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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 37318" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi. Look, I'm not sure what is going on with your son, but I have bipolar and I really hit the skids at age 13. One day I was a happy kid (Well, I was having a "good" year)--out every day, with friends, etc. and then I went to bed one night and woke up uber-depressed and it lasted for one whole year. I didn't want to get out of bed or see anyone or talk to anyone and I felt like crying all the time. I had high levels of anxiety with the depression and told my mom "I'm scared, but I don't know what I'm scared of." I almost had a sense of foreboding, which I now know is a symptom of anxiety AND depression (they often go hand-in-hand). I would have, as a child, a good year (still phobic, still nervous, bu friendly and outgoing) and a "bad" year (depressed, overly hypochondria, crying, some raging). I now realize this as the early onset of bipolar, but it got worse when I became a teen. It actually kicked in right before I got my first period and it happened overnight for me, with no warning. There was no diagnosis of BiPolar (BP) in kids back then and no medication so I had to just be depressed or hypo-manic or whatever was tossed my way. Your son may (and this is only a suggestion) going through what I did. The moodswings got far worse as I hit the teens and I could have used a good mood stabilizer and, in my case, because I got suicidal, possibly an antidepressant with it, but I'm leery of antidepressants with kids (my own opinion). If the Lamictal helped your son, maybe get another opinion. My one biological kid has some moodswings and anxiety and loves Lamictal. He hated Remeron. He said it made him far worse (he has insomnia so they gave it to him for that). Since he was 19 at the time, he just stopped taking it. Since your son isn't getting better, I would get a second opinion. I forget where you live in Wisconsin. I'm in mid-Wisconsin. I had good luck with one psychiatrist up this way. I wish you luck. If you want to know anything about psychiatrists up this way, PM me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 37318, member: 1550"] Hi. Look, I'm not sure what is going on with your son, but I have bipolar and I really hit the skids at age 13. One day I was a happy kid (Well, I was having a "good" year)--out every day, with friends, etc. and then I went to bed one night and woke up uber-depressed and it lasted for one whole year. I didn't want to get out of bed or see anyone or talk to anyone and I felt like crying all the time. I had high levels of anxiety with the depression and told my mom "I'm scared, but I don't know what I'm scared of." I almost had a sense of foreboding, which I now know is a symptom of anxiety AND depression (they often go hand-in-hand). I would have, as a child, a good year (still phobic, still nervous, bu friendly and outgoing) and a "bad" year (depressed, overly hypochondria, crying, some raging). I now realize this as the early onset of bipolar, but it got worse when I became a teen. It actually kicked in right before I got my first period and it happened overnight for me, with no warning. There was no diagnosis of BiPolar (BP) in kids back then and no medication so I had to just be depressed or hypo-manic or whatever was tossed my way. Your son may (and this is only a suggestion) going through what I did. The moodswings got far worse as I hit the teens and I could have used a good mood stabilizer and, in my case, because I got suicidal, possibly an antidepressant with it, but I'm leery of antidepressants with kids (my own opinion). If the Lamictal helped your son, maybe get another opinion. My one biological kid has some moodswings and anxiety and loves Lamictal. He hated Remeron. He said it made him far worse (he has insomnia so they gave it to him for that). Since he was 19 at the time, he just stopped taking it. Since your son isn't getting better, I would get a second opinion. I forget where you live in Wisconsin. I'm in mid-Wisconsin. I had good luck with one psychiatrist up this way. I wish you luck. If you want to know anything about psychiatrists up this way, PM me. [/QUOTE]
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