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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 422806" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Ok, I am going to say this as a bipolar person and as the mother of a bipolar child one time and then I am never going to say anything else about the medication of your daughter again. </p><p></p><p>Your psychiatrist has placed your daughter on two medications: Lamicatal- a mood stabilizer and Zyprexa- an anti-psychotic. I have no idea if your doctor advised you to start her at the 12.5 mgs or not but I hope you are following his advice. Is he advising you to stop the Zyprexa next week? Is he going to recommend another more weight neutral AP? There are two new ones that just came out. I am on one of them. </p><p></p><p>Lamictal will not work in one day or one week. It will take at least a month to six weeks for you to see any effects. You cant just start and stop these medications. Weight is something that people with our issues struggle with because these medications tend to cause weight gain but the positive effects vs the negatives have to be weighed and sometimes we just have to deal with it. </p><p></p><p>As far as the doctor suggesting a SSRI for a child that anyone is saying is bipolar? Especially one who is already bouncing off the walls in as manic a state as you describe....I would refuse emphatically. SSRI's are renowned for causing mania in anyone who has bipolar. Why would you even chance it? Whatever symptom you are trying to control there are other ways to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 422806, member: 1514"] Ok, I am going to say this as a bipolar person and as the mother of a bipolar child one time and then I am never going to say anything else about the medication of your daughter again. Your psychiatrist has placed your daughter on two medications: Lamicatal- a mood stabilizer and Zyprexa- an anti-psychotic. I have no idea if your doctor advised you to start her at the 12.5 mgs or not but I hope you are following his advice. Is he advising you to stop the Zyprexa next week? Is he going to recommend another more weight neutral AP? There are two new ones that just came out. I am on one of them. Lamictal will not work in one day or one week. It will take at least a month to six weeks for you to see any effects. You cant just start and stop these medications. Weight is something that people with our issues struggle with because these medications tend to cause weight gain but the positive effects vs the negatives have to be weighed and sometimes we just have to deal with it. As far as the doctor suggesting a SSRI for a child that anyone is saying is bipolar? Especially one who is already bouncing off the walls in as manic a state as you describe....I would refuse emphatically. SSRI's are renowned for causing mania in anyone who has bipolar. Why would you even chance it? Whatever symptom you are trying to control there are other ways to do it. [/QUOTE]
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