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Lamictal ? Since No doctor will call back!!! UPDATE!!
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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 50433" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Hi</p><p></p><p>i Have one child who went on Lamictal, who was very irritable (made worse by Prozac and also to an extent Adderall). He didn't do well on anything else, but Lamictal has really helped his irritability/depression. He was not really manic ever though (except maybe when on Prozac). And Adderall has actually also been a godsend for him as well. </p><p></p><p>My other child also not typical bipolar has found Abilify really helpful for impulsiveness etc. He can't do stims at all. We tried Lamictal since he was still having lots of issues iwth emotional disregulation. Lamictal might have made him marginally more irritable, but didn't seem to have helped. We have also tried about 12 other medications but not seem to have helped. Jury is still out on Trileptal.</p><p></p><p>neither had negative reactions at all to Lamictal as we were titrating up.</p><p></p><p>How long as she been off the Risperdal? Maybe it was helping her more than you think, and the Abilify hasn't kicked in enough. Lamictal seems a rather curious choice since your daughtr seems also to be quite manic as well. </p><p></p><p>I really feel for you on the psychiatrist front. I almost wish for all your sakes that you could get her into a really really good psychiatric hospital and get her stabilized there. </p><p></p><p>As I am sure you are already figuring out, even being in a big city it can be hard to find a good psychiatrist, so don't beat yourself up too much about living in the boonies.</p><p></p><p>keeping my fingers crossed for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 50433, member: 2322"] Hi i Have one child who went on Lamictal, who was very irritable (made worse by Prozac and also to an extent Adderall). He didn't do well on anything else, but Lamictal has really helped his irritability/depression. He was not really manic ever though (except maybe when on Prozac). And Adderall has actually also been a godsend for him as well. My other child also not typical bipolar has found Abilify really helpful for impulsiveness etc. He can't do stims at all. We tried Lamictal since he was still having lots of issues iwth emotional disregulation. Lamictal might have made him marginally more irritable, but didn't seem to have helped. We have also tried about 12 other medications but not seem to have helped. Jury is still out on Trileptal. neither had negative reactions at all to Lamictal as we were titrating up. How long as she been off the Risperdal? Maybe it was helping her more than you think, and the Abilify hasn't kicked in enough. Lamictal seems a rather curious choice since your daughtr seems also to be quite manic as well. I really feel for you on the psychiatrist front. I almost wish for all your sakes that you could get her into a really really good psychiatric hospital and get her stabilized there. As I am sure you are already figuring out, even being in a big city it can be hard to find a good psychiatrist, so don't beat yourself up too much about living in the boonies. keeping my fingers crossed for you. [/QUOTE]
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