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<blockquote data-quote="mstang67chic" data-source="post: 322918" data-attributes="member: 2459"><p>I would talk to the psychiatrist before assuming anything. In my opinion it sounds like a reaction to the medication but I don't want to assume anything either. medications can set off all types of behaviors and that needs checked before anything.</p><p></p><p>As for the mania... there are "official" descriptions and while those apply, it varies from person to person. Some people act like you describe your son acting, some stay up for days, some obsess on things....it varies. In my difficult child's case, he gets into cleaning mode. His room is constantly rearranged, my HOUSE gets rearranged, he cleans the house from top to bottom. Sounds nice right? Wrong. His version of cleaning is to pitch anything he deems unuseful. Things like mail, candle holders (they just SIT there), dirty towels (But Mom, it has DIRT on it), coffee mugs, etc. He will go through the cabinets and pull out things to decorate the house with. You can tell him over and over to leave things alone and he literally can't. Normally he has issues leaving things alone too but when he's manic, it's literally uncontrollable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mstang67chic, post: 322918, member: 2459"] I would talk to the psychiatrist before assuming anything. In my opinion it sounds like a reaction to the medication but I don't want to assume anything either. medications can set off all types of behaviors and that needs checked before anything. As for the mania... there are "official" descriptions and while those apply, it varies from person to person. Some people act like you describe your son acting, some stay up for days, some obsess on things....it varies. In my difficult child's case, he gets into cleaning mode. His room is constantly rearranged, my HOUSE gets rearranged, he cleans the house from top to bottom. Sounds nice right? Wrong. His version of cleaning is to pitch anything he deems unuseful. Things like mail, candle holders (they just SIT there), dirty towels (But Mom, it has DIRT on it), coffee mugs, etc. He will go through the cabinets and pull out things to decorate the house with. You can tell him over and over to leave things alone and he literally can't. Normally he has issues leaving things alone too but when he's manic, it's literally uncontrollable. [/QUOTE]
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