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<blockquote data-quote="oceans" data-source="post: 39422" data-attributes="member: 2687"><p>Will they do psychiatric testing while he is there instead of a neuropsychologist exam? My son had some testing done to evaluate his thinking while he was in the psychiatric hospital. I can't understand why they would not do SOME kind of testing while he was there. It makes so much sense to do that instead of guessing which medications to try.</p><p></p><p>Everyone is different on medications, but AD's take a good few weeks to have an effect if they are going to work. If they are to send someone into mania....well that can happen pretty quickly. The AP might help keep him stable if that were to be a reaction...maybe. </p><p></p><p>My son is on Zoloft and it was the only AD he tried that he did not have a bad reaction to. At too high a dose it caused him cognitive dulling, but it did not cause mania or agitation for him. It also did not work for his depression, which is the reason he was taking it. AD's can also cause suicidal thinking, so you need to watch out for that....especially since he already seems to have some issues with that.</p><p></p><p>I am glad that the stimulant is going. I am glad that you are speaking up and being an advocate! Yea!!! I am hoping that the Seroquel helps. I hope they do not discharge him too soon this time!!! Hang in there!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oceans, post: 39422, member: 2687"] Will they do psychiatric testing while he is there instead of a neuropsychologist exam? My son had some testing done to evaluate his thinking while he was in the psychiatric hospital. I can't understand why they would not do SOME kind of testing while he was there. It makes so much sense to do that instead of guessing which medications to try. Everyone is different on medications, but AD's take a good few weeks to have an effect if they are going to work. If they are to send someone into mania....well that can happen pretty quickly. The AP might help keep him stable if that were to be a reaction...maybe. My son is on Zoloft and it was the only AD he tried that he did not have a bad reaction to. At too high a dose it caused him cognitive dulling, but it did not cause mania or agitation for him. It also did not work for his depression, which is the reason he was taking it. AD's can also cause suicidal thinking, so you need to watch out for that....especially since he already seems to have some issues with that. I am glad that the stimulant is going. I am glad that you are speaking up and being an advocate! Yea!!! I am hoping that the Seroquel helps. I hope they do not discharge him too soon this time!!! Hang in there!!! [/QUOTE]
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