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<blockquote data-quote="Loony Smurf" data-source="post: 617766" data-attributes="member: 1695"><p>See the thing is that he's had huge issues from the time he was 2-3 when there was a lot of traumatic stuff happen in his life. At first it was chalked up to environment, moving, terrible two's, preschool, then ADHD...but ADHD medications sent him manic, so he started seroquel. His oddness still remained, and his outlandishly scary behavior, impulsivity, inability to actually internalize any lessons. medications changed. behavior still worsened. Therapists, counselors, psychiatrists. different medications. IEPs behaviour plans. Hospitalizations. First for mania like behaviors, including playing on the top of a 3 story house, and trying to stab his brother. then he got extremely depressed, ended up in the hospital again (first time we heard of him hearing things), when we added prozac. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) behavior got to be an even bigger problem than before, we raised the dose. depression even worse, added lexapro. then he had what we thought was a bipolar mania last year. got in trouble nearly every day at school, suspended repeatedly, stealing tickets, and while suspended he got in even more trouble. His behavior got more and more outrageous and bizarre. Raised the depakote dose. then he had an episode at school where he was found staring at the mirror in the bathroom, then when sent back to school, a few minutes later he was found with wet pants standing a few inches from the wall staring at it, fairly incoherent. He wasnt giving rational responses. We took him to the ER. they did blood tests, his stress hormone level was high, his depakote was too. They ordered an EEG just to make sure, it was negative. We cut back on the depakote. and since, his moods are stable. his behavior has improved. but his thought process...nope. He seriously lacks the link to the real world the rest of us live in. it affects everything. He is not capable of having a rational conversation. He doesnt have a clue when he's really clueless. Social skills...not really there either. Despite the classes, the groups, the therapy. It doesnt sink in. He can give all the right answers, but he doesnt realize that he actually lives in the same wold as the rest of us and should follow the same rules of life. This isn't just a passing psychosis, he LIVES in this state. He has since he was little. Just now that behavior isnt as much of an issue, and moods stable, they no longer explain the continuous bizarreness.</p><p></p><p>He has several other issues too, including a really low processing speed which combined with a high IQ...well, it's interesting to say the least.</p><p></p><p>I know you guys are used to second guessing. And i'm not Just going along with it without questioning it. I am taking it to the next level in taking the stuff to the psychiatrist. In the mean time, I'm rooting out as much info as I can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loony Smurf, post: 617766, member: 1695"] See the thing is that he's had huge issues from the time he was 2-3 when there was a lot of traumatic stuff happen in his life. At first it was chalked up to environment, moving, terrible two's, preschool, then ADHD...but ADHD medications sent him manic, so he started seroquel. His oddness still remained, and his outlandishly scary behavior, impulsivity, inability to actually internalize any lessons. medications changed. behavior still worsened. Therapists, counselors, psychiatrists. different medications. IEPs behaviour plans. Hospitalizations. First for mania like behaviors, including playing on the top of a 3 story house, and trying to stab his brother. then he got extremely depressed, ended up in the hospital again (first time we heard of him hearing things), when we added prozac. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) behavior got to be an even bigger problem than before, we raised the dose. depression even worse, added lexapro. then he had what we thought was a bipolar mania last year. got in trouble nearly every day at school, suspended repeatedly, stealing tickets, and while suspended he got in even more trouble. His behavior got more and more outrageous and bizarre. Raised the depakote dose. then he had an episode at school where he was found staring at the mirror in the bathroom, then when sent back to school, a few minutes later he was found with wet pants standing a few inches from the wall staring at it, fairly incoherent. He wasnt giving rational responses. We took him to the ER. they did blood tests, his stress hormone level was high, his depakote was too. They ordered an EEG just to make sure, it was negative. We cut back on the depakote. and since, his moods are stable. his behavior has improved. but his thought process...nope. He seriously lacks the link to the real world the rest of us live in. it affects everything. He is not capable of having a rational conversation. He doesnt have a clue when he's really clueless. Social skills...not really there either. Despite the classes, the groups, the therapy. It doesnt sink in. He can give all the right answers, but he doesnt realize that he actually lives in the same wold as the rest of us and should follow the same rules of life. This isn't just a passing psychosis, he LIVES in this state. He has since he was little. Just now that behavior isnt as much of an issue, and moods stable, they no longer explain the continuous bizarreness. He has several other issues too, including a really low processing speed which combined with a high IQ...well, it's interesting to say the least. I know you guys are used to second guessing. And i'm not Just going along with it without questioning it. I am taking it to the next level in taking the stuff to the psychiatrist. In the mean time, I'm rooting out as much info as I can. [/QUOTE]
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