I didnt know:::::::::::I was in the presence of you experts:::::::;I am so glad I saw the post. Any info will be deeply appreciated:::::::completly read and mulled over.
My son at 7 was put on prozac for depression. Within 3 days he was homicidal, suicidal, crazy!! After 2 weeks they stopped the prozac and started him on Effexor. For the past year he has been having rages but between the rages was controllable with 1 2 3 magic.He continued suicidal off and on. And all the other behaviors on this board.
I got the effexor stopped 6 weeks ago. Since that time he is more defiant, pissed off at the world 24/7, very uncontrollable without restraining him. But the rages are much LESS intense and more controllable by him. He is no longer sadistically violent is just pissed off all the time. He still hurts animals and hits me but doesnt try to kill me anymore. I used to be able to control and stop the behaviors and now all i can do is get him to agree to stop them. He sleeps very, very little. He eats very very little. Craves sweets. He goes from wanting to kill himself to starting fights in seconds flat. He has poor concentration at school. He is very impulsive. There is a family history of BiPolar (BP), depression, alcohol abuse, suicide. Prozac/Chandler say that this medication can induce mania in children, irreversable. questions
*Is this bipolar?
*How do I structure a summer best for him?
*What can I do to help him?
God Bless you for any/ANY/any input.
Thank you!!!!!
Andrea
My son at 7 was put on prozac for depression. Within 3 days he was homicidal, suicidal, crazy!! After 2 weeks they stopped the prozac and started him on Effexor. For the past year he has been having rages but between the rages was controllable with 1 2 3 magic.He continued suicidal off and on. And all the other behaviors on this board.
I got the effexor stopped 6 weeks ago. Since that time he is more defiant, pissed off at the world 24/7, very uncontrollable without restraining him. But the rages are much LESS intense and more controllable by him. He is no longer sadistically violent is just pissed off all the time. He still hurts animals and hits me but doesnt try to kill me anymore. I used to be able to control and stop the behaviors and now all i can do is get him to agree to stop them. He sleeps very, very little. He eats very very little. Craves sweets. He goes from wanting to kill himself to starting fights in seconds flat. He has poor concentration at school. He is very impulsive. There is a family history of BiPolar (BP), depression, alcohol abuse, suicide. Prozac/Chandler say that this medication can induce mania in children, irreversable. questions
*Is this bipolar?
*How do I structure a summer best for him?
*What can I do to help him?
God Bless you for any/ANY/any input.
Thank you!!!!!
Andrea