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They want to medicate without knowing what he has!
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 101163" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Playing devil's advocate here, and not having read through the other responses, I am going to jump in with MHO.</p><p></p><p>With a very few exceptions, pharmacological mental health treatments treat symptoms rather than diseases. They "stabilize moods" or "anti-depress", etc. While I tend to agree that when the right medication at the right dose is found it <em>can</em> work wonders, an honest prescriber will tell you that it is generally trial and error. If an anti-depressant is given and the patient gets manic, they try a mood stabilizer. If a stimulant is given and the patient bounces off the walls, they back it off or try something different.</p><p></p><p>As far as monitoring goes, sad as it is, the parents are the monitors of the children's reactions to medications. That means that we have to realize that there will be changes in behavior, and we can't initially over-react to them, but we also have to be vigilant.</p><p></p><p>I hope that you will trust your own judgment on how difficult child is reacting to medications, and trust your doctor to help you and your difficult child through this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 101163, member: 99"] Playing devil's advocate here, and not having read through the other responses, I am going to jump in with MHO. With a very few exceptions, pharmacological mental health treatments treat symptoms rather than diseases. They "stabilize moods" or "anti-depress", etc. While I tend to agree that when the right medication at the right dose is found it [i]can[/i] work wonders, an honest prescriber will tell you that it is generally trial and error. If an anti-depressant is given and the patient gets manic, they try a mood stabilizer. If a stimulant is given and the patient bounces off the walls, they back it off or try something different. As far as monitoring goes, sad as it is, the parents are the monitors of the children's reactions to medications. That means that we have to realize that there will be changes in behavior, and we can't initially over-react to them, but we also have to be vigilant. I hope that you will trust your own judgment on how difficult child is reacting to medications, and trust your doctor to help you and your difficult child through this. [/QUOTE]
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