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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 298656" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I'm late to this but just want to send you my love and hugs for all of you... I'm so sorry she is struggling and that it is causing you so much pain to watch. I can't really advise on the medications... the only thing I can think is that perhaps the Lithium levels are similar to Depakote levels. If you don't get it up to the right range, it's like there's nothing there at all. We've seen that with difficult child 2. And what others have said about growth in kids and the need to tweak medications totally makes sense to me. K isn't even close to puberty yet, but her brain is growing every day, changing. So it would stand to reason (in my head, anyway) that stability will be a fleeting thing until she slows down a little. We kinda went through that with difficult child 2 from about first through fifth grade. He was always needing MORE or needing things to be changed. Now that he's bigger (or his brain is anyway) he seems to respond to medications a little more typically. We still have to make adjustments, but I don't feel like we're on the drug-of-the-month merry-go-round.</p><p> </p><p>Sometimes a medication wash is in order, but like others have said, you may not have given Lithium an adequate trial. </p><p> </p><p>Hang in there. You are a Warrior Mom and you will figure this out eventually. And we will all be here for you along the way.</p><p> </p><p>(((((HUGS)))))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 298656, member: 3444"] I'm late to this but just want to send you my love and hugs for all of you... I'm so sorry she is struggling and that it is causing you so much pain to watch. I can't really advise on the medications... the only thing I can think is that perhaps the Lithium levels are similar to Depakote levels. If you don't get it up to the right range, it's like there's nothing there at all. We've seen that with difficult child 2. And what others have said about growth in kids and the need to tweak medications totally makes sense to me. K isn't even close to puberty yet, but her brain is growing every day, changing. So it would stand to reason (in my head, anyway) that stability will be a fleeting thing until she slows down a little. We kinda went through that with difficult child 2 from about first through fifth grade. He was always needing MORE or needing things to be changed. Now that he's bigger (or his brain is anyway) he seems to respond to medications a little more typically. We still have to make adjustments, but I don't feel like we're on the drug-of-the-month merry-go-round. Sometimes a medication wash is in order, but like others have said, you may not have given Lithium an adequate trial. Hang in there. You are a Warrior Mom and you will figure this out eventually. And we will all be here for you along the way. (((((HUGS))))) [/QUOTE]
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