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<blockquote data-quote="waytootired" data-source="post: 51500" data-attributes="member: 3791"><p>Hi and Welcome... I am so sorry you are having such a rough time. My 11 yr. old difficult child is Bipolar and was on an antidepresant....He was put on Effexor before we knew he was Bipolar. In time he got to the point where he was so out of control, raging & violent we had to go to a mood stablizer. We learned that bipolar children should not be treated with antidepressants, it makes them worse. If you should at some point take him off the Effexor, PLEASED BE WARNED !!!!!! Many people I know,adults & children, including my son, had horrible experiences going off Effexor(even going off a bit at a time) Delusions, manic episodes, violent outbusts & extremely mean. If you take your difficult child off the Effexor, I highly suggest doing it in-house, at a hospital. We had to send our older easy child to his cousin's for a week to keep him safe and away from the whole experience. We couldn't leave our difficult child alone for a minute. It was the worst experience we had with him since his onsettwo yrs ago. Now he is only talking a mood stablizer and he is going great. He still has his moments, but nothing like while on or going off the Effexor. I wish you all the best and I am pulling for you.</p><p></p><p>Oh! One more thing....Go online to NAMI.org (National Alliance for Mental Illness). You will find a contact person for your State and County. They will be a huge help in finding local services for you and your difficult child. They also put on a great class called "Family to Family" you learn so much about the different mental illnesses including Bipolar. Lots of great info.on statagies for dealing with and commiucation with your ill relative. Plus great info. on all the medications out there.</p><p>I highly recommend taking this class for anyone with a realtive with a major mental illness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waytootired, post: 51500, member: 3791"] Hi and Welcome... I am so sorry you are having such a rough time. My 11 yr. old difficult child is Bipolar and was on an antidepresant....He was put on Effexor before we knew he was Bipolar. In time he got to the point where he was so out of control, raging & violent we had to go to a mood stablizer. We learned that bipolar children should not be treated with antidepressants, it makes them worse. If you should at some point take him off the Effexor, PLEASED BE WARNED !!!!!! Many people I know,adults & children, including my son, had horrible experiences going off Effexor(even going off a bit at a time) Delusions, manic episodes, violent outbusts & extremely mean. If you take your difficult child off the Effexor, I highly suggest doing it in-house, at a hospital. We had to send our older easy child to his cousin's for a week to keep him safe and away from the whole experience. We couldn't leave our difficult child alone for a minute. It was the worst experience we had with him since his onsettwo yrs ago. Now he is only talking a mood stablizer and he is going great. He still has his moments, but nothing like while on or going off the Effexor. I wish you all the best and I am pulling for you. Oh! One more thing....Go online to NAMI.org (National Alliance for Mental Illness). You will find a contact person for your State and County. They will be a huge help in finding local services for you and your difficult child. They also put on a great class called "Family to Family" you learn so much about the different mental illnesses including Bipolar. Lots of great info.on statagies for dealing with and commiucation with your ill relative. Plus great info. on all the medications out there. I highly recommend taking this class for anyone with a realtive with a major mental illness. [/QUOTE]
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