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Off to the psychiatrist to discuss new medication, plus ask about saliva test
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 584938" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>As one who tried many medications, I have to disagree with doctor, bu t that is how they typically talk about people when they complain about side effects. To many people 250-500 is NOT too little to not feel anything. I can't take 5 mg. of Prozac without feeling weird and sick, but doctors have told me it's my "anxiety" or "mood disorder." It bothers me when doctors do this, but it's up to the patient to learn to say, "No, I know my body and how it feels and I'm not going to take this drug because it is making me feel worse." There is a chance he's lying, but if a medication makes you feel better, why would you try to get out of taking it?</p><p></p><p>Some people are ultra sensitive to all medications. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids tend to be. Adults too. I really don't expect you to believe me...but I do hope you take it into a bit of consideration. These drugs are a krapshoot. They can help or make one feel worse, which is why so many adults are non-compliant. Depakote, and it wasn't a high dose, made my daughter feel spacy and cognitively unable to learn or retain anything and she was eighteen so she tossed it in the wastebasket. After that she said her head felt clear again.</p><p></p><p>I get very upset when doctors blame a mental illness for a medication's side effect. I had to learn to get past that and to know what felt ok and what didn't and to be active in my healthcare and I think all mental healthcare patients should or else they will always be told "no, it's not...it's your anxiety/depression/bipolar etc." </p><p></p><p>Ok, off the soapbox. But this is something your son will have to do and WILL do when he is an adult...decide for himself what is working for him, what isn't working at all, and what is making him feel even worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 584938, member: 1550"] As one who tried many medications, I have to disagree with doctor, bu t that is how they typically talk about people when they complain about side effects. To many people 250-500 is NOT too little to not feel anything. I can't take 5 mg. of Prozac without feeling weird and sick, but doctors have told me it's my "anxiety" or "mood disorder." It bothers me when doctors do this, but it's up to the patient to learn to say, "No, I know my body and how it feels and I'm not going to take this drug because it is making me feel worse." There is a chance he's lying, but if a medication makes you feel better, why would you try to get out of taking it? Some people are ultra sensitive to all medications. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids tend to be. Adults too. I really don't expect you to believe me...but I do hope you take it into a bit of consideration. These drugs are a krapshoot. They can help or make one feel worse, which is why so many adults are non-compliant. Depakote, and it wasn't a high dose, made my daughter feel spacy and cognitively unable to learn or retain anything and she was eighteen so she tossed it in the wastebasket. After that she said her head felt clear again. I get very upset when doctors blame a mental illness for a medication's side effect. I had to learn to get past that and to know what felt ok and what didn't and to be active in my healthcare and I think all mental healthcare patients should or else they will always be told "no, it's not...it's your anxiety/depression/bipolar etc." Ok, off the soapbox. But this is something your son will have to do and WILL do when he is an adult...decide for himself what is working for him, what isn't working at all, and what is making him feel even worse. [/QUOTE]
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