years of talking together and with a counselor didn't happen. He's reverted back to being a butthead when it comes to G. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 561169, member: 2211"] [COLOR=#008080][SIZE=2]Thanks Crazy. G does not have a regular psychiatrist. Back when she was around 16/17 or thereabouts, she refused all medications and so the psychiatrist was never seen again. Over the past year she has been on 10mg Prozac, which was upped about two months ago to only 20mg. I agree, clearly this is no longer working. It was doing okay for a while, but we have to be careful with G on an antidepressant because if her dose is too high, she behaves in very risky behaviors. The one and only time she was on a mood stabilizer was around age 15/16 and it was Lamictal - that was a no go. One the very lowest starting dose, she developed the lowest possible side effects and could not walk. Since then she has basically given me a hard time about taking medications. Thankfully, within the last three years she has been more open to speaking with a therapist again and taking xanax for anxiety attacks and the prozac for depression. I just think that we are beginning to need help outside the capabilities of our regular doctor, good though she is. I think another aspect to my feeling at a loss is that for a long time now I've really allowed myself to believe the majority of G's issues had more to do with maturity and hormones rather than a true BiPolar (BP) diagnosis, even though early on one psychiatrist did say she had a mood disorder, but that's as close as G came to getting an official diagnosis. In my heart it is finally hitting me hard that this will be a life long struggle for G...that no amount of maturity and therapy will take this away and I'm heartbroken over it. I just want to weep. And then my brain goes on overdrive and I worry incessantly...what if she decides to start her own family one day? Will she be able to be off her medications? Will she be able to breastfeed? Will she be able to handle a baby, toddler, etc. I know I'm jumping the gun - I don't really think about all that, but it does flit through my mind. And I worry about Eric...he is a difficult child also, not in the same ways, but he has struggled with addiction and depression in the past. He has a lot of baggage. Sad as it is to say, to a certain degree, G does need someone to look after her. She has Aspie-lite traits as well as Tourette and the BiPolar (BP) (if that's what it is). Thanks for listening to me and responding. I feel so alone right now with this...H thinks it's all BS and won't even entertain the idea that she needs medications. He's all about just getting over it and doing what needs to be done. I swear, it's like all those years of talking together and with a counselor didn't happen. He's reverted back to being a butthead when it comes to G. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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