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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 189329" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am sorry this has been so rough on all of you. I have both had my difficult child on medications AND been on many medications myself (though not the psychiatric medications per se). </p><p> </p><p>I think there are a couple of hard and fast rules we ALL need to know about medicating ourselves adn our kiddoes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Make only ONE medication change at a time. Add ONE medication, and don't make a change or addition to any other medication until you see the impact of that ONE change or addition.</p><p> </p><p>2. Start with a LOW dose = for ME I start with HALF of what the doctor says, sometimes with 1/4 even.</p><p> </p><p>3. Increase SLOWLY. Unless there is a life and death need I increase at about 1/2 the rate the doctor says to.</p><p> </p><p>For example: I am trialing a new arthritis medication. The manufacturer says to start with-100mg for 5 days then go down to 20 mg/day for maintenance. My rheumy said to start at 20 mg and if I wanted to take that every other day until I get used to it.</p><p> </p><p>I am starting at 10 mg every other day. Still have side effects, but they are MUCH better than they would be if I took 100 mg!!!</p><p> </p><p>4. This rule is one I have used since our first psychiatrist suggested it for Wiz: Never EVER start a medication until I have researched it ON MY OWN. I ask the pharmcist I trust about it, I google it, and I check to see if it will cause medication reactions with my other medications. Most online pharmacies like drugstore.com will let you enter the medications you are taking to see if there are any glaring errors in interactions. I also want to know about any withdrawal that might happen if we need to stop the medications.</p><p> </p><p>These are just my suggestions. I DO find that many docs don't live with small kids or people who are medicine sensitive (more than the usual person would be) so we ahve to be very very careful.</p><p> </p><p>I also ask a LOT of questions, esp if I find that medications prescribed are in the same category (such as risperdal and abilify). </p><p> </p><p>These are NOT things you would automatically know, esp as you have not had a child on medications like these before. If we had not had medication issues, I woudl not have known.</p><p> </p><p>You are VERY right - God gave you Josh because He knew you were EXACTLY the mom Josh needed. You are a very good mom. (Follow that gut instinct - it is noe of the ways God helps you protect your kids. Don't let people tell you that you are paranoid!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 189329, member: 1233"] I am sorry this has been so rough on all of you. I have both had my difficult child on medications AND been on many medications myself (though not the psychiatric medications per se). I think there are a couple of hard and fast rules we ALL need to know about medicating ourselves adn our kiddoes: 1. Make only ONE medication change at a time. Add ONE medication, and don't make a change or addition to any other medication until you see the impact of that ONE change or addition. 2. Start with a LOW dose = for ME I start with HALF of what the doctor says, sometimes with 1/4 even. 3. Increase SLOWLY. Unless there is a life and death need I increase at about 1/2 the rate the doctor says to. For example: I am trialing a new arthritis medication. The manufacturer says to start with-100mg for 5 days then go down to 20 mg/day for maintenance. My rheumy said to start at 20 mg and if I wanted to take that every other day until I get used to it. I am starting at 10 mg every other day. Still have side effects, but they are MUCH better than they would be if I took 100 mg!!! 4. This rule is one I have used since our first psychiatrist suggested it for Wiz: Never EVER start a medication until I have researched it ON MY OWN. I ask the pharmcist I trust about it, I google it, and I check to see if it will cause medication reactions with my other medications. Most online pharmacies like drugstore.com will let you enter the medications you are taking to see if there are any glaring errors in interactions. I also want to know about any withdrawal that might happen if we need to stop the medications. These are just my suggestions. I DO find that many docs don't live with small kids or people who are medicine sensitive (more than the usual person would be) so we ahve to be very very careful. I also ask a LOT of questions, esp if I find that medications prescribed are in the same category (such as risperdal and abilify). These are NOT things you would automatically know, esp as you have not had a child on medications like these before. If we had not had medication issues, I woudl not have known. You are VERY right - God gave you Josh because He knew you were EXACTLY the mom Josh needed. You are a very good mom. (Follow that gut instinct - it is noe of the ways God helps you protect your kids. Don't let people tell you that you are paranoid!) [/QUOTE]
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