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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 741469" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Your son is making these good decisions on his own. Kudos to him. I have been on medications for mood issues since 23 and I know for a fact that psychiatric medications don't really kick in for 6-8 weeks. At least that is what I was always and consistently told and it has also bern my experience. I am betting that your son, independent of medications, is getting sick of his life and thats very very positive. Good for him!!!</p><p></p><p>It is very hard, if not umpossible, to get a 100 percent true diagnosis of a specific mood disorder, one that all psychitrists will agree on. Psychiatry is very inexact. There are no ways to prove any diagnosis so it is largely diagnosed by which medications help.</p><p>.</p><p>In my long trek with mood disorder diagnosis, various psychiatrists have diagnosed me with unipolar depression, manic depression, bipolar 2 ( which is different than the more serious often psychosis causing bipolar 1) and rinse repeat.</p><p></p><p>If I had bipolar at all I should only be able to take an antidepressant if I am taking a mood stabilizer. That is the theory anyway. But I hate mood stabilizers...I felt like a total zombie on Lithium and Tegretal, and wouldnt keep taking them but Paroxatine, a strong antidepressant that many cant tolerate, saved my life and did not make me manic yet I feel I have bipolar 2. But who knows? Every diagnosis is a guess since there is the ever changing DSM but no testing to prove any diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>Don't sweat over the real diagnoses. Once the illicit drugs are cleared from your son's brain the doctors can work with him better.</p><p></p><p>I am crossing all my body parts for your son and feel he is on a very positive path! Once they get sick of the drug life...its a great thing!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 741469, member: 1550"] Your son is making these good decisions on his own. Kudos to him. I have been on medications for mood issues since 23 and I know for a fact that psychiatric medications don't really kick in for 6-8 weeks. At least that is what I was always and consistently told and it has also bern my experience. I am betting that your son, independent of medications, is getting sick of his life and thats very very positive. Good for him!!! It is very hard, if not umpossible, to get a 100 percent true diagnosis of a specific mood disorder, one that all psychitrists will agree on. Psychiatry is very inexact. There are no ways to prove any diagnosis so it is largely diagnosed by which medications help. . In my long trek with mood disorder diagnosis, various psychiatrists have diagnosed me with unipolar depression, manic depression, bipolar 2 ( which is different than the more serious often psychosis causing bipolar 1) and rinse repeat. If I had bipolar at all I should only be able to take an antidepressant if I am taking a mood stabilizer. That is the theory anyway. But I hate mood stabilizers...I felt like a total zombie on Lithium and Tegretal, and wouldnt keep taking them but Paroxatine, a strong antidepressant that many cant tolerate, saved my life and did not make me manic yet I feel I have bipolar 2. But who knows? Every diagnosis is a guess since there is the ever changing DSM but no testing to prove any diagnosis. Don't sweat over the real diagnoses. Once the illicit drugs are cleared from your son's brain the doctors can work with him better. I am crossing all my body parts for your son and feel he is on a very positive path! Once they get sick of the drug life...its a great thing! [/QUOTE]
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