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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 136875" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Christy,</p><p> </p><p>I'm sorry if you've answered this before, but how much Prozac and Seroquel is your difficult child taking? Did he become worse once he started taking Prozac? Has he ever had any neurospychological testing to see if anything else is at play?</p><p> </p><p>If your son is getting worse and the psychiatrist is talking about a mood stabilizer, I'm guessing he's thinking mood disorder on the bipolar spectrum rather than unipolar depression. Prozac can induce a kind of bipolar mania that cannot be resolved unless the child is weaned from the medication. Before you go the next step to Residential Treatment Center (RTC), isn't it possible for the current program to wean your son from Prozac and start a mood stabilizer to see how he does? </p><p> </p><p>FWIW, my son had similar sx (including school refusal) and had manic reactions to both Prozac and Zoloft (SSRI antidepressants). In order to treat him appropriately, we had to wean him off of all antidepressants and have him take mood stabilizers (the first-line MS are Lithium, Lamictal, Depakote, Tegretol and Trileptal) and atypical antipsychotics (like Seroquel). He is now the best he's been in years on this medication combo (achieved by attending a day treatment program at a local psychiatric hospital for 6 weeks). </p><p> </p><p>I'm sorry things are so rough right now. I hope you get some answers soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 136875, member: 2423"] Christy, I'm sorry if you've answered this before, but how much Prozac and Seroquel is your difficult child taking? Did he become worse once he started taking Prozac? Has he ever had any neurospychological testing to see if anything else is at play? If your son is getting worse and the psychiatrist is talking about a mood stabilizer, I'm guessing he's thinking mood disorder on the bipolar spectrum rather than unipolar depression. Prozac can induce a kind of bipolar mania that cannot be resolved unless the child is weaned from the medication. Before you go the next step to Residential Treatment Center (RTC), isn't it possible for the current program to wean your son from Prozac and start a mood stabilizer to see how he does? FWIW, my son had similar sx (including school refusal) and had manic reactions to both Prozac and Zoloft (SSRI antidepressants). In order to treat him appropriately, we had to wean him off of all antidepressants and have him take mood stabilizers (the first-line MS are Lithium, Lamictal, Depakote, Tegretol and Trileptal) and atypical antipsychotics (like Seroquel). He is now the best he's been in years on this medication combo (achieved by attending a day treatment program at a local psychiatric hospital for 6 weeks). I'm sorry things are so rough right now. I hope you get some answers soon. [/QUOTE]
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