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Am I being 'premature' in my excitement?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 447050" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Well...I'm glad he is doing well!!</p><p></p><p>It is the nature of difficult child's to cycle good days/weeks/months then to have bad days/weeks/months and the medications he is on don't usually kick in for full effect for six weeks, but sometimes they do give you a mood boost at the beginning. My experience with taking/trialing many antidepressants is that time will tell if it works long term or not. I've been very excited at times to wake up one day depressed or manicky/anxious from the medications...disappointment. I am NOT trying to bring you down. I usually try to post realism as I've seen it. I am not familiar with what antidepressant he is on...it probably has a different name here. Any progress, even temporarily, is a wonderful break for you and your child!</p><p></p><p>Any disorder he has is not likely to go away just by taking medication...it is more than that. I have a mood disorder and found medications that thankfully keep me out of "that dark place," but I still have a tendency to have good and bad days, although not as intense as before these medications. </p><p></p><p>Always be happy for good days/weeks/months and take one day at a time. It is too early to jump to a broad conclusion about your child's medications. Is he also in therapy?</p><p></p><p>I'm really happy for you and am crossing my eyes, fingers and toes <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="BusynMember, post: 447050, member: 1550"] Well...I'm glad he is doing well!! It is the nature of difficult child's to cycle good days/weeks/months then to have bad days/weeks/months and the medications he is on don't usually kick in for full effect for six weeks, but sometimes they do give you a mood boost at the beginning. My experience with taking/trialing many antidepressants is that time will tell if it works long term or not. I've been very excited at times to wake up one day depressed or manicky/anxious from the medications...disappointment. I am NOT trying to bring you down. I usually try to post realism as I've seen it. I am not familiar with what antidepressant he is on...it probably has a different name here. Any progress, even temporarily, is a wonderful break for you and your child! Any disorder he has is not likely to go away just by taking medication...it is more than that. I have a mood disorder and found medications that thankfully keep me out of "that dark place," but I still have a tendency to have good and bad days, although not as intense as before these medications. Always be happy for good days/weeks/months and take one day at a time. It is too early to jump to a broad conclusion about your child's medications. Is he also in therapy? I'm really happy for you and am crossing my eyes, fingers and toes :) [/QUOTE]
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