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<blockquote data-quote="MyFriendKita" data-source="post: 215427" data-attributes="member: 4888"><p>This is just my opinion, and I am in no way, shape, or form a medical professional, but I would be extremely leery of giving an AD to any bipolar child, but especially to one who is already in legal trouble. I did face this with my own son when he was a couple of years older than your son (he was 16). I thought the psychiatrist was going to rx an AD (my son was originally diagnosis ADD/ODD, then after psychiatric testing he got a diagnosis of dysthymia/ODD). He was already on probation, and any more legal trouble would have meant severe consequences. </p><p> </p><p>At one point, I convinced myself that we should give an AD a trial, if the psychiatrist rx it, but after doing some research about manic reactions to AD's, especially among teens, I decided against it. The price for a bad reaction wasn't worth it, in my opinion. Fortunately our psychiatrist agreed, and he rx Lamictal instead, which has been a godsend for us. </p><p> </p><p>I'm not saying don't trial the AD, but I've heard a lot of stories about bad reactions to AD's (many on this board), and when a kid is already in legal trouble, I think you have to give the decision more consideration than the parent of a child who isn't dealing with the system.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck with your decision, whatever you decide. I know the position you're in isn't an easy one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MyFriendKita, post: 215427, member: 4888"] This is just my opinion, and I am in no way, shape, or form a medical professional, but I would be extremely leery of giving an AD to any bipolar child, but especially to one who is already in legal trouble. I did face this with my own son when he was a couple of years older than your son (he was 16). I thought the psychiatrist was going to rx an AD (my son was originally diagnosis ADD/ODD, then after psychiatric testing he got a diagnosis of dysthymia/ODD). He was already on probation, and any more legal trouble would have meant severe consequences. At one point, I convinced myself that we should give an AD a trial, if the psychiatrist rx it, but after doing some research about manic reactions to AD's, especially among teens, I decided against it. The price for a bad reaction wasn't worth it, in my opinion. Fortunately our psychiatrist agreed, and he rx Lamictal instead, which has been a godsend for us. I'm not saying don't trial the AD, but I've heard a lot of stories about bad reactions to AD's (many on this board), and when a kid is already in legal trouble, I think you have to give the decision more consideration than the parent of a child who isn't dealing with the system. Good luck with your decision, whatever you decide. I know the position you're in isn't an easy one. [/QUOTE]
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