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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 253071" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am sorry you are going through all of this. You sound like a pretty great dad.</p><p></p><p>As for the legal issues of 1 parent wanting medications and 1 parent not, if the psychiatrist and school are behind you, I would say CPS will be too.</p><p></p><p>You say your wife wants him off medications because stigma/superstition? What superstition does she have? Is it religiously based or based in her own illness.</p><p></p><p>I would even wonder if she is cycling would taking difficult child off the medications qualify as a danger to someone else? It would mean some time in a psychiatric hospital until she is stable, but it might get her into a better frame of mind to handle the issues involved in parenting with you. Totoro might have some good input here.</p><p></p><p>Whatever happens PLEASE make sure she does not take him off the medicines cold turkey. That can be very dangerous - it all depends on the medicines difficult child is on.</p><p></p><p>Is your wife on any medications? Is it time for HER to get a medication tweak or to see a doctor about some medications?</p><p></p><p>If the legal situation about difficult child and medications gets bad, I would think CPS (Child Protection) would back YOU up regarding the medications IF you have statements from the psychiatrist and school that they are very needed. I am pretty sure I would have school just write about how difficult child is much better on the medications, even if there are some rough times as they adjust the medications.</p><p></p><p>But hopefully you can just talk wife into leaving difficult child on the medications.</p><p></p><p>Is difficult child on a mood stabilizer? I know abilify can work as one, but I don't think it is a primary mood stabilizer like depakote or lithium. You should probably ask the doctor about that, in my opinion. Check abilify's mood stabilizing properties out online and with the pharmacist first though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 253071, member: 1233"] I am sorry you are going through all of this. You sound like a pretty great dad. As for the legal issues of 1 parent wanting medications and 1 parent not, if the psychiatrist and school are behind you, I would say CPS will be too. You say your wife wants him off medications because stigma/superstition? What superstition does she have? Is it religiously based or based in her own illness. I would even wonder if she is cycling would taking difficult child off the medications qualify as a danger to someone else? It would mean some time in a psychiatric hospital until she is stable, but it might get her into a better frame of mind to handle the issues involved in parenting with you. Totoro might have some good input here. Whatever happens PLEASE make sure she does not take him off the medicines cold turkey. That can be very dangerous - it all depends on the medicines difficult child is on. Is your wife on any medications? Is it time for HER to get a medication tweak or to see a doctor about some medications? If the legal situation about difficult child and medications gets bad, I would think CPS (Child Protection) would back YOU up regarding the medications IF you have statements from the psychiatrist and school that they are very needed. I am pretty sure I would have school just write about how difficult child is much better on the medications, even if there are some rough times as they adjust the medications. But hopefully you can just talk wife into leaving difficult child on the medications. Is difficult child on a mood stabilizer? I know abilify can work as one, but I don't think it is a primary mood stabilizer like depakote or lithium. You should probably ask the doctor about that, in my opinion. Check abilify's mood stabilizing properties out online and with the pharmacist first though. [/QUOTE]
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