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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 73743" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>To follow up on Sara's post - </p><p></p><p>Did you know that doctors are given money to promote certain drugs by the pharma. companies? Therefore it is imperative that we, as parents, do not always take the psychiatrists lead - but rather be the leader ourselves. If it is between 2 medications, the psychiatrists are going to promote the medications that they get more kick backs for. Case closed. As a parent, our only recourse is, research, information, and not taking every medication the psychiatrists suggest as the final answer. If one is suggested, tell them you will think about it, research it, and get back to them on whether you feel like using that medication as the next step in your child's therapy.</p><p></p><p>At the risk of being bossy, and I know I have said this before Totoro - but I would tell psychiatrist No. I would tell him that you want to let Lamictal get to a higher dose before adding medications - and if another medication is needed at that time then you would like to try the mainstream mood medications......Lithium, Depakote, Tegretol, etc. </p><p></p><p>Also something to think about with K - when my son took Abilify he had a paradoxical reaction and it made him manic. Unlike Seroquel or Risperdal, which calmed him, Abilify made him a wild, out of control, insomniac.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 73743, member: 3301"] To follow up on Sara's post - Did you know that doctors are given money to promote certain drugs by the pharma. companies? Therefore it is imperative that we, as parents, do not always take the psychiatrists lead - but rather be the leader ourselves. If it is between 2 medications, the psychiatrists are going to promote the medications that they get more kick backs for. Case closed. As a parent, our only recourse is, research, information, and not taking every medication the psychiatrists suggest as the final answer. If one is suggested, tell them you will think about it, research it, and get back to them on whether you feel like using that medication as the next step in your child's therapy. At the risk of being bossy, and I know I have said this before Totoro - but I would tell psychiatrist No. I would tell him that you want to let Lamictal get to a higher dose before adding medications - and if another medication is needed at that time then you would like to try the mainstream mood medications......Lithium, Depakote, Tegretol, etc. Also something to think about with K - when my son took Abilify he had a paradoxical reaction and it made him manic. Unlike Seroquel or Risperdal, which calmed him, Abilify made him a wild, out of control, insomniac. [/QUOTE]
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