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Thinking of taking him off some medications...
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 486210" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>in my opinion that is way too many medications. As one who has taken medications since age 23 (I'm 58), that would zone me out so bad I would barely be able to function, let alone be productive. I would definitely see a neuropsychologist and a new psychiatrist. Your kid is on a mood stabilizer, an antidepressant, a drug that slows your heart rate (Tenex...used for ADHD/anxiety) and an antipsychotic. He is on the whole gamut of medications and he is probably gaining weight, always hungry, or suffering some effects from so much medication. Like wow. </p><p></p><p>My teen daughter was on Depakote and she threw it out. She said it made her "stupid" (she couldn't think and it can cause cognitive slowness). She also got an ovarian cysts from it and was in tremendous pain. Prozac had bad effects on three of us in the family. And there are two more drugs? What is this psychiatrist thinking? in my opinion it's worthwhile to find somebody else who is not one who will try to give your child a medication for every single symptom. As you can see, it doesn't work to do that anyway! I get so mad at psychiatrists sometimes. I've been on the "over-medicated" side and it feels worse than the disorder than the medications are for...lol!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 486210, member: 1550"] in my opinion that is way too many medications. As one who has taken medications since age 23 (I'm 58), that would zone me out so bad I would barely be able to function, let alone be productive. I would definitely see a neuropsychologist and a new psychiatrist. Your kid is on a mood stabilizer, an antidepressant, a drug that slows your heart rate (Tenex...used for ADHD/anxiety) and an antipsychotic. He is on the whole gamut of medications and he is probably gaining weight, always hungry, or suffering some effects from so much medication. Like wow. My teen daughter was on Depakote and she threw it out. She said it made her "stupid" (she couldn't think and it can cause cognitive slowness). She also got an ovarian cysts from it and was in tremendous pain. Prozac had bad effects on three of us in the family. And there are two more drugs? What is this psychiatrist thinking? in my opinion it's worthwhile to find somebody else who is not one who will try to give your child a medication for every single symptom. As you can see, it doesn't work to do that anyway! I get so mad at psychiatrists sometimes. I've been on the "over-medicated" side and it feels worse than the disorder than the medications are for...lol! [/QUOTE]
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