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<blockquote data-quote="oceans" data-source="post: 13311" data-attributes="member: 2687"><p>Thank you for the help.</p><p>Marguerite - The problem is that I can't seem to get him out of bed, much less out of the house on most days. He sometimes sleeps 16-20 hrs/day, and I can't seem to get him woken up and out of bed. Once in a great while he will come out to the store with me, but I can't seem to get him to exercise or to do much. I guess I will need to use the computer for leverage....that he needs to do things first before he gets on. Sometimes he can really wait things out though.</p><p></p><p>Smallworld- The school does provide transportation. There is a small bus that comes right to our house and drops him off at the end of the day. They do not send someone out if he will not go. He has not started Lamictal yet. The psychiatrist would not try it until he was on an AD again. He had stopped taking his Wellbutrin. It was not working and he said it made him feel funny, so he had been off medications for about a week. He just started taking an AD again and we just increased the dose this evening. He does not want to add the Lamictal until he is near the end of the bottle. He has just been on it for 11 days and has enough for a month. He has not tried Lexapro yet. That is another one the psychiatrist mentioned, but right now he is back on Zoloft. Zoloft never did him any good alone, but he did not have bad reactions to it like the other AD's he had tried.</p><p></p><p>Janet- He is not on Medicaid, so I don't think we can get those kind of resources. He sure could use those kind though!!!</p><p></p><p>OTE- thank you for the input. I hear what you are saying. It sometimes gets to the point of being overwhelming, but it is good that we have gotten this far. If we can get him to go to the school, I think there is a chance it will help to change things around!</p><p></p><p>So- I guess it is having to use the computer as a tool in a wise way, and continue to work on one step at a time. The most important is to get him to go to the school, and next we will be up against all the other problems that come with school, but there will be much more support at this school.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps once we start the Lamictal things will improve.....</p><p></p><p>Sometimes this feels like it is a forever battle and I get sooooo tired of it all!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oceans, post: 13311, member: 2687"] Thank you for the help. Marguerite - The problem is that I can't seem to get him out of bed, much less out of the house on most days. He sometimes sleeps 16-20 hrs/day, and I can't seem to get him woken up and out of bed. Once in a great while he will come out to the store with me, but I can't seem to get him to exercise or to do much. I guess I will need to use the computer for leverage....that he needs to do things first before he gets on. Sometimes he can really wait things out though. Smallworld- The school does provide transportation. There is a small bus that comes right to our house and drops him off at the end of the day. They do not send someone out if he will not go. He has not started Lamictal yet. The psychiatrist would not try it until he was on an AD again. He had stopped taking his Wellbutrin. It was not working and he said it made him feel funny, so he had been off medications for about a week. He just started taking an AD again and we just increased the dose this evening. He does not want to add the Lamictal until he is near the end of the bottle. He has just been on it for 11 days and has enough for a month. He has not tried Lexapro yet. That is another one the psychiatrist mentioned, but right now he is back on Zoloft. Zoloft never did him any good alone, but he did not have bad reactions to it like the other AD's he had tried. Janet- He is not on Medicaid, so I don't think we can get those kind of resources. He sure could use those kind though!!! OTE- thank you for the input. I hear what you are saying. It sometimes gets to the point of being overwhelming, but it is good that we have gotten this far. If we can get him to go to the school, I think there is a chance it will help to change things around! So- I guess it is having to use the computer as a tool in a wise way, and continue to work on one step at a time. The most important is to get him to go to the school, and next we will be up against all the other problems that come with school, but there will be much more support at this school. Perhaps once we start the Lamictal things will improve..... Sometimes this feels like it is a forever battle and I get sooooo tired of it all!! [/QUOTE]
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