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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 152062" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>Just because that doctor decided to up the Prozac to 40 mg doesn't mean you have to give it to him when he gets home. Frankly, I wouldn't put any faith in a doctor who decided a kid didn't need a drug because he didn't have the symptoms for which the drug was prescribed. That's like people with high blood pressure stopping their medication because their blood pressure isn't high anymore. </p><p></p><p><strong>muts80</strong> -- my son was in his mid teens when he was admitted to the phos but he had a suicide attempt in the middle of a psychotic rage. He spent almost as much time in intensive care for the suicide attempt as he did in the psychiatric unit. All they did was add Lamictal, tell him over and over again he had to be responsible for his actions and sent him home. Frankly, it was a totally worthless experience and no matter how bad he got in the following months, we never bothered sending him back. (I must always add that he is an only child and no one but me was in danger from his violent rages. What was the point in sending him somewhere where he was treated as though his psychotic behavior was a choice? Eventually I learned it was the antidepressant making him psychotic. My choices likely would have been different had other children been in the house.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 152062, member: 1498"] Just because that doctor decided to up the Prozac to 40 mg doesn't mean you have to give it to him when he gets home. Frankly, I wouldn't put any faith in a doctor who decided a kid didn't need a drug because he didn't have the symptoms for which the drug was prescribed. That's like people with high blood pressure stopping their medication because their blood pressure isn't high anymore. [B]muts80[/B] -- my son was in his mid teens when he was admitted to the phos but he had a suicide attempt in the middle of a psychotic rage. He spent almost as much time in intensive care for the suicide attempt as he did in the psychiatric unit. All they did was add Lamictal, tell him over and over again he had to be responsible for his actions and sent him home. Frankly, it was a totally worthless experience and no matter how bad he got in the following months, we never bothered sending him back. (I must always add that he is an only child and no one but me was in danger from his violent rages. What was the point in sending him somewhere where he was treated as though his psychotic behavior was a choice? Eventually I learned it was the antidepressant making him psychotic. My choices likely would have been different had other children been in the house.) [/QUOTE]
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