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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), ODD, ADHD or BiPolar?! What medications?
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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 559824" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /> Welcome. I wish you hadn't had to look for us, but let me tell you, this board has saved my sanity more than once!</p><p></p><p>OK. The drugs are the first thing to tackle. Pot - yes, apathy - mellows a person out so they don't care. Cold medications - UGH, BAD NEWS. Onyxx did "Triple Cs" as she called them (from Coricidin Cough & Cold. There are other names; in the 80s it was called Robotripping (from Robitussin). Any medication containing dextromethorphan will give the same high, and in smaller doses (usually the recommended) it can make a person sleepy (but the sleep isn't that great, similar to alcohol). Larger doses can make a person jittery or hallucinate (or other effects) - and can push their heart rate through the roof. They're just as dangerous as many Rx drugs.</p><p></p><p>Once drugs - and the residual cravings - are addressed, you may find there isn't really any other diagnosis. Or like Onyxx, he might <em>be</em> bipolar and self-medicating. Prozac is disastrous for bipolar as are many other antidepressants. An antipsychotic or mood stabilizer might be a better bet. Risperidone worked for Onyxx - and Invega is a miracle for her - Seroquel did at first and then not so much, but for others it works wonders. Really, it depends on the person's individual body/brain chemistry. Also... They won't have the intended effect while he is on drugs.</p><p></p><p>More <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /> - it is a long road, but our kids are worth the attempt!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 559824, member: 6705"] :hugs: Welcome. I wish you hadn't had to look for us, but let me tell you, this board has saved my sanity more than once! OK. The drugs are the first thing to tackle. Pot - yes, apathy - mellows a person out so they don't care. Cold medications - UGH, BAD NEWS. Onyxx did "Triple Cs" as she called them (from Coricidin Cough & Cold. There are other names; in the 80s it was called Robotripping (from Robitussin). Any medication containing dextromethorphan will give the same high, and in smaller doses (usually the recommended) it can make a person sleepy (but the sleep isn't that great, similar to alcohol). Larger doses can make a person jittery or hallucinate (or other effects) - and can push their heart rate through the roof. They're just as dangerous as many Rx drugs. Once drugs - and the residual cravings - are addressed, you may find there isn't really any other diagnosis. Or like Onyxx, he might [I]be[/I] bipolar and self-medicating. Prozac is disastrous for bipolar as are many other antidepressants. An antipsychotic or mood stabilizer might be a better bet. Risperidone worked for Onyxx - and Invega is a miracle for her - Seroquel did at first and then not so much, but for others it works wonders. Really, it depends on the person's individual body/brain chemistry. Also... They won't have the intended effect while he is on drugs. More :hugs: - it is a long road, but our kids are worth the attempt! [/QUOTE]
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