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Any thoughts on dual diagnosis and prescribing medications to difficult child's?
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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 517043" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>I hate to be a downer, but I wish someone would have been more truthful with me when I though a few medications would end this grief. I personally think that when they have MH issues their recovery is even harder. I think many will agree. And yes you should worry about medication with illegal drug use. when difficult child said she didn't want to take her antideppressant anymore, I knew she was headed down the pot lane again. I have not forced the issue as I don't see any real benefit to the Celexa (or the others we have tried) and because of interactions.</p><p></p><p>At firt Residential Treatment Center (RTC)-the psychiatric told me it was more difficult to get kids with complex mental health issues off drugs because they feel so lousy most of the time and even medications. are hard to get right. For my difficult child-pot takes the edge off-she freely talks about it. She thinks it is better than using an RX drug every day. She says I just use once in awhile when things are rough or I can't get my head to stop. I hate it.</p><p></p><p>I have to tell you-even though we have not had hard drug issues-the fact that she uses pot is tough and it is illegal. I worry all the time about how she is paying for it, if she will be arrested, etc.....</p><p></p><p></p><p>I would not count on things going away when his mental health issues are being addressed. Most likely it will be a life time of management and he will need maturity and desire to be well. It has been 3 years here and it is steps forward and back. We have had major and intense intervetion (2 RTCs, EMDR, DBT, Cognitive Behavioral, etc. etc.!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 517043, member: 11001"] I hate to be a downer, but I wish someone would have been more truthful with me when I though a few medications would end this grief. I personally think that when they have MH issues their recovery is even harder. I think many will agree. And yes you should worry about medication with illegal drug use. when difficult child said she didn't want to take her antideppressant anymore, I knew she was headed down the pot lane again. I have not forced the issue as I don't see any real benefit to the Celexa (or the others we have tried) and because of interactions. At firt Residential Treatment Center (RTC)-the psychiatric told me it was more difficult to get kids with complex mental health issues off drugs because they feel so lousy most of the time and even medications. are hard to get right. For my difficult child-pot takes the edge off-she freely talks about it. She thinks it is better than using an RX drug every day. She says I just use once in awhile when things are rough or I can't get my head to stop. I hate it. I have to tell you-even though we have not had hard drug issues-the fact that she uses pot is tough and it is illegal. I worry all the time about how she is paying for it, if she will be arrested, etc..... I would not count on things going away when his mental health issues are being addressed. Most likely it will be a life time of management and he will need maturity and desire to be well. It has been 3 years here and it is steps forward and back. We have had major and intense intervetion (2 RTCs, EMDR, DBT, Cognitive Behavioral, etc. etc.!). [/QUOTE]
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