tammyjh
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difficult child is currently on prozac that was prescribed while she was inpatient back in the late summer. It was hard to tell if this was beneficial for her because she wasn't home. She came home in mid. Oct. and husband and I have come to the conclusion that its probably not beneficial and maybe whats making her moods a little more bizarre and intense. At the last appointment., psychiatrist talked about taking her off it to which I agreed. We didn't get to the plan for weaning because psychiatrist became a little irritated with me when I shot down every medication she suggested because we'd tried them all, played with the dosages more than a few times, an revisited some of them. We've only been to this particular psychiatrist twice as its hard to find a psychiatrist here, especially in the child psychiatry field. When we have found someone, it seems they don't stay with the practice long and then we're looking for someone else. So, new psychiatrist is looking at me like I'm the most difficult person in the world to deal with and says "maybe medications aren't the way to go. What she needs is in home supports." I say that I agree that maybe we won't find a medication for difficult child but we're still willing to give it another go and that we don't qualify for the level of in home supports that difficult child needs because her iq scores on her neuropsychologist were too high. So, she tells me that she's out of time and to research Tegretol and Lithium and we'll make a decision at the next appointment. :rolleyes: Odd thing was that earlier in the appointment., she was starting write us a script for Risperdal without asking me to research it. I'm used to working with docs giving an attitude so I just blew it off for the most part and said we'd see her next session with a decision. I've read a bit on each but was wondering what kind of experiences others have had with either of the medications.
TIA :smile:
TIA :smile: