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More medication tweaking... what's your take on this?
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 156840" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I'm still trying to learn all this too, so someone else please correct me if I am wrong. I <em>think</em> that a first line mood stabilizer has to be in the mix- which would be like lamictol or lithium (I can't think of the others). I think risperdal is in a different class. I can't remeber where depakote falls but I believe it is a little different, somehow, from the other two. My son is currently on lithibod (same class as lamictol), depakote er, and an AP (the AP is changing frequently). Anyway, so far we haven't found anything that can replace the lithobid (time release version of lithium). It takes care of some things, the depakote takes care of others. The AP is added because, I guess, at most "risky" periods, something else needs to be in the mix to decrease manic symptoms. This is for BiPolar (BP)/mood cycling. I don't know if that is what is going on with your difficult child, but based on the medications being given, it sounds like it might be. Oh- by the way- some of them take longer than others to be effective. I have also found, that one medication might not be very effective but another medication in the same class might be. My difficult child couldn't stay on lamictol because it actually kept him awake more and stirred him up more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 156840, member: 3699"] I'm still trying to learn all this too, so someone else please correct me if I am wrong. I [I]think[/I] that a first line mood stabilizer has to be in the mix- which would be like lamictol or lithium (I can't think of the others). I think risperdal is in a different class. I can't remeber where depakote falls but I believe it is a little different, somehow, from the other two. My son is currently on lithibod (same class as lamictol), depakote er, and an AP (the AP is changing frequently). Anyway, so far we haven't found anything that can replace the lithobid (time release version of lithium). It takes care of some things, the depakote takes care of others. The AP is added because, I guess, at most "risky" periods, something else needs to be in the mix to decrease manic symptoms. This is for BiPolar (BP)/mood cycling. I don't know if that is what is going on with your difficult child, but based on the medications being given, it sounds like it might be. Oh- by the way- some of them take longer than others to be effective. I have also found, that one medication might not be very effective but another medication in the same class might be. My difficult child couldn't stay on lamictol because it actually kept him awake more and stirred him up more. [/QUOTE]
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