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Should I Let the New psychiatrist see the "Real" difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 333290" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>On the other hand, taking her off her medications might produce an even more unstable difficult child than before. The very worst days we had with difficult child 1 were when we forgot to give her her Lexapro the night before. </p><p> </p><p>I would have a problem with a smug attitude and feel smug myself when difficult child showed the behaviour to the psychiatrist. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to push her buttons before the appointment.</p><p> </p><p>If the medications are helping and she is better around horses, then you have part of your answer anyway.</p><p> </p><p>We successfully weaned difficult child 1 off from 20 mg of Lexapro, but we did it over a year. Every time we decreased the dose, there was an increase in symptoms which would have led her psychiatrist to think she needed it. The symptoms started in the 3rd or 4th week after the decrease and lasted a few weeks. We kept on because we had changed her diet and had faith that it would work due to my experience with it. She has been off for 3 years so it is clear she doesn't need it and her increased symptoms were withdrawal effect.</p><p> </p><p>Withdrawal effect would also give the wrong picture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 333290, member: 1792"] On the other hand, taking her off her medications might produce an even more unstable difficult child than before. The very worst days we had with difficult child 1 were when we forgot to give her her Lexapro the night before. I would have a problem with a smug attitude and feel smug myself when difficult child showed the behaviour to the psychiatrist. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to push her buttons before the appointment. If the medications are helping and she is better around horses, then you have part of your answer anyway. We successfully weaned difficult child 1 off from 20 mg of Lexapro, but we did it over a year. Every time we decreased the dose, there was an increase in symptoms which would have led her psychiatrist to think she needed it. The symptoms started in the 3rd or 4th week after the decrease and lasted a few weeks. We kept on because we had changed her diet and had faith that it would work due to my experience with it. She has been off for 3 years so it is clear she doesn't need it and her increased symptoms were withdrawal effect. Withdrawal effect would also give the wrong picture. [/QUOTE]
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