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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 72228" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>:crazy: Yikes, I hate <em>those</em> mornings!</p><p></p><p>I understand your dilemma about whether or not to try more medications. It is really, really hard. I know for my own life, there is not a possible way my son could function with-out medications. But every kiddo is different, and has different diagnosis'.</p><p></p><p>You said in your profile that he has AS tendencies, but was never diagnosis as such, and that he has "mood" issues. You also asked if a mood stabilizer could help him. You know, it just depends on whether he really is AS, or if he really has a mood disorder. If he has AS, others on this board have said that medications are not very affective for kids with this diagnosis. If he has a mood disorder, than yes, a mood stab. would probably help.</p><p></p><p>If you feel your son's behaviors might have the chance of being helped by medications, than I think I would take your psychiatrists advice, and in turn, let him take the lead. You can only try..........that is it........unfortunately guessing and speculating do not answer the question you are asking, only experimenting. You will know more once your son responds positively or negatively to certain medications. This starts to narrow down the pathway that seems so broad right now, and it begins to lead you towards the path into a spectrum of medications that will work.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.........and be strong :wink:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 72228, member: 3301"] [img]:crazy:[/img] Yikes, I hate [i]those[/i] mornings! I understand your dilemma about whether or not to try more medications. It is really, really hard. I know for my own life, there is not a possible way my son could function with-out medications. But every kiddo is different, and has different diagnosis'. You said in your profile that he has AS tendencies, but was never diagnosis as such, and that he has "mood" issues. You also asked if a mood stabilizer could help him. You know, it just depends on whether he really is AS, or if he really has a mood disorder. If he has AS, others on this board have said that medications are not very affective for kids with this diagnosis. If he has a mood disorder, than yes, a mood stab. would probably help. If you feel your son's behaviors might have the chance of being helped by medications, than I think I would take your psychiatrists advice, and in turn, let him take the lead. You can only try..........that is it........unfortunately guessing and speculating do not answer the question you are asking, only experimenting. You will know more once your son responds positively or negatively to certain medications. This starts to narrow down the pathway that seems so broad right now, and it begins to lead you towards the path into a spectrum of medications that will work. Good luck.........and be strong [img]:wink:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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