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<blockquote data-quote="JRC" data-source="post: 729718" data-attributes="member: 21147"><p>For the OP, I wish you luck. I agree that I would be hesitant to put my child back on the mood stabilizer if she experienced a rash. All medications have side effects and my child is, unfortunately, experiencing many of them. He is on Lamictal, Lithium, Abilify and Risperidone (again) because he is in a hypomanic seasonal cycle. There is no great solution for people who need to take the medications, but your caution is a good idea. Abilify--although very effective--is also incredibly hard to get off of. The withdrawal symptoms are pretty bad. So the lower the dose the better. </p><p></p><p>This is not the point of the OP's question, but I have to address this once again. It is NOT impossible to accurately diagnosis a child with bipolar disorder. In fact, it is a disservice to tell people that children are not able to get a diagnosis if that is what they have. The earlier the diagnosis is made the better the outcome for the child. SWOT, I understand that your child was misdiagnosed, but please stop perpetuating that misconception. </p><p></p><p>Here is a journal article on the latest research and direction for pediatric bipolar disorder. It is a long article but it puts some of these myths to bed. <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.12556/full" target="_blank">The International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force report on pediatric bipolar disorder: Knowledge to date and directions for future research</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JRC, post: 729718, member: 21147"] For the OP, I wish you luck. I agree that I would be hesitant to put my child back on the mood stabilizer if she experienced a rash. All medications have side effects and my child is, unfortunately, experiencing many of them. He is on Lamictal, Lithium, Abilify and Risperidone (again) because he is in a hypomanic seasonal cycle. There is no great solution for people who need to take the medications, but your caution is a good idea. Abilify--although very effective--is also incredibly hard to get off of. The withdrawal symptoms are pretty bad. So the lower the dose the better. This is not the point of the OP's question, but I have to address this once again. It is NOT impossible to accurately diagnosis a child with bipolar disorder. In fact, it is a disservice to tell people that children are not able to get a diagnosis if that is what they have. The earlier the diagnosis is made the better the outcome for the child. SWOT, I understand that your child was misdiagnosed, but please stop perpetuating that misconception. Here is a journal article on the latest research and direction for pediatric bipolar disorder. It is a long article but it puts some of these myths to bed. [URL="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.12556/full"]The International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force report on pediatric bipolar disorder: Knowledge to date and directions for future research[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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