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Quick update on difficult child - stopped his medications.
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 575249" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>In people who have bipolar I, the type where this is obvious mania-to-psychosis, stimulants of any kind can be DANGEROUS. I have a more mellow sort of mood disorder and antidepressants work well for me and mood stablizers make me feel so zombie like that I refuse to take any of them. Sure, they would calm me down...anyone over-sedated seems calmer, but nope. I like to feel alive. My anti-depressant doesn't make me blah...if it did, I wouldn't take that either. Lots of people are non-medication compliant because they are on the wrong medications for them and the medications actually make them feel even worse. Been there, done that. Nobody likes to feel as if they are sleepwalking.</p><p></p><p>I have one big issue with this doctor. If this child has bipolar and ADHD isn't the bipolar more important to treat than the ADHD? Seriously, maybe you could use a second opinion both on the diagnosis and the medications. Can't tell you how many psychiatrists I had to see in order to get it right. Wellbutrin, if he is prone to all out mania, could be very...not good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 575249, member: 1550"] In people who have bipolar I, the type where this is obvious mania-to-psychosis, stimulants of any kind can be DANGEROUS. I have a more mellow sort of mood disorder and antidepressants work well for me and mood stablizers make me feel so zombie like that I refuse to take any of them. Sure, they would calm me down...anyone over-sedated seems calmer, but nope. I like to feel alive. My anti-depressant doesn't make me blah...if it did, I wouldn't take that either. Lots of people are non-medication compliant because they are on the wrong medications for them and the medications actually make them feel even worse. Been there, done that. Nobody likes to feel as if they are sleepwalking. I have one big issue with this doctor. If this child has bipolar and ADHD isn't the bipolar more important to treat than the ADHD? Seriously, maybe you could use a second opinion both on the diagnosis and the medications. Can't tell you how many psychiatrists I had to see in order to get it right. Wellbutrin, if he is prone to all out mania, could be very...not good. [/QUOTE]
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