YoursMineAndOurs
Momof4gurlz
Its a long story but I will get straight to the point. My boyfriend's niece is a difficult child, she is 14 years old and has showed signs of being bi-polar since shes a young child. Her parents had her on a low dose of prozac and she seemed to be doing great. 4 years ago she was taken from the parents and placed in foster care. Her parents are suppose to have say over her therapy and medications but they have never been involved. She is getting worse and is highly medicated. She becomes very agitated, aggressive, curses, she shuts down, she will just sit there with her arms crossed and not say a word, she than passes out cold and when she awakes she all confused and disoriented. She remembers the episodes in pieces and over several days.
Her medications are -
8AM Daily
Zoloft 75mg
Strattera 40 mg
8PM Daily
Seroquel 50mg
Trazodone 50mg
Strattera 80mg
She has about 20 to 30 minutes at night to get to bed or she will pass out where ever she is. I read up on her medications and most of them arent even approved for children under the age of 18. My questions are -
Is she overmedicated?
Are any of the medications a mood stabilizer? Because I read that is what she would need in addition to any bi-polar medications.
What kind of doctor should she be seeing?
Her parents want to help her but like I said at this point they have no say even though there is a court order saying they are to be involved.
Any information will help
Her medications are -
8AM Daily
Zoloft 75mg
Strattera 40 mg
8PM Daily
Seroquel 50mg
Trazodone 50mg
Strattera 80mg
She has about 20 to 30 minutes at night to get to bed or she will pass out where ever she is. I read up on her medications and most of them arent even approved for children under the age of 18. My questions are -
Is she overmedicated?
Are any of the medications a mood stabilizer? Because I read that is what she would need in addition to any bi-polar medications.
What kind of doctor should she be seeing?
Her parents want to help her but like I said at this point they have no say even though there is a court order saying they are to be involved.
Any information will help