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Was feeling hopeful and excited...until the guilt snuck back in.
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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 414993" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>HowMuchLonger,</p><p></p><p>It took me a long time to realize that mental illness is contagious and you do get it from your kids!! I have/had the memory loss, the physical symptoms, etc. -- even ended up in the hospital twice. My doctor is great -- he said that, while ideally, I should lower my stress levels, he knows that I can't just stop being a mom (seriously, there are laws against that <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smile:" title="smile :smile:" data-shortname=":smile:" /> )</p><p></p><p>In the last 6 months that Kanga was in our home, she was on an unreal level of medications. She was chemically knocked out about 10-12 hours/day and in full psychosis the rest. We HAD to 'zombify' her for everyone's safety. If she was awake, she was trying to hurt someone. And if we couldn't get some sleep, we wouldn't be able to function. </p><p></p><p>With Eeyore, he was 7 when the doctor first gave us medications (Paxil) and it gave him complete flat affect and blah. We stopped that and didn't try medications again until he was 9, he got a little zombified but just enough that some of the therapy and other interventions could start to work. At one point he was on 7 different medications and he is down to 3. He very clearly needs some medications but we have found the balance between out-of-control and zombified -- just some tweaks as he grows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 414993, member: 1169"] HowMuchLonger, It took me a long time to realize that mental illness is contagious and you do get it from your kids!! I have/had the memory loss, the physical symptoms, etc. -- even ended up in the hospital twice. My doctor is great -- he said that, while ideally, I should lower my stress levels, he knows that I can't just stop being a mom (seriously, there are laws against that :smile: ) In the last 6 months that Kanga was in our home, she was on an unreal level of medications. She was chemically knocked out about 10-12 hours/day and in full psychosis the rest. We HAD to 'zombify' her for everyone's safety. If she was awake, she was trying to hurt someone. And if we couldn't get some sleep, we wouldn't be able to function. With Eeyore, he was 7 when the doctor first gave us medications (Paxil) and it gave him complete flat affect and blah. We stopped that and didn't try medications again until he was 9, he got a little zombified but just enough that some of the therapy and other interventions could start to work. At one point he was on 7 different medications and he is down to 3. He very clearly needs some medications but we have found the balance between out-of-control and zombified -- just some tweaks as he grows. [/QUOTE]
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