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<blockquote data-quote="oceans" data-source="post: 23558" data-attributes="member: 2687"><p>Thanks- difficult child always had these symptoms..even before medications. He would only tell me about them and refuse to tell the doctors. I think he is feeling better and more accepting of help right now because the depression is lifted and more able to tell others.</p><p></p><p>What I really want to do is to titrate up the lamictal and keep the combination longer.</p><p></p><p>The problem is that he is in a state hosptial, and I don't seem to have much choice in the matter. The Dr did not want to increase the lamictal when I suggested it. She thinks his thinking is off base, and has already added the Zyprexia. She wants to decrease the Wellbutrin next. She seems to think that any changes he had is due to the structure he has there, even though he had the same structure at the other hospital for 3 weeks, but still had the depression. She never saw the depression that the other hospital and doctors saw, and is reluctant to believe it...even though everyone else she talked to told her that he had been severely depressed.</p><p></p><p>I know he needs the therapeutic help and structured setting the hospital is providing right now, and that he will learn new skills that he needs, but I am scared to death that she is going to destabelize him with medication changes and he is going to spiral downward again.</p><p></p><p>I did not want to do the anti psychotic again and told her so, but she really pushed me into at least giving it a trial to see what would happen. I finally agreed to a trial. The only way to get him with his outpatient psychiatrist (who would keep the medications and increase the lamictal) is to fight to get him out of there...and on other levels I know he is not ready for home yet.</p><p></p><p>We tried Risperdal before and after an initial good effect that lasted a few months it totally stopped working. When the dose was increased his mood cycled wildly up and down. He had gone up to 200 lbs on it, and I felt that in the long run it did more harm than good. I hate to have to see him go through something similar again....</p><p></p><p>I want him to remain stable like he is right now. I don't know what to do. This psychiatrist scares me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oceans, post: 23558, member: 2687"] Thanks- difficult child always had these symptoms..even before medications. He would only tell me about them and refuse to tell the doctors. I think he is feeling better and more accepting of help right now because the depression is lifted and more able to tell others. What I really want to do is to titrate up the lamictal and keep the combination longer. The problem is that he is in a state hosptial, and I don't seem to have much choice in the matter. The Dr did not want to increase the lamictal when I suggested it. She thinks his thinking is off base, and has already added the Zyprexia. She wants to decrease the Wellbutrin next. She seems to think that any changes he had is due to the structure he has there, even though he had the same structure at the other hospital for 3 weeks, but still had the depression. She never saw the depression that the other hospital and doctors saw, and is reluctant to believe it...even though everyone else she talked to told her that he had been severely depressed. I know he needs the therapeutic help and structured setting the hospital is providing right now, and that he will learn new skills that he needs, but I am scared to death that she is going to destabelize him with medication changes and he is going to spiral downward again. I did not want to do the anti psychotic again and told her so, but she really pushed me into at least giving it a trial to see what would happen. I finally agreed to a trial. The only way to get him with his outpatient psychiatrist (who would keep the medications and increase the lamictal) is to fight to get him out of there...and on other levels I know he is not ready for home yet. We tried Risperdal before and after an initial good effect that lasted a few months it totally stopped working. When the dose was increased his mood cycled wildly up and down. He had gone up to 200 lbs on it, and I felt that in the long run it did more harm than good. I hate to have to see him go through something similar again.... I want him to remain stable like he is right now. I don't know what to do. This psychiatrist scares me. [/QUOTE]
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