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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 584270" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Well, the psychiatrist was not excited about the saliva test. He said it's "not there yet." IOW, it's still being developed, and while it's a gauge, it's not specific enough to be worth it. That put the kibosh on husband's possible agreement. He's all about the $$$ first of all. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>psychiatrist increased difficult child's Depakote from 250 mg to 500. He said that the first cpl wks were just a trial to see if difficult child could tolerate it with-o any side effects. difficult child insisted that the medication was making him more irritable. psychiatrist spent a long time talking, convincing difficult child that it was his underlying mood disorder that he was experiencing because he's not on a strong enough level of the medication to experience those symptoms.</p><p>Also, many of the symptoms that difficult child said he was experiencing were all traceable to hypoglycemia, and since difficult child doesn't eat anything all day long, and he is complaining about being lightheaded, spacy, and agitated, it's a no-brainer that he's got to get his blood sugar up. I pointed that out and he blew me off, but when the psychiatrist said it, of course difficult child listened. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> This a.m., I got difficult child to take ONE bite of gluten free toast with-jam and ONE sip of OJ. Better than nothing, which is what he's been doing lately.</p><p>The third reason difficult child has been irritable is that he's only been getting 5-1/2 hrs of sleep at night. He has to get up at 5:45 for school, but he's up half the night, eating. That's when he's hungry. We all spent a while talking at the psychiatrist's ofc yesterday about how difficult child has to put the dimmer on his iPad. (I said that I could see the light out in the hallway, and difficult child has nearly taken my arm off in the middle of the night when I've snuck into his room to flip the thing face-down.) If that doesn't work, we'll remove it altogether and use a smaller ipod shuffle for music. difficult child couldn't care less whether the light affects his circadian rhythms when it stimulates his pineal gland, or whether it affects photosensitive retinal ganglion cells, but it was interesting for husband and myself. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Lots of bad habits to get rid of!</p><p></p><p>We'll know within 6 wks about the depakote. difficult child started on the increased dose last night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 584270, member: 3419"] Well, the psychiatrist was not excited about the saliva test. He said it's "not there yet." IOW, it's still being developed, and while it's a gauge, it's not specific enough to be worth it. That put the kibosh on husband's possible agreement. He's all about the $$$ first of all. :( psychiatrist increased difficult child's Depakote from 250 mg to 500. He said that the first cpl wks were just a trial to see if difficult child could tolerate it with-o any side effects. difficult child insisted that the medication was making him more irritable. psychiatrist spent a long time talking, convincing difficult child that it was his underlying mood disorder that he was experiencing because he's not on a strong enough level of the medication to experience those symptoms. Also, many of the symptoms that difficult child said he was experiencing were all traceable to hypoglycemia, and since difficult child doesn't eat anything all day long, and he is complaining about being lightheaded, spacy, and agitated, it's a no-brainer that he's got to get his blood sugar up. I pointed that out and he blew me off, but when the psychiatrist said it, of course difficult child listened. :) This a.m., I got difficult child to take ONE bite of gluten free toast with-jam and ONE sip of OJ. Better than nothing, which is what he's been doing lately. The third reason difficult child has been irritable is that he's only been getting 5-1/2 hrs of sleep at night. He has to get up at 5:45 for school, but he's up half the night, eating. That's when he's hungry. We all spent a while talking at the psychiatrist's ofc yesterday about how difficult child has to put the dimmer on his iPad. (I said that I could see the light out in the hallway, and difficult child has nearly taken my arm off in the middle of the night when I've snuck into his room to flip the thing face-down.) If that doesn't work, we'll remove it altogether and use a smaller ipod shuffle for music. difficult child couldn't care less whether the light affects his circadian rhythms when it stimulates his pineal gland, or whether it affects photosensitive retinal ganglion cells, but it was interesting for husband and myself. :) Lots of bad habits to get rid of! We'll know within 6 wks about the depakote. difficult child started on the increased dose last night. [/QUOTE]
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