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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 35642" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>He may not be NOT using it, but CAN'T use it. Therapy isn't very useful (firsthand experience here) unless you are medically stable. Are you seeing an improvement or is he even worse? I didn't like the affect antidepressants had on my kid. Prozac made her so angry she pulled a knife on herself. If he has possible bipolar, Prozac could be triggering him to be even worse, and I'd say, if medication related, it's not within his control. Depakote takes up to eight weeks to kick in and it has to be at a therapeutic level to help. I'm no doctor and this is just my own observation, but if I had a kid that age with bipolar, I'd prefer LIthium or Lamictal to either Depakote or Trileptal. From what I've seen (admittedly, I haven't seen everyone in the world, but do have bipolar and have been in self-help groups) Lithium and now Lamictal seem to work a lot better. Of course everyone is different, but Lithium has been the Gold Standard for bipolar for years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 35642, member: 1550"] He may not be NOT using it, but CAN'T use it. Therapy isn't very useful (firsthand experience here) unless you are medically stable. Are you seeing an improvement or is he even worse? I didn't like the affect antidepressants had on my kid. Prozac made her so angry she pulled a knife on herself. If he has possible bipolar, Prozac could be triggering him to be even worse, and I'd say, if medication related, it's not within his control. Depakote takes up to eight weeks to kick in and it has to be at a therapeutic level to help. I'm no doctor and this is just my own observation, but if I had a kid that age with bipolar, I'd prefer LIthium or Lamictal to either Depakote or Trileptal. From what I've seen (admittedly, I haven't seen everyone in the world, but do have bipolar and have been in self-help groups) Lithium and now Lamictal seem to work a lot better. Of course everyone is different, but Lithium has been the Gold Standard for bipolar for years. [/QUOTE]
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