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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 227914" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I wonder if he's on the wrong type of medication altogether, then??? What does psychiatrist say about it? Have you listed (for yourself) the types of drugs he's tried- ie, SSRI's, AP's, stims, and then thought about what hasn't been tried- MS, anti-anxiety, etc?? I used to think I could expect psychiatrist to cover all that, and although I thinkk difficult child's psychiatrist is very competent and attentive, I still find that I have to do my homework and get advice from the board and just go in proposing things or wording things differently to stress my concern more in order to get psychiatrist to see thinggs the way I see them sometimes.</p><p></p><p>FWIW- My son takes depakote and lithobid, but I can guarantee you that the lithobid is really doing the most for mood cycling. Depakote wouldn't even come close to doing what the lithium does. difficult child can function on lithium alone, albeit he has symptoms still that interfere with normal life. He cannot function without lithium, or possibly another of the old "tried and true" MS's. </p><p></p><p>I don't know about the spect scan, but I'm one who's willing to allow any non-invasive test if I can afford it and if it can help difficult child or other kids/families and if it doesn't have strong potential for making things worse or causing difficult child psychological damage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 227914, member: 3699"] I wonder if he's on the wrong type of medication altogether, then??? What does psychiatrist say about it? Have you listed (for yourself) the types of drugs he's tried- ie, SSRI's, AP's, stims, and then thought about what hasn't been tried- MS, anti-anxiety, etc?? I used to think I could expect psychiatrist to cover all that, and although I thinkk difficult child's psychiatrist is very competent and attentive, I still find that I have to do my homework and get advice from the board and just go in proposing things or wording things differently to stress my concern more in order to get psychiatrist to see thinggs the way I see them sometimes. FWIW- My son takes depakote and lithobid, but I can guarantee you that the lithobid is really doing the most for mood cycling. Depakote wouldn't even come close to doing what the lithium does. difficult child can function on lithium alone, albeit he has symptoms still that interfere with normal life. He cannot function without lithium, or possibly another of the old "tried and true" MS's. I don't know about the spect scan, but I'm one who's willing to allow any non-invasive test if I can afford it and if it can help difficult child or other kids/families and if it doesn't have strong potential for making things worse or causing difficult child psychological damage. [/QUOTE]
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