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Two doctor appts in one day, meltdown and rough going
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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 535627" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>if i remember right, he's on a very low dose of abilify, right? if he responded initially, it may be worth exhausting it to see if more helps--its generally accepted that 30mg is the max dose. personally, we found that it was a fabulous honeymoon at any dose but by week 6 or so the mood/behaviors/irritability was back x10. we had great luck once we added in a mood stablizer (lamictal) and were finally able to reduce the abilify (this summer, i may completely wean, we'll see). so that may be the psychiatrists thinking with lithium, but boy, thats a pretty big gun to try <em>first</em>. </p><p></p><p><em>He started to cry and said he was trying his best but that this was the best he could do. The psychiatrist asked him why he thought that was the best and he said that's just the way he is and it takes him yrs to make changes</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>i think this sounds VERY honest. i think he's telling you, loud and clear, he's having more difficulty than you assume he is. i think a lot of it DOES sound pretty typical teen, but this part seems really important to me. maybe he really <em>does</em> feel like he'll never live up to some impossible expectation....i think (even if its irrational and in his head--difficult children tend to put more internal pressure on themselves than we realize) it might be worth asking how you could help him try to do his best and what he needs from YOU to be successful, Know what I mean?? in our minds as parents, we *think* we know, but it never fails to amaze me just how much we dont. logic would say how in the heck do you live to teendom and either not know or cant, but there are actually things they dont know AND cant...the key is to figure out how to make it a know and a can.</p><p></p><p>i wouldnt be a teenager again, let alone a gfgteen for all the tea in china....its a horrid age <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 535627, member: 8831"] if i remember right, he's on a very low dose of abilify, right? if he responded initially, it may be worth exhausting it to see if more helps--its generally accepted that 30mg is the max dose. personally, we found that it was a fabulous honeymoon at any dose but by week 6 or so the mood/behaviors/irritability was back x10. we had great luck once we added in a mood stablizer (lamictal) and were finally able to reduce the abilify (this summer, i may completely wean, we'll see). so that may be the psychiatrists thinking with lithium, but boy, thats a pretty big gun to try [I]first[/I]. [I]He started to cry and said he was trying his best but that this was the best he could do. The psychiatrist asked him why he thought that was the best and he said that's just the way he is and it takes him yrs to make changes [/I]i think this sounds VERY honest. i think he's telling you, loud and clear, he's having more difficulty than you assume he is. i think a lot of it DOES sound pretty typical teen, but this part seems really important to me. maybe he really [I]does[/I] feel like he'll never live up to some impossible expectation....i think (even if its irrational and in his head--difficult children tend to put more internal pressure on themselves than we realize) it might be worth asking how you could help him try to do his best and what he needs from YOU to be successful, Know what I mean?? in our minds as parents, we *think* we know, but it never fails to amaze me just how much we dont. logic would say how in the heck do you live to teendom and either not know or cant, but there are actually things they dont know AND cant...the key is to figure out how to make it a know and a can. i wouldnt be a teenager again, let alone a gfgteen for all the tea in china....its a horrid age :-) [/QUOTE]
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