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Matt's huge struggle with agorahpobia
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 470806" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>Oldest's very first psychiatric hospital admission was for "prednisone-induced psychosis" when she was 11. Back then, steroids were the first course of treatment for Crohn's. It was awful. It also led to her bipolar diagnosis, however, because the psychiatrist said "ya know, sometimes steroids have this reaction in bipolar patients." Duh. I couldn't convince the GI to wean her completely off of the prednisone, because she was so sick, so we tried reduced doses for awhile... until she also developed cataracts in her eyes (yes, at age 11) and the eye doctor called the GI and said "get this child OFF of these medications RIGHT NOW." Her moods got slightly better, but her Crohn's got much worse, unfortunately. It was a rough few years. She knows now to never let them give her steroids, even for allergic reactions. She has so many weird reactions to things, though .. messed up immune system (she even got chicken pox twice). It's frustrating.</p><p></p><p>It's frustrating when your kid has "rare" side effects from medications, I know. Not being able to take anti-anxiety medications definitely makes treatment more of a challenge for Matt. Hope you can help him figure this out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 470806, member: 1157"] Oldest's very first psychiatric hospital admission was for "prednisone-induced psychosis" when she was 11. Back then, steroids were the first course of treatment for Crohn's. It was awful. It also led to her bipolar diagnosis, however, because the psychiatrist said "ya know, sometimes steroids have this reaction in bipolar patients." Duh. I couldn't convince the GI to wean her completely off of the prednisone, because she was so sick, so we tried reduced doses for awhile... until she also developed cataracts in her eyes (yes, at age 11) and the eye doctor called the GI and said "get this child OFF of these medications RIGHT NOW." Her moods got slightly better, but her Crohn's got much worse, unfortunately. It was a rough few years. She knows now to never let them give her steroids, even for allergic reactions. She has so many weird reactions to things, though .. messed up immune system (she even got chicken pox twice). It's frustrating. It's frustrating when your kid has "rare" side effects from medications, I know. Not being able to take anti-anxiety medications definitely makes treatment more of a challenge for Matt. Hope you can help him figure this out. [/QUOTE]
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