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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 222331" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Courtfrog - Welcome! So glad you found us.</p><p> </p><p>I'm terribly sorry your daughter had such a bad reaction. Please please, don't blame yourself. We try our very best to be good advocates for our kids but we do have to trust the professionals working with our kids. As we learn, unfortunately through experience, we do become even better advocates.</p><p> </p><p>My kiddo was initially diagnosed with bipolar and ADHD. He was put on a mood stabilizer (depakote) and then the psychiatrist wanted to try Ritalin. The Ritalin was a really bad medication for him - provoked impressive raging within 30 minutes of dosing. I felt horrible for having allowed him to take the medication but realistically, there is not a sure-fire way to know what will and work for our kids. Some bipolar kids can take stimulants, though it's not I think generally the preferred way to go. Some kids can take antidepressants - some can't. There is just no way to know. It's pharmacologic roulette and it's *incredibly* frustrating. </p><p> </p><p>Risperdal is an antipsychotic - my son has been on it for the better part of 10 years now, in varying doses. When he was younger, it was quite frankly a miracle drug for us. His raging decreased dramatically in frequency and severity, really pretty quickly. Not that he stopped raging, but rather than several hours-long episodes a day, we graduated to several times a week for at most maybe a half hour - huge improvement. I don't understant the pharmacology of it all, but it (and other antipsychotics) seems to help decrease that heightened irritability and tendancy to rage.</p><p> </p><p>I'm glad your daughter is safe and I hope this hospitalization opens up some resources for your family. Again, welcome!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 222331, member: 8"] Courtfrog - Welcome! So glad you found us. I'm terribly sorry your daughter had such a bad reaction. Please please, don't blame yourself. We try our very best to be good advocates for our kids but we do have to trust the professionals working with our kids. As we learn, unfortunately through experience, we do become even better advocates. My kiddo was initially diagnosed with bipolar and ADHD. He was put on a mood stabilizer (depakote) and then the psychiatrist wanted to try Ritalin. The Ritalin was a really bad medication for him - provoked impressive raging within 30 minutes of dosing. I felt horrible for having allowed him to take the medication but realistically, there is not a sure-fire way to know what will and work for our kids. Some bipolar kids can take stimulants, though it's not I think generally the preferred way to go. Some kids can take antidepressants - some can't. There is just no way to know. It's pharmacologic roulette and it's *incredibly* frustrating. Risperdal is an antipsychotic - my son has been on it for the better part of 10 years now, in varying doses. When he was younger, it was quite frankly a miracle drug for us. His raging decreased dramatically in frequency and severity, really pretty quickly. Not that he stopped raging, but rather than several hours-long episodes a day, we graduated to several times a week for at most maybe a half hour - huge improvement. I don't understant the pharmacology of it all, but it (and other antipsychotics) seems to help decrease that heightened irritability and tendancy to rage. I'm glad your daughter is safe and I hope this hospitalization opens up some resources for your family. Again, welcome! [/QUOTE]
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