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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 292577" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>I think it is easy to say someone needs to work on calming themselves down if we haven't experienced strong feelings ourselves. I really believe some of these kids have biochemical issues that make it difficult, if not impossible, for them to control themselves.</p><p> </p><p>I did not rage but I used to be irritable and stressed all of the time. Then, I tried Lexapro and the things I thought anyone would be irritated about, didn't bother me any more. When I was irritated, I would have an ugly tone in my voice about the slightest thing. I knew I needed to work on that, but things would just come out of my mouth before I could even process that I needed to think about my tone. With Lexapro, I didn't have to worry about my tone, because I wasn't irritated. Being on that for a while made me then realize when it was me that was easily irritated and not the situation being irritating. Before that, I was unable to see that the problem was within me.</p><p> </p><p>So I believe in adjusting biochemistry to help our kids. </p><p> </p><p>After I was on Lexapro for a little over a year, I discovered that I had gluten intolerance. Going on a gluten free diet meant I didn't need the Lexapro any more. </p><p> </p><p>My oldest daughter was diagnosis'ed with ODD and depression. She needs to be on the girlfriend/CF diet. Before we started her on that diet, she was taking Lexapro and we were going to add Seroquel. She would lash out when she was angry and sometimes hit or throw things. I was scared she would hurt her sister so we were going to have to add something else to the Lexapro. It was at that time that we discovered she had gluten/casein intolerance and I saw how well it worked for me, so we held off on adding the Seroquel while we tried the diet for her. She has been able to get off the Lexapro also and is fine, unless she doesn't stay on her diet. </p><p> </p><p>She is a teenager so she cheats on her diet some. I still don't think medications are the answer for her because I am not convinced her mood problem would be controlled by medications if she was continuing to eat gluten. I also think the gluten is probably doing other damage to her body and her mood is the only symptom that I can see. When I went on the girlfriend diet, many symptoms of mine went away that I would never have thought were related to gluten. So she is pretty compliant with her diet and is doing well enough.</p><p> </p><p>My other daughter is also on the girlfriend/CF diet. Her problem with gluten is that it causes stomach problems. Her mood does get much worse, I think, if she makes a diet mistake but she is having some other issues that we haven't been able to solve with diet or other natural means so far. We are giving her medicine for those issues.</p><p> </p><p>My older daughter and I have to stay very strictly on our diet for it to work. Eating at restaurants is risking accidentally eating gluten. I have found some restaurants that I trust but this diet requires a serious committment of being extremely careful about what we eat. My last mistake happened when I ate a supposedly gluten free meal at a chain restaurant. I felt like I had been drinking when I left (I had not had any alcohol) and for at least 3 weeks I was extremely depressed and crying over trivial things (like Hannah Montana!). I was aware that this wasn't right but I couldn't control it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 292577, member: 1792"] I think it is easy to say someone needs to work on calming themselves down if we haven't experienced strong feelings ourselves. I really believe some of these kids have biochemical issues that make it difficult, if not impossible, for them to control themselves. I did not rage but I used to be irritable and stressed all of the time. Then, I tried Lexapro and the things I thought anyone would be irritated about, didn't bother me any more. When I was irritated, I would have an ugly tone in my voice about the slightest thing. I knew I needed to work on that, but things would just come out of my mouth before I could even process that I needed to think about my tone. With Lexapro, I didn't have to worry about my tone, because I wasn't irritated. Being on that for a while made me then realize when it was me that was easily irritated and not the situation being irritating. Before that, I was unable to see that the problem was within me. So I believe in adjusting biochemistry to help our kids. After I was on Lexapro for a little over a year, I discovered that I had gluten intolerance. Going on a gluten free diet meant I didn't need the Lexapro any more. My oldest daughter was diagnosis'ed with ODD and depression. She needs to be on the girlfriend/CF diet. Before we started her on that diet, she was taking Lexapro and we were going to add Seroquel. She would lash out when she was angry and sometimes hit or throw things. I was scared she would hurt her sister so we were going to have to add something else to the Lexapro. It was at that time that we discovered she had gluten/casein intolerance and I saw how well it worked for me, so we held off on adding the Seroquel while we tried the diet for her. She has been able to get off the Lexapro also and is fine, unless she doesn't stay on her diet. She is a teenager so she cheats on her diet some. I still don't think medications are the answer for her because I am not convinced her mood problem would be controlled by medications if she was continuing to eat gluten. I also think the gluten is probably doing other damage to her body and her mood is the only symptom that I can see. When I went on the girlfriend diet, many symptoms of mine went away that I would never have thought were related to gluten. So she is pretty compliant with her diet and is doing well enough. My other daughter is also on the girlfriend/CF diet. Her problem with gluten is that it causes stomach problems. Her mood does get much worse, I think, if she makes a diet mistake but she is having some other issues that we haven't been able to solve with diet or other natural means so far. We are giving her medicine for those issues. My older daughter and I have to stay very strictly on our diet for it to work. Eating at restaurants is risking accidentally eating gluten. I have found some restaurants that I trust but this diet requires a serious committment of being extremely careful about what we eat. My last mistake happened when I ate a supposedly gluten free meal at a chain restaurant. I felt like I had been drinking when I left (I had not had any alcohol) and for at least 3 weeks I was extremely depressed and crying over trivial things (like Hannah Montana!). I was aware that this wasn't right but I couldn't control it. [/QUOTE]
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