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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 438233" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>My son tried or trialed over 65 medications and combinations of medications over a period of ten years. TWO that I know of for certain caused him to attempt and nearly be successful at suicide. One medicaton was Zoloft, which oddly enough was the same medication that was prescribed for me as an adult and caused me to have idealizations of suicide. Both of us wanted to use hanging as the way to leave the world. He tried twice. Once at age ten, and again at age 15. Both times nearly successful. </p><p></p><p>The other medication that made him suicidal was (I think not sure) Trazadone or Tramadol? It was a long T name. Other medications made him very violent. Abilify was one of them. Geodone was supposed to help and it made things worse. The tdocs kept giving him medications for BiPolar (BP) and we kept telling them he was NOT BiPolar (BP). Every time they gave him BiPolar (BP) suited medications? He became very aggressive. </p><p></p><p>Eventually around age 15 he just got to the point where he said NO MORE, and we agreed. None of the medications seemed to be the help or crutch he needed to even get him to a place that assisted him over any therapeutic hurdles, or helped him sleep. They had him at one time on so much clonodine we had to keep a mirror handy to see if he was breathing and at that point I said NO MORE. They never could help us with any medications or regime that would help with encopresis - and if you live with that, plus behaviors, and anger, and defiant disorder, and conduct disorder, and yadda so on and so on? It's like you find yourself standing in the middle of the room having a conversation with God - and just saying "No, really? twelve things? How about eight - and YOU keep the pants messing thing - I'll deal with the rest." Tack on a crazy x that is trying to hunt you both down and kill you, jobs that fire you and won't ever understand about your chlid having to leave school all the time - and a SCHOOL system that had NO clue about what YOUR kid was about - and NOW you can add MY medications to the mix - and we started with valium which did nothing. So We added AD's and well - back and forth - you kid yourself that you don't need any of it - but in the end - 15 years later? I'm fine with taking whatever I need PLUS therapy, PLUS friends, PLUS relaxation candles, tapes, walks, exercise, diet, eating well - taking to trees.........my higher power.......Does not matter to me WHAT I need to make it through the day - it was THAT bad, and however I can cope or HOWEVER I can help my kids cope? I'll take it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 438233, member: 4964"] My son tried or trialed over 65 medications and combinations of medications over a period of ten years. TWO that I know of for certain caused him to attempt and nearly be successful at suicide. One medicaton was Zoloft, which oddly enough was the same medication that was prescribed for me as an adult and caused me to have idealizations of suicide. Both of us wanted to use hanging as the way to leave the world. He tried twice. Once at age ten, and again at age 15. Both times nearly successful. The other medication that made him suicidal was (I think not sure) Trazadone or Tramadol? It was a long T name. Other medications made him very violent. Abilify was one of them. Geodone was supposed to help and it made things worse. The tdocs kept giving him medications for BiPolar (BP) and we kept telling them he was NOT BiPolar (BP). Every time they gave him BiPolar (BP) suited medications? He became very aggressive. Eventually around age 15 he just got to the point where he said NO MORE, and we agreed. None of the medications seemed to be the help or crutch he needed to even get him to a place that assisted him over any therapeutic hurdles, or helped him sleep. They had him at one time on so much clonodine we had to keep a mirror handy to see if he was breathing and at that point I said NO MORE. They never could help us with any medications or regime that would help with encopresis - and if you live with that, plus behaviors, and anger, and defiant disorder, and conduct disorder, and yadda so on and so on? It's like you find yourself standing in the middle of the room having a conversation with God - and just saying "No, really? twelve things? How about eight - and YOU keep the pants messing thing - I'll deal with the rest." Tack on a crazy x that is trying to hunt you both down and kill you, jobs that fire you and won't ever understand about your chlid having to leave school all the time - and a SCHOOL system that had NO clue about what YOUR kid was about - and NOW you can add MY medications to the mix - and we started with valium which did nothing. So We added AD's and well - back and forth - you kid yourself that you don't need any of it - but in the end - 15 years later? I'm fine with taking whatever I need PLUS therapy, PLUS friends, PLUS relaxation candles, tapes, walks, exercise, diet, eating well - taking to trees.........my higher power.......Does not matter to me WHAT I need to make it through the day - it was THAT bad, and however I can cope or HOWEVER I can help my kids cope? I'll take it. [/QUOTE]
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