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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 223321" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Gosh, as far as medications smallworld, you seem to know more than most, so just trust your gut. Trust what you really feeling about this, and I am confident you will make the right decision.</p><p></p><p>My personal experience is that my difficult child's medication mix does not seem to adequately help him without 2 mood stab, an AD, and an AP. It all has to be timed <em>perfectly</em>, however - because if you start the AD without the proper MS in place you are doomed - as you know. The only AD that has ever worked for my difficult child is Paxil, which is supposedly the least likely to do much of anything for most people, and is way down there on the list of ADs usually suggested for kids with BiPolar (BP). None the less, through trial and error, that has seemed to be the one.</p><p> </p><p>As far as the schooling that is actually even harder to address in my opinion. For us private schools brought no more balance or help than public. In fact, the ones for mentally ill teens were horrible. Homeschooling really worked for awhile, because it caused him to be part of a community with the local social homeschoolers, and their classes, and for a couple of years he was successful with that.</p><p></p><p>My only other thoughts would be ~</p><p>To possibly find a mentor for him? </p><p>An outside class that he is really interested in, that also is a base for social opportunities?</p><p>Tae Kwon Do, or some other sport that makes him feel empowered?</p><p>Can your difficult child integrate back into a few mainstream classes at his HS?</p><p></p><p></p><p>I would focus the most on the social part at this point. That, in my opinion, is more of a red flag than the classwork. I did the opposite with my difficult child, and now he is suffering the ramifications of not knowing how to interface with friends or the world. School work can only do so much - in a couple of years - the most important part of this equation will be how he can socially interact with the world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 223321, member: 3301"] Gosh, as far as medications smallworld, you seem to know more than most, so just trust your gut. Trust what you really feeling about this, and I am confident you will make the right decision. My personal experience is that my difficult child's medication mix does not seem to adequately help him without 2 mood stab, an AD, and an AP. It all has to be timed [I]perfectly[/I], however - because if you start the AD without the proper MS in place you are doomed - as you know. The only AD that has ever worked for my difficult child is Paxil, which is supposedly the least likely to do much of anything for most people, and is way down there on the list of ADs usually suggested for kids with BiPolar (BP). None the less, through trial and error, that has seemed to be the one. As far as the schooling that is actually even harder to address in my opinion. For us private schools brought no more balance or help than public. In fact, the ones for mentally ill teens were horrible. Homeschooling really worked for awhile, because it caused him to be part of a community with the local social homeschoolers, and their classes, and for a couple of years he was successful with that. My only other thoughts would be ~ To possibly find a mentor for him? An outside class that he is really interested in, that also is a base for social opportunities? Tae Kwon Do, or some other sport that makes him feel empowered? Can your difficult child integrate back into a few mainstream classes at his HS? I would focus the most on the social part at this point. That, in my opinion, is more of a red flag than the classwork. I did the opposite with my difficult child, and now he is suffering the ramifications of not knowing how to interface with friends or the world. School work can only do so much - in a couple of years - the most important part of this equation will be how he can socially interact with the world. [/QUOTE]
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