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4 yrs of Residential Treatment Center (RTC) 1 year of transiton
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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 144532" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>The issue isn't just that the medications don't seem to have helped your son. There is a very real possibility that the medication he has been taking have made his behavior -- and state of mind -- worse. </p><p></p><p>There are reasons that antidepressants, for the most part, aren't approved for treating children and adolscents. Among those reasons is that they are known to cause what is convieniently lumped under the heading of "hostility", a category that includes anger, aggression, violence and homicidal ideation. It is a very common negative reaction for children and adolescents. The reality is, your son may be far more normal than you think.</p><p></p><p>No mood stabilizer will work if the child is having a psychiatric adverse reaction to an antidepressant. </p><p></p><p>And pretty much all that applies to stimulants, too.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't allow a doctor anywhere near my son if that doctor diagnosed my son with bipolar then treated him with antidepressants and stimulants. </p><p></p><p>Oh yeah, blaming the parents is pretty common when a kid is hostile from antidepressants/stimulants. For some reasons a lot of doctors refuse to believe or are simply ignorant of the psychiatric adverse reactions to the drugs they prescribe. So, refusing to believe they haven't medicated properly, they blame the parents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 144532, member: 1498"] The issue isn't just that the medications don't seem to have helped your son. There is a very real possibility that the medication he has been taking have made his behavior -- and state of mind -- worse. There are reasons that antidepressants, for the most part, aren't approved for treating children and adolscents. Among those reasons is that they are known to cause what is convieniently lumped under the heading of "hostility", a category that includes anger, aggression, violence and homicidal ideation. It is a very common negative reaction for children and adolescents. The reality is, your son may be far more normal than you think. No mood stabilizer will work if the child is having a psychiatric adverse reaction to an antidepressant. And pretty much all that applies to stimulants, too. I wouldn't allow a doctor anywhere near my son if that doctor diagnosed my son with bipolar then treated him with antidepressants and stimulants. Oh yeah, blaming the parents is pretty common when a kid is hostile from antidepressants/stimulants. For some reasons a lot of doctors refuse to believe or are simply ignorant of the psychiatric adverse reactions to the drugs they prescribe. So, refusing to believe they haven't medicated properly, they blame the parents. [/QUOTE]
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