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<blockquote data-quote="firehorsewoman" data-source="post: 542902" data-attributes="member: 15804"><p>I was able to talk to the kids last night. My son tells me that he has started taking the lithium. He told me "I will have to update my mood chart under the medication section." : ) I think that it is a good thing that he is thinking about this! I really believe that he should be involved in the process and not just be handed pills and told to take them. He sounded very good last night. We talked about a bunch of other stuff but I really wanted to gauge how he was feeling about the doctor appointments since I had to leave before he did. As you can imagine it was a pretty intense experience for all of us and the main therapist kept reminding my ex that this little eight year old boy is dealing with some heavy stuff. My son told me about having his blood drawn for labs (he is always a champ about this for some reason, never even cries) and then I told him that I am very happy that we all came up with some new plans to help him and help understand him. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for sharing your experience regarding lithium Buddy. I would actually welcome him being obsessed with food if the hypersexuality goes away or tones down. Him talking about restaurants vs "hot women" would be a great trade off in my opinion. His eating now is very sporadic, he never gained any weight on Risperdal but was taken off for hyperprolactin levels. So, hopefully he won't gain weight but, even if he does, but stops talking about wanting to be dead I will gladly accept that trade-off. They have started him on a very low (probably sub therapeutic) dose and are going to increase it very slowly. Their biggest concern was him becoming dehydrated in the heat and humidity especially since he plays a bunch of sports. I think we can manage it though. </p><p></p><p>Thanks EVERYONE for your support and information. Both are invaluable. My co-workers and friends have noticed a lightness in my voice and attitude not seen before. I feel like a huge boulder was moved out of the path of me trying to help my son. Thanks for all the good wishes. I hope that I have more positive updates to come!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="firehorsewoman, post: 542902, member: 15804"] I was able to talk to the kids last night. My son tells me that he has started taking the lithium. He told me "I will have to update my mood chart under the medication section." : ) I think that it is a good thing that he is thinking about this! I really believe that he should be involved in the process and not just be handed pills and told to take them. He sounded very good last night. We talked about a bunch of other stuff but I really wanted to gauge how he was feeling about the doctor appointments since I had to leave before he did. As you can imagine it was a pretty intense experience for all of us and the main therapist kept reminding my ex that this little eight year old boy is dealing with some heavy stuff. My son told me about having his blood drawn for labs (he is always a champ about this for some reason, never even cries) and then I told him that I am very happy that we all came up with some new plans to help him and help understand him. Thanks for sharing your experience regarding lithium Buddy. I would actually welcome him being obsessed with food if the hypersexuality goes away or tones down. Him talking about restaurants vs "hot women" would be a great trade off in my opinion. His eating now is very sporadic, he never gained any weight on Risperdal but was taken off for hyperprolactin levels. So, hopefully he won't gain weight but, even if he does, but stops talking about wanting to be dead I will gladly accept that trade-off. They have started him on a very low (probably sub therapeutic) dose and are going to increase it very slowly. Their biggest concern was him becoming dehydrated in the heat and humidity especially since he plays a bunch of sports. I think we can manage it though. Thanks EVERYONE for your support and information. Both are invaluable. My co-workers and friends have noticed a lightness in my voice and attitude not seen before. I feel like a huge boulder was moved out of the path of me trying to help my son. Thanks for all the good wishes. I hope that I have more positive updates to come! [/QUOTE]
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