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has any one had a child hospitalized 5150 or 5250?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 54055" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>in my opinion you should go over to the Bipolar Kids board and sign up. I learned a lot there (my son had a misdiagnosis, however I still learned a ton when I chatted there). Also you may want to read "The Bipolar Child" by Dimitri and Janice Papalos. Childhood mania DOES look a lot like "severe, rageful ADHD." However stimulants and antidepressants (and Staterra is an SNRI antidepressant) often, if not usually, make bipolar kids way worse, even with co-morbid ADHD, if that's what it is. I'd seriously get another opinion. Straterra can cause LOTS of trouble for kids with bipolar, even with a mood stabilizer. A mood stabilizer often can not offset the stimulation of drugs like Ritalin or Adderrall or Straterra. There are no ADHD medications that are not stimulating. If you've never tried a mood stabilizer without a stimulant or antidepressant, in my opinion, you could look for a psychiatrist who may recommend that. I personally would rather have an inattentive kid than a hyper, rageful one. Many parents of BiPolar (BP) kids choose not to medicate the ADHD due to how angry it makes their kids. I'll post another link for you. By the way, your child isn't on a mood stabilizer. Seroquel is an anti-psychotic. So is Risperdal and Zyprexa (my son was on both).Often they just don't work as well as mood stabilizers. The mood stabilzers are: Lamictal, Lithium, Depakote, Trileptal, Tegretal.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bpchildresearch.org" target="_blank">http://www.bpchildresearch.org</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 54055, member: 1550"] in my opinion you should go over to the Bipolar Kids board and sign up. I learned a lot there (my son had a misdiagnosis, however I still learned a ton when I chatted there). Also you may want to read "The Bipolar Child" by Dimitri and Janice Papalos. Childhood mania DOES look a lot like "severe, rageful ADHD." However stimulants and antidepressants (and Staterra is an SNRI antidepressant) often, if not usually, make bipolar kids way worse, even with co-morbid ADHD, if that's what it is. I'd seriously get another opinion. Straterra can cause LOTS of trouble for kids with bipolar, even with a mood stabilizer. A mood stabilizer often can not offset the stimulation of drugs like Ritalin or Adderrall or Straterra. There are no ADHD medications that are not stimulating. If you've never tried a mood stabilizer without a stimulant or antidepressant, in my opinion, you could look for a psychiatrist who may recommend that. I personally would rather have an inattentive kid than a hyper, rageful one. Many parents of BiPolar (BP) kids choose not to medicate the ADHD due to how angry it makes their kids. I'll post another link for you. By the way, your child isn't on a mood stabilizer. Seroquel is an anti-psychotic. So is Risperdal and Zyprexa (my son was on both).Often they just don't work as well as mood stabilizers. The mood stabilzers are: Lamictal, Lithium, Depakote, Trileptal, Tegretal. [url="http://www.bpchildresearch.org"]http://www.bpchildresearch.org[/url] [/QUOTE]
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