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<blockquote data-quote="oceans" data-source="post: 39894" data-attributes="member: 2687"><p>This is what happened with my son.</p><p></p><p>His first diagnoses was ADD and Depression. psychiatrist started with stimulants. When that did not work, he added antidepressants. That did not work either, and he had bad reactions on many of the antidepressants. One psychiatrist thought his mood disorder needed to be watched closely over the years for bipolar, but he would only add risperdal. That had a small good response and then stopped working. On a high dose together with an antidepressant it caused his moods to swing up and down like crazy. We went a very long time with the psychiatrist refusing to try a mood stabilizer because he only saw depression. We tried many,many antidepressants with no luck and with him getting worse.</p><p></p><p>He agreed to add Lithium to the antidepressant and his TSH skyrocketed so we had to take him off before he reached therapeutic dose. After all of that....I finally talked him into adding Lamictal. Before we had a chance to add it, he ended up in the first psychiatric hospital and they added a second antidepressant to his first. He did not get better. I finally talked them into adding the Lamictal on the bases that it was the outpatient psychiatrists next plan anyway. They FINALLY added it, but he got transferred to the 2nd psychiatric hospital due to insurance issues.</p><p></p><p>After he had been in the 2nd psychiatric hospital awile, he suddenly told everyone that he felt different and he thought the medication was working. He came out of his depression for the first time in many years. We all think it is the Lamictal. We are coming down off the Wellbutrin right now, and he is still on the Zoloft. We are still sorting things out.</p><p></p><p>It is very difficult to get some psychiatrists to add a mood stabilizer unless they have tried many stimulants and/or antidepressants, and those have not worked....unless they are screaming bipolar and the psychiatrist sees it first hand. Mine tried four stimulants and 6 or more antidepressants. I have lost count of the antidepressants!</p><p></p><p>My sons moods are now stable and he is doing very well. Many psychiatrists are afraid of the rare rash Lamictal might cause...a serious one. My difficult child never got the rash and he has no bad side effects. It does not need blood draws either, which is a plus.</p><p></p><p>MOst of the other mood stabilizers do need blood draws and have their own side effects that need to be monitered for. My nephew does well on Tegretol. We do have bipolar on my husband's side of the family.</p><p></p><p>I wish you luck! It might be difficult to convince them to try a mood stabilizer this soon, but I understand why you would want to. The medication rollercoster it a difficult place to be. I do hope that you get in with a great psychiatrist who you can talk to, and who will be good to work with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oceans, post: 39894, member: 2687"] This is what happened with my son. His first diagnoses was ADD and Depression. psychiatrist started with stimulants. When that did not work, he added antidepressants. That did not work either, and he had bad reactions on many of the antidepressants. One psychiatrist thought his mood disorder needed to be watched closely over the years for bipolar, but he would only add risperdal. That had a small good response and then stopped working. On a high dose together with an antidepressant it caused his moods to swing up and down like crazy. We went a very long time with the psychiatrist refusing to try a mood stabilizer because he only saw depression. We tried many,many antidepressants with no luck and with him getting worse. He agreed to add Lithium to the antidepressant and his TSH skyrocketed so we had to take him off before he reached therapeutic dose. After all of that....I finally talked him into adding Lamictal. Before we had a chance to add it, he ended up in the first psychiatric hospital and they added a second antidepressant to his first. He did not get better. I finally talked them into adding the Lamictal on the bases that it was the outpatient psychiatrists next plan anyway. They FINALLY added it, but he got transferred to the 2nd psychiatric hospital due to insurance issues. After he had been in the 2nd psychiatric hospital awile, he suddenly told everyone that he felt different and he thought the medication was working. He came out of his depression for the first time in many years. We all think it is the Lamictal. We are coming down off the Wellbutrin right now, and he is still on the Zoloft. We are still sorting things out. It is very difficult to get some psychiatrists to add a mood stabilizer unless they have tried many stimulants and/or antidepressants, and those have not worked....unless they are screaming bipolar and the psychiatrist sees it first hand. Mine tried four stimulants and 6 or more antidepressants. I have lost count of the antidepressants! My sons moods are now stable and he is doing very well. Many psychiatrists are afraid of the rare rash Lamictal might cause...a serious one. My difficult child never got the rash and he has no bad side effects. It does not need blood draws either, which is a plus. MOst of the other mood stabilizers do need blood draws and have their own side effects that need to be monitered for. My nephew does well on Tegretol. We do have bipolar on my husband's side of the family. I wish you luck! It might be difficult to convince them to try a mood stabilizer this soon, but I understand why you would want to. The medication rollercoster it a difficult place to be. I do hope that you get in with a great psychiatrist who you can talk to, and who will be good to work with. [/QUOTE]
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