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Here we go again!
I've posted before about my husband and his difficult child-ness, the fact that he seems to have a mood disorder and that he is a MUCH nicer and happier person since starting Lamictal for his simple-partial seizures last December. It's like I'm finally getting the person I thought I married 18 years ago!
He's not seeing our psychiatrist -- or at least hasn't for about four years when he decided he didn't need to anymore.
His GP suspects he's got issues because of some things I shared in confidence. (And I insisted to husband that he tell the GP at his last visit how much better he is to live with since starting Lamictal.)
So here's my worry now: husband's neurologist is about to pull him off the Lamictal because of the insomnia it's causing. At first, he was just going to have him come off the medication since he's 4 weeks post-op and he thought it would be a good time to see if the seizures are "cured". But I countered that the surgeon wanted to keep him on something until at least May when he goes back for an EEG and MRI. I don't get the feeling from talking to the neuro that he cares much about the mood issues. He's only interested in preventing seizures (which is fine, but I need to consider the whole package).
So what do I do if the new medication screws him up again mood-wise? Do I complain to the neuro? Urge husband to go back to the psychiatrist and hope that he's not so oppositional that he'll agree? The GP?
What would you all do?
He's not seeing our psychiatrist -- or at least hasn't for about four years when he decided he didn't need to anymore.
His GP suspects he's got issues because of some things I shared in confidence. (And I insisted to husband that he tell the GP at his last visit how much better he is to live with since starting Lamictal.)
So here's my worry now: husband's neurologist is about to pull him off the Lamictal because of the insomnia it's causing. At first, he was just going to have him come off the medication since he's 4 weeks post-op and he thought it would be a good time to see if the seizures are "cured". But I countered that the surgeon wanted to keep him on something until at least May when he goes back for an EEG and MRI. I don't get the feeling from talking to the neuro that he cares much about the mood issues. He's only interested in preventing seizures (which is fine, but I need to consider the whole package).
So what do I do if the new medication screws him up again mood-wise? Do I complain to the neuro? Urge husband to go back to the psychiatrist and hope that he's not so oppositional that he'll agree? The GP?
What would you all do?