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Quick update on difficult child - stopped his medications.
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<blockquote data-quote="welcometowitsend" data-source="post: 575058" data-attributes="member: 14356"><p>Buddy - Thank you. I am hoping the system doesn't let him down too. I have some mixed feeling about it. I really don't want a diagnosis of bipolar if it isn't accurate because a) it won't help him and b) it'll give him an excuse for continuing to make poor decisions </p><p></p><p>I am going to speak to his paediatrician at his next appointment to see what we can do about transitioning him into the adult world of mental health medicine. We also have CAMH which is like NAMI and they have workers that can be assigned to a persons case and it's then their job to help the patient navigate the system in all areas of their life. This could be very helpful for difficult child so I'm going to call about that as well. </p><p></p><p>Janet - He is on Wellbutrin right now. They didn't want to give him mood stabilizers or ADHD medications because they wanted to watch for side effects of each medication before introducing a new one. I wish they had of given him the mood stabilizer more quickly after getting him on the Wellbutrin though. At this point I'm a little leary of any ADHD medications because of the potential for him to abuse and/or sell them as a street drug. I may look into the possibility of shots - it's a good idea and would certainly solve the problem. </p><p></p><p>I've been called him a couple of times since Thursday and he hasn't returned my calls. I'm trying not to hound him but I'd also like to know what his plans are regarding this appointment because I'm not fond of the idea of getting stuck with a $200 bill if he doesn't show up. Not sure if they'd hold me or him responsible for that bill but I doubt they'd see him again until it was paid. So, I guess that'll make me responsible if I want to get him help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="welcometowitsend, post: 575058, member: 14356"] Buddy - Thank you. I am hoping the system doesn't let him down too. I have some mixed feeling about it. I really don't want a diagnosis of bipolar if it isn't accurate because a) it won't help him and b) it'll give him an excuse for continuing to make poor decisions I am going to speak to his paediatrician at his next appointment to see what we can do about transitioning him into the adult world of mental health medicine. We also have CAMH which is like NAMI and they have workers that can be assigned to a persons case and it's then their job to help the patient navigate the system in all areas of their life. This could be very helpful for difficult child so I'm going to call about that as well. Janet - He is on Wellbutrin right now. They didn't want to give him mood stabilizers or ADHD medications because they wanted to watch for side effects of each medication before introducing a new one. I wish they had of given him the mood stabilizer more quickly after getting him on the Wellbutrin though. At this point I'm a little leary of any ADHD medications because of the potential for him to abuse and/or sell them as a street drug. I may look into the possibility of shots - it's a good idea and would certainly solve the problem. I've been called him a couple of times since Thursday and he hasn't returned my calls. I'm trying not to hound him but I'd also like to know what his plans are regarding this appointment because I'm not fond of the idea of getting stuck with a $200 bill if he doesn't show up. Not sure if they'd hold me or him responsible for that bill but I doubt they'd see him again until it was paid. So, I guess that'll make me responsible if I want to get him help. [/QUOTE]
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