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<blockquote data-quote="katya02" data-source="post: 213500" data-attributes="member: 2884"><p>Yes, he has been tried on depakote and couldn't take the side effects - severe abdo pain daily. He was very sedated on it as well. I realize Geodon is an atypical antipsychotic; for some reason psychiatrists seem to use these frequently as mood stablizers. difficult child was on Risperdal when he was younger and all it did was sedate him. psychiatrist is suggesting maybe Topamax next, and difficult child has been on that too. It gave him severe word-finding and cognitive difficulties. Neurologists call it 'Dopamax' because they see about 10% of patients with the cognitive problems on it. He hasn't been tried on Lamictal and that would be a possibility. His current psychiatrist doesn't like it because it takes months to get to an effective dose and he feels that if you can go for months without the effect, you probably don't need it. A Catch-22 of sorts.</p><p></p><p>difficult child did have scary behaviors in the summer but he was on unopposed antidepressants then; he started them immediately on coming home for his panic attacks. The psychiatrist then added two more antidepressants and then we saw lots of bad things happening. What makes husband and me unsure about the medications is that when difficult child was completely off medications for five years he DID have substance abuse issues but he didn't show these weird and scary behaviors. It was more personality stuff, which wasn't fun but was more straightforward to deal with. And he had his cognition intact.</p><p></p><p>Still, I will reread all my previous posts because you're right, it's so easy to forget. Thanks for the suggestion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katya02, post: 213500, member: 2884"] Yes, he has been tried on depakote and couldn't take the side effects - severe abdo pain daily. He was very sedated on it as well. I realize Geodon is an atypical antipsychotic; for some reason psychiatrists seem to use these frequently as mood stablizers. difficult child was on Risperdal when he was younger and all it did was sedate him. psychiatrist is suggesting maybe Topamax next, and difficult child has been on that too. It gave him severe word-finding and cognitive difficulties. Neurologists call it 'Dopamax' because they see about 10% of patients with the cognitive problems on it. He hasn't been tried on Lamictal and that would be a possibility. His current psychiatrist doesn't like it because it takes months to get to an effective dose and he feels that if you can go for months without the effect, you probably don't need it. A Catch-22 of sorts. difficult child did have scary behaviors in the summer but he was on unopposed antidepressants then; he started them immediately on coming home for his panic attacks. The psychiatrist then added two more antidepressants and then we saw lots of bad things happening. What makes husband and me unsure about the medications is that when difficult child was completely off medications for five years he DID have substance abuse issues but he didn't show these weird and scary behaviors. It was more personality stuff, which wasn't fun but was more straightforward to deal with. And he had his cognition intact. Still, I will reread all my previous posts because you're right, it's so easy to forget. Thanks for the suggestion. [/QUOTE]
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