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<blockquote data-quote="PiperThree" data-source="post: 9540" data-attributes="member: 3042"><p>MWM - step-son has been on so many different medication cocktails since he was 6 that I can't even remember them anymore. WE didn't think Abilify was doing anything when he first went into the shelter at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) - that's what they tweaked his medications down to - just Abilify. When he lived with us he was on all sorts of stuff - most of which now I can't remember the combinations and dosages but he was on Depakote, Risperdal, Triliptal, Lithium, Geodone, alot of anti depressants like Prozac and Paxil - I'd have to consult my 4 1/2 inch thick binder of all my notes over the last several years of his history to remember them all. Depakote worked with another medication but his white blood cell count went wonky on Depakote so it was discontinued. Another drug made him gain 60 pounds in 12 weeks. Lithium gave him the shakes so badly he couldn't hold a spoon although, he went on that when he was 8 years old - I wonder if now at 14 and a big kid if his body would be able to tolerate it better. Believe me, we've been fighting with the state and the child welfare people about demanding a neuropsychologist evaluation complete with a medication evaluation - our attorney has been fighting for it too only to be told that they (meaning the state) are "thinking about it". Translation: it costs too much so we'll do whatever we can to get by at a cheaper cost. Just like the whole foster family deal - theraputic family or not - we never wanted him in foster care because we knew eventually his honeymoon period would end and he'd blow his stack. Child welfare never even told this last foster family he had a violent background - chances are they never told the previous foster home either which is probably how difficult child went from being denied all foster homes when they were trying to place him to all of a sudden getting approved = yea, the state probably conveniently forgot to disclose info to them which in turn made them willing foster parents. Granted he never blew up with the first family but it's because he never got comfortable with them. With this last family - he already knew them. When they came forward and offered to help us we thought we were being granted a pair of guardian angels. Not only were they willing to take in husband's son, they weren't passing judgement on us at all because they already knew he was a handful. Handful, yes - violent - they had no idea until we told them after Wednesday's incident - they had no real knowledge before hand. They made their decision to allow themselves to be placed in harms way without all the info. I'm furious with the department for doing that at all but of course they'll probably get away with it now that foster mom and dad demanded he be placed somewhere else anyways. </p><p></p><p>When the heck will he get it? when will he stop doing this? even when he was on the best medication cocktail the doctors had for him, he still raged and was defiant. The defiance never went away. I feel completely sick to my stomach.</p><p></p><p>Piper</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiperThree, post: 9540, member: 3042"] MWM - step-son has been on so many different medication cocktails since he was 6 that I can't even remember them anymore. WE didn't think Abilify was doing anything when he first went into the shelter at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) - that's what they tweaked his medications down to - just Abilify. When he lived with us he was on all sorts of stuff - most of which now I can't remember the combinations and dosages but he was on Depakote, Risperdal, Triliptal, Lithium, Geodone, alot of anti depressants like Prozac and Paxil - I'd have to consult my 4 1/2 inch thick binder of all my notes over the last several years of his history to remember them all. Depakote worked with another medication but his white blood cell count went wonky on Depakote so it was discontinued. Another drug made him gain 60 pounds in 12 weeks. Lithium gave him the shakes so badly he couldn't hold a spoon although, he went on that when he was 8 years old - I wonder if now at 14 and a big kid if his body would be able to tolerate it better. Believe me, we've been fighting with the state and the child welfare people about demanding a neuropsychologist evaluation complete with a medication evaluation - our attorney has been fighting for it too only to be told that they (meaning the state) are "thinking about it". Translation: it costs too much so we'll do whatever we can to get by at a cheaper cost. Just like the whole foster family deal - theraputic family or not - we never wanted him in foster care because we knew eventually his honeymoon period would end and he'd blow his stack. Child welfare never even told this last foster family he had a violent background - chances are they never told the previous foster home either which is probably how difficult child went from being denied all foster homes when they were trying to place him to all of a sudden getting approved = yea, the state probably conveniently forgot to disclose info to them which in turn made them willing foster parents. Granted he never blew up with the first family but it's because he never got comfortable with them. With this last family - he already knew them. When they came forward and offered to help us we thought we were being granted a pair of guardian angels. Not only were they willing to take in husband's son, they weren't passing judgement on us at all because they already knew he was a handful. Handful, yes - violent - they had no idea until we told them after Wednesday's incident - they had no real knowledge before hand. They made their decision to allow themselves to be placed in harms way without all the info. I'm furious with the department for doing that at all but of course they'll probably get away with it now that foster mom and dad demanded he be placed somewhere else anyways. When the heck will he get it? when will he stop doing this? even when he was on the best medication cocktail the doctors had for him, he still raged and was defiant. The defiance never went away. I feel completely sick to my stomach. Piper [/QUOTE]
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