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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 194861" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Your daughter is only 8. She is still very young. Thorazine should never be a first-line medication prescribed to a child. There are a lot safer medications out there than Thorazine, including the newer (or atypical) antipsychotics like Risperdal, Seroquel, Zyprexa and Abilify.</p><p></p><p>Here are the guidelines for treatment of BiPolar (BP) in children:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thebalancedmind.org/sites/default/files/treatment_guidelines.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.thebalancedmind.org/sites/default/files/treatment_guidelines.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>These guidelines were written by a consensus group of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Treatment frequently includes one or more first-line mood stabilizers (Lithium, Depakote, Lamictal, Trileptal, Tegretol) plus an atypical antipsychotic (list above). You should take a good hard look at these guidelines because most psychiatrists treating BiPolar (BP) in children are following them.</p><p></p><p>Klonopin is an anti-anxiety medication that should only be used on a short-term basis because it can be addicting. It can also cause disinhibition in children (it happened to my younger daughter).</p><p></p><p>In your shoes, I would tell this doctor that Thorazine is not an option at this time until other medication choices have been exhausted. If he can't come up with other options, unfortunately it may be time to find another doctor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 194861, member: 2423"] Your daughter is only 8. She is still very young. Thorazine should never be a first-line medication prescribed to a child. There are a lot safer medications out there than Thorazine, including the newer (or atypical) antipsychotics like Risperdal, Seroquel, Zyprexa and Abilify. Here are the guidelines for treatment of BiPolar (BP) in children: [url]http://www.thebalancedmind.org/sites/default/files/treatment_guidelines.pdf[/url] These guidelines were written by a consensus group of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Treatment frequently includes one or more first-line mood stabilizers (Lithium, Depakote, Lamictal, Trileptal, Tegretol) plus an atypical antipsychotic (list above). You should take a good hard look at these guidelines because most psychiatrists treating BiPolar (BP) in children are following them. Klonopin is an anti-anxiety medication that should only be used on a short-term basis because it can be addicting. It can also cause disinhibition in children (it happened to my younger daughter). In your shoes, I would tell this doctor that Thorazine is not an option at this time until other medication choices have been exhausted. If he can't come up with other options, unfortunately it may be time to find another doctor. [/QUOTE]
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