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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 706492" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I agree that you need a more in depth evaluation. I hope you have a psychiatrist, one who is board certified at working with children and adolescents, treating your son. I also hope you get an appointment with a neuropsychologist as soon as possible. Until you get an appointment with a neuropsychologist and get the testing done, please ask your psychiatrist to do the dna testing to see which antidepressant would be most effective. If you have not done this testing, it is trial and error to find the right medications. The dna testing will take a lot of that guess work out and point to which family of medications is likely to work best. IF this is just depression, then it will likely be medications in this family that work. You only tried two of the antidepressants and that is a FAR FAR FAR cry from all of the antidepressants out there. My son has major depressive disorder that is intractible, meaning super hard to treat. We had MANY docs who wanted to call him bipolar but he isn't. He just needed more than one type of antidepressant on board. The right kinds of antidepressants have made a HUGE difference and he has been on the same ones for years now - he likes how he feels on them and that he can work through the times he is down. </p><p></p><p>If they think he is bipolar, he needs to be given the entire bipolar regimen, which starts with a mood stabilizer. An atypical antipsychotic is often added to this and can be very effective. Until his moods are stable, antidepressants should NOT be used as they can cause mania. IF depression still lingers once moods are deemed stable, very small doses of antidepressants are sometimes tried, but this is done very very carefully because it can cause mania and mood swings. Stimulants for adhd are also not given until moods are stable because they can cause mood swings. If they must be tried, they are tried in very low doses because they can cause mania and mood swings. Even cold medicine can cause mania if you have bipolar. I urge you to read The Bipolar Child if your son is given this diagnosis. It includes the medication regimen - many MANY doctors will not follow this regimen because it is a lot of work for them. PUsh the docs to follow this because it IS the best regimen to follow if your son is bipolar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 706492, member: 1233"] I agree that you need a more in depth evaluation. I hope you have a psychiatrist, one who is board certified at working with children and adolescents, treating your son. I also hope you get an appointment with a neuropsychologist as soon as possible. Until you get an appointment with a neuropsychologist and get the testing done, please ask your psychiatrist to do the dna testing to see which antidepressant would be most effective. If you have not done this testing, it is trial and error to find the right medications. The dna testing will take a lot of that guess work out and point to which family of medications is likely to work best. IF this is just depression, then it will likely be medications in this family that work. You only tried two of the antidepressants and that is a FAR FAR FAR cry from all of the antidepressants out there. My son has major depressive disorder that is intractible, meaning super hard to treat. We had MANY docs who wanted to call him bipolar but he isn't. He just needed more than one type of antidepressant on board. The right kinds of antidepressants have made a HUGE difference and he has been on the same ones for years now - he likes how he feels on them and that he can work through the times he is down. If they think he is bipolar, he needs to be given the entire bipolar regimen, which starts with a mood stabilizer. An atypical antipsychotic is often added to this and can be very effective. Until his moods are stable, antidepressants should NOT be used as they can cause mania. IF depression still lingers once moods are deemed stable, very small doses of antidepressants are sometimes tried, but this is done very very carefully because it can cause mania and mood swings. Stimulants for adhd are also not given until moods are stable because they can cause mood swings. If they must be tried, they are tried in very low doses because they can cause mania and mood swings. Even cold medicine can cause mania if you have bipolar. I urge you to read The Bipolar Child if your son is given this diagnosis. It includes the medication regimen - many MANY doctors will not follow this regimen because it is a lot of work for them. PUsh the docs to follow this because it IS the best regimen to follow if your son is bipolar. [/QUOTE]
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